Overseas Property

Did somebody sneeze!!

 

Did somebody sneeze!! Whoops better hold off from buying a property in Spain. I might have caught a cold!! Yes seems stupid but this is how fragile property-buying in Spain can be when we have scare mongers all around. Now we have the “Will we , won’t we” on the EU question! In the 1980’s…

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Keith Pintointernational

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HOW DO YOU FUND A HOLIDAY PROPERTY?

 

1.     CASH 2.     CASH WITH A MORTGAGE TOP-UP 3.     SPANISH MORTGAGE 4.     UK MORTGAGE 5.     “CROWD FUNDING” These ideas may seem obvious but not everyone thinks of all the possibilities particularly if they hadn’t thought of the combination in point two or five. CASH: This is straight forward. You find a property you pay for…

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Keith Pintointernational

Spanish buy-to-let long term rental.

 

We have on more than one occasion talked about renting out your Spanish property. In this, our latest look at the Spanish market, we are happy to put forward pointers which may help you to think of a property in Spain as” Buy-to-let”. Just as in the UK this is a different proposition from having…

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Keith Pintointernational

UK Buyers of Foreign Property Could be Hit by Tax Reforms.

 

UK buyers of investment properties and second homes overseas could be hit by the Chancellor’s recent raft of tax reforms as well as buyers of domestic properties. In particular, the change to stamp duty announced by George Osborne in the Autumn Statement may affect those buying a second property whether it is in the UK…

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Mark Burns

Income from renting holiday homes can be huge.

 

Holiday homes exempt from cuts to Buy to Let tax breaks With George Osborne having clamped down on the ‘buy to let’ boom through his huge cuts to the property tax breaks, holiday houses are emerging as a new nest egg for those looking to supplement their income through property. While from 2020, landlords will…

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Alex Evans

French Property still popular after the Paris Attacks.

 

Support from Britons and their reluctance to be deterred following the Paris terror attacks means that French property is still very much an attractive option for many. The France Show in London, January 29th – 31st is still showing strong figures for exhibitors within the French property Exhibition with them having to increase on the…

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Christopher Walkey

Living with horses in Spain.

 

Importing & Living with HORSES IN SPAIN The first thing to know is that unlike in the UK, you cannot simply have a property, rented or owned with land and keep a horse on it. Each province has different criteria as to the obtaining of the relevant licences to keep horses and or transport them…

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Alex Evans

European property after the referendum

 

Is 2016 the year that Brits make that step to buy that property abroad,  like most financial committments there is a good time to buy and a not so good time to buy.  Anyone looking to buy in Europe would be now buying into a flat property market with the exchange rate well in their…

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Allen Walkey

Real Estate: how rates can affect the cost of your loan

 

In real estate, how rates can affect the cost of your loan varies. Borrowers, to be more precise homeowners, concentrate on mortgage rates. The mortgage rates hold a direct impact on real estate prices, and, therefore, the rate can affect the cost of a loan taken. However, it is not only mortgage interest rates that…

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Christopher Walkey

How important is ‘internet speed’ when buying property in France?

 

There are many reasons to choose a less stress free life in France be it a permanent move or that dream holiday home, but what are the important decisions to make when it comes to which home / which area to choose? There are the obvious such as proximity to the UK or ease of…

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Christopher Walkey

Renewed interest for property across the channel

 

The French Real Estate has been in the doldrums for some time now and has been lagging behind a few other European Countries in its recovery, principally the UK. However there is light at the end of the Tunnel, following the election of a Socialist Government France went through a couple of stagnant years and…

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Allen Walkey

Overseas Property Buyers Flood London

 

  Recent reports have suggested a great flood of overseas property buyers in London. But what is the extent of this flood, and what are the reasons behind it? Commercial Property A great deal of the responsibility for these recent reports lies with what is going on in the commercial property market in central London….

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Alex Evans