Finance

Bricks and Mortgage

The global money men have been trounced for irresponsible lending and the resulting clampdown has made it harder to get a mortgage deal. But don't despair, there are still banks ready and willing to lend you the cash to buy your dream home overseas. Here, we take a look at the options available.

9 April 2010

Any Questions - Emigration - Can I get a mortgage in New Zealand at my age?

We look at applying for a mortgage in New Zealand at age 67 and how the deadline for a Working Holiday Visa in Australia works.

8 April 2010

Budgeting in France

Many choose to retire overseas for financial benefit. With the net-value of pensions becoming an increasing concern for over-50s and despite recent drops in UK property prices, many UK retirees are considered 'asset rich, cash poor'. France however, has traditionally been considered an expensive place to move, so what are the best ways to ensure that your dream doesn't become a strain?

1 February 2010

Don't lose out to the Spanish taxman

If you own a holiday home on the Costas, are you confident you have done allyou can to minimise inheritance tax when you leave it to your loved ones?

Many second home-owners are unaware of how severe inheritance tax in Spainis and dont realise that a beneficiary could end up paying tax in both the UK andSpain, and that includes a spouse of the deceased.

5 August 2009

Merci for my mortgage

If youre keen to buy in France but worried you might not be able to get a mortgage there, heres some encouraging news. Frances number one mortgage broker and a leading French bank last month announced that the opportunities for British buyers to get finance are as good as they were before the credit crunch began last autumn.

3 August 2009

Assessing asking prices

In these tricky times no one wants to pay a pretty penny for a property, but when you're buying overseas it can be hard to get a handle on asking prices. Here we show you how to work out if the sales price is on the money or over the odds.

27 July 2009

Retire carefree and cash-rich

The weaker pound may have affected the lives of some expats but it shouldn't put you off retiring abroad - so long as you plan properly. Here we offer four different ways to use property to subsidise your pension when you move to the sun.

23 July 2009

Any Questions - Currency

Stephen Hughes, Associate Director at Foreign Currency Direct, talks about finding the right time to make that exchange in currency.

20 May 2009

Any Questions - finance

I live in Portugal and have about 30,000 deposited in a bank here. I also have 50,000 in a Gibraltar bank. Can you tell me if these amounts are guaranteed in any way if anything happened to the bank and, if so, how are they covered?

20 May 2009

Any Questions - Investment - March 2009

Chintan Mahidais, Marketing Director at NuBricks, shares her advice on what to invest in and what to look for.

19 May 2009

Making money in any market

Property markets, like all others, go up and down. But savvy investors know that there are ways to make money in all types of cnditions. Here Ready2Invest's Jonty Crossick offers some key buying principles.

19 May 2009

Save cash overseas

Read the recent press reports about British expats moving back to to UK, claiming the weak pound has made it too expensive to live in the Eurozone? Well, we're not convinced, and to show that a life abroad can still be affordable, here we serve up some tips on how to be thrifty abroad.

18 May 2009