by Christopher Nye | Nov 17, 2025 | Currency Market Updates
Discover how the UK autumn Budget 2025 could affect buying property or retiring overseas – from tax changes to exchange rates and pension reforms. When the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivers the autumn Budget on 26 November 2025, her decisions will shape not only the...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 17, 2025 | Emigration and Moving Abroad, Renting Property Abroad
If you’re making the break overseas you may be wondering whether you can keep your UK bank account. The answer is usually yes, but it’s not always straightforward. Post-Brexit, some banks now restrict accounts for non-residents. Here’s how British expats can...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 10, 2025 | Lifestyle, Working Abroad
Two new controls at most European Union (EU) borders, EES and ETIAS, come into force in 2026. Indeed one has already started in some areas and on your next trip to Spain, France, Portugal, Italy and elsewhere in the Schengen Area, you will probably be signed up to...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 31, 2025 | Emigration and Moving Abroad, Working Abroad
A ‘golden visa’, whereby you acquire legal residency in a country by making an investment, has been a lifeline for many British nationals post-Brexit, as well as other non-EU nationals looking to live and even work in European countries. But it can also be...
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by Christopher Nye | Sep 19, 2025 | Currency Exchange Explained
Buying off-plan property overseas, where buyers pay in stages as a property is built, is increasingly popular. In its reader survey Your Overseas Home found that a fifth of buyers in Spain and Portugal were keen, while another 30% or so would consider it. However,...
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