Finance

Buyer's Guide to property insurance

Insuring your holiday home and its contents might seem trivial, but it warrants careful consideration, especially if you let it. We asked holiday home insurance specialist Intasure to answer some common questions.

7 January 2011

Spain property mortgage borrowing rates to rise

Mortgage payment costs for some people buying property in Spain is expected to rise, placing further pressure on the Spain property market, and potentially creating even more bargains in the process, according to a summary of the latest Euribor and Spanish mortgages by Spanish Property Insight.

4 January 2011

FSA Authorised Payment Institution classification offers highest level of regulation for fx

With the phased introduction of regulation of foreign exchange companies by the FSA now underway, new price comparison site MyMoneyShortlist.com is advising consumers to assure themselves that their money is safe when choosing a currency broker for their international money transfers by choosing a company that is also classified as an Authorised Payment Institution.

21 December 2010

Cheap French property finance available

Demand for property in France is likely to improve, thanks to the cheap cost of mortgage finance for French homes.

2 November 2010

Loan arrangers

When banks in Europe and the US collapsed in 2008, getting a mortgage became nigh on impossible. But what are lending conditions like for today's overseas buyers? Here's a round-up of finance availability in our favourite sunny destinations

31 October 2010

Good Brazil property investment prospects

Last week, the Bloomberg BusinessWeek reported that there has been a rise in the number of property bonds fuelled by growing investment opportunities in the Brazil property market. Now, the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has publically announced that the Brazil property market remains a good place to invest.

1 October 2010

Buy a fractional home in Tuscany for 40,000GBP

The fifteenth century home in Tuscany which belonged to an ancient Italian family has been given a new lease of life following restoration and conversion work to create high quality fully-serviced holiday homes.

9 September 2010

Miami property market welcomes Fractional Summit

The first ever US fractional property conference hosted by UK-based Fractional Life reportedly proved a big hit with USA property professionals attending the event at the InterContinental Miami in Florida last weekend.

7 September 2010

A house for sale for a pound in Ireland.

The Ireland property market crash has forced one man to put his house up for sale for around £1.

3 September 2010

Low French fixed rate mortgages

With French fixed rate mortgages at an historic lows, French mortgage company Athena Mortgages has launched its lowest-ever fixed rate deals, with 15-year fixed rates from 3.30%, 20-year fixed rates from 3.45%, and 25-year fixed rates from 3.60% - all deals are available at 80 per cent loan-to-value.

26 August 2010

France and USA property mortgage enquiries improve

Properties in Spain continue to receive the greatest volume of enquiries from Brits seeking to buy a home abroad, according to the latest Mortgage Report from Overseas Mortgage Finder and Moneycorp.

20 August 2010

French leaseback demand to soar

Demand for French leaseback properties is expected to increase dramatically over the next few,according to Athena Mortgages, following last week's announcement that 100 per cent loan-to-value mortgages are being made available.

6 July 2010