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For many years Canada has embraced immigration as a means to nullify labour shortages and support an ageing population, however there are signs that the government there has slowly been changing the way it grants visas. Traditionally the policy was to grant permanent residency to ‘economic immigrants’ who would be sufficiently skilled to gain employment [...]
Can you guess how much this idyllic French property costs? The truth is, for too many British people it’s impossible to say. Why? Because fluctuating exchange rates mean typical buyers from the UK don’t know until the day they make a currency transfer how many pounds they’ll need to exchange to meet the agreed local [...]
New Zealand is a long way from the UK and when the time comes to book your flight there, whether you’re coming over on a holiday/recce trip or emigrating for good, it pays to do your homework Says expat Pattie Pegler of NewZealandBuyingGuide.com: Price is probably one of the biggest considerations for many of [...]
Many people who buy homes in Spain are unaware of an additional tax that can be demanded at any moment up to five years following a house purchase. Owing to the current financial crisis, more and more people are in receipt of this unexpected tax bill. The complimentary tax is in fact applied when [...]
Flying to Turkey can be tiresome at the best of times, but a holiday specialist firm has launched a new flagship flight to Dalaman, which could appeal to second homeowners. The new weekly, tailor made jet service will leave from a private jet terminal at London Stansted, starting at the end of April. With the [...]
Resident expats in Portugal and anyone with a holiday home there will be no stranger to the frequent roundabout car checks and random police stops that occur in the country. While officials deny that there is no policy in place to actively hunt out fines, English newspaper, The Portugal News, has reported that the value [...]
The Overseas Guides Company helps readers with their questions about buying and living in Cyprus. If you need a question answering, email Cyprus@overseasguidescompany.com When we switch on the TV at our apartment in Cyprus after it’s been vacant for a period, we always need to retune in Sky. And if we have people renting [...]
Foreign investors are flocking to Florida, Miami in particular, this year in search of bargain condos - and they are not being disappointed. After new construction almost ground to a halt in Miami in 2008 and 2009 and many newly built condominiums stood empty, the Miami Association of Realtors reported in a recent article [...]
Spain’s property market remains firmly in favour of buyers as figures by a leading Spanish portal showed that on average in January house-hunters there offered 23 per cent less than asking prices. According to idealista.com, in January the biggest difference between asking prices and offers was in Malaga, home to the Costa del Sol, where [...]
If your second home abroad sits vacant most of the time, you could be throwing money away unknowingly. With a little thought and attention, letting your property to holidaymakers could bring in some welcome extra income or help you cover its mortgage repayments. A new guide to letting your second home, written by The Overseas [...]