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.

Life abroad one year on: “Real life here is beautiful, colourful and joyful”

by Christopher Nye | Jul 2, 2019 | Case study

In 2018, we spoke to Beth Nicholson, who had fulfilled a lifelong dream of living permanently in France by buying a beautiful home in the Charente. She told us how she’d safely bought during an economically volatile time, and what she hoped for from her new life....

Money management when starting a business overseas

by Christopher Nye | Jun 12, 2019 | Case study

Saint Amans is the realisation of a long-held dream by Anne MacColl and her husband, Jean-Louis, a premium craft gin business based in their property in France. Starting up a new business internationally during such a volatile time for the foreign exchange markets...

Finding certainty amid increasing uncertainty

by Christopher Nye | Jun 5, 2019 | Currency 101

One in three people buying property abroad would struggle to do so with a 5% loss on the pound. That is exactly the loss we’ve seen in the last month – and we will likely see greater volatility as the Conservative leadership selection gets underway. However,...

Currency exchange for properties made simple

by Christopher Nye | May 29, 2019 | Currency 101

Anyone making a big international transaction for the first time has an excuse for being worried. The world of currency will feel unfamiliar – strange even – with traders and analysts using their own jargon and phrases such as “priced in”,...

Currency exchange & your property: Part two, the reservation deposit

by Christopher Nye | May 13, 2019 | Currency 101

So you’re heading off to look at homes abroad. Unlike in the UK, in many countries you’ll need to pay a reservation deposit to secure the property and take it off the market. Being prepared could be the difference between owning the perfect home and letting someone...