Senior Content Editor

Christopher Nye

Christopher Nye has been writing about finance and currency for 15 years, following a career in the international hotel and cruise ship industries. He has been a copywriter for Barclays Bank and the NHS, freelance business and property writer, editor of the UK government’s Act on CO2 website and author of several travel and business books.

Why the pound “takes the stairs up and the lift down”

by Christopher Nye | Jun 8, 2026 | Buying Property Abroad, Currency Exchange Explained, Large Transfers and Investments

What every international property buyer needs to understand about how the pound moves – why the numbers are NOT on your side and why your pound is at risk. There is a moment that everyone British person buying a property in Spain, France, Portugal or the USA knows....

7 secrets of a successful property viewing trip overseas

by Christopher Nye | Jun 3, 2026 | Buying Property Abroad

Buying a property overseas can take years – decades even – starting with one summer holiday where you really don’t want to go home, through dreamy ideas that it would be nice to own a property there, to a final decision that you’re absolutely going to do...

The month in exchange rates – June 2026

by Christopher Nye | Jun 2, 2026 | Currency Market Updates

As we approach ten years since the Brexit vote that knocked 15% off the value of the pound against the euro, and only slightly less against the US dollar, is the pound in the middle of another crunch period? June has opened with currency markets watching two things at...

Is sterling due a serious fall this summer?

by Christopher Nye | May 29, 2026 | Currency Exchange Explained

The risk of your exchange rate weakening can be a cloud in an otherwise blue summer sky. See why some analysts suggest particular risks for the pound in the summer of 2026, and what recent history shows us. For anyone watching exchange rates over the past year, one...

Sending money overseas cheaply and quickly

by Christopher Nye | May 26, 2026 | Currency Exchange Explained, Large Transfers and Investments, Medical Treatment Abroad, Regular Payments, Single Payments and One-time Transfers

If your experience of buying foreign currency is limited to getting a bit of holiday cash, then buying something as expensive as an overseas property, or needing to send regular payments quickly, might throw you into confusion. The good news is that it need not be...