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 buyers in Spain should separate fact from fiction

by Christopher Nye | Feb 19, 2025 | Emigration, Property News, Retirement, Working abroad

How worried should buyers be about proposed property tax rises in Spain and other measures apparently aimed at deterring international property buyers? When the Spanish prime minister announced a plan to raise property taxes for non-resident buyers recently it hit...

How to speed up the process of buying your overseas home

by Christopher Nye | Jan 28, 2025 | Currency 101, Property News

The legal wheels can seem to move so, so slowly when buying a property overseas. Yet sometimes, for various reasons, buyers need to get a move on. So how can you speed up the process, safely, of buying your property abroad? The news from Spain, where the prime...

Investing in ski property overseas: some financial essentials

by Christopher Nye | Dec 16, 2024 | Lifestyle, Property News, Property rental

It’s skiing season! If you want to spend more than a week on the slopes, buying a ski property offers an exciting investment and many years of fun. Ski property, or mountain property if you prefer, remains one of the most exciting overseas property investments one can...

Why do interest rates impact currencies?

by Christopher Nye | Nov 18, 2024 | Currency 101

Interest rates continue to be the main driver of exchange rates, and can have a huge impact on your international transactions, pension paid overseas or purchase of a property. So what is the relationship? And what can you do to ensure that a decision made in London,...

Understanding PMI, the global business poll that can hit your exchange rate

by Christopher Nye | Oct 24, 2024 | Currency 101

What is a Purchasing Managers’ Index, or ‘PMI’, and why can it impact currency movements? We explain more about this type of data and why it’s such a useful indicator of how economies are performing. What is a PMI? Within our articles and currency notes, we often...