by Ricky Bean | May 3, 2018 | Currency Market Updates
April is the cruelest month, said TS Eliot. It certainly was for overseas property hunters as the mid-April highs of $1.45 and €1.16 fell away dramatically to the lowest rate since January. Could this be the start of a torrid few months? Is it possible that the pound...
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by Ricky Bean | Feb 28, 2018 | Currency Market Updates
With currency, as the weather, be prepared for a sudden change in the climactic conditions! At the time of writing much of England is blanketed in snow and there is a blizzard, literally, outside the Smart Currency Exchange offices. Yet today is the first day of...
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by Ricky Bean | Feb 15, 2018 | Buying Property Abroad
Budgeting is your first step to bagging a bargain abroad. When purchasing a property, international buyers have a few advantages up their sleeve but a few disadvantages too. The most important factor is staying in control of your budget, and to that you need to work...
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by Ricky Bean | Feb 1, 2018 | Currency Market Updates
Denise and Wendy Barker, from Essex, were left £120,000 as an inheritance and wanted to spend it on something that the whole family would enjoy, including the five children they have between them. “It would be a holiday home where we could all meet up, to spend...
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by Ricky Bean | Jan 11, 2018 | Currency Market Updates
Quiet start to what could be an explosive year There has been a lot of sideways movement in the last few weeks for currencies but we are likely to see significant shifts in exchange rates over the coming weeks and months as we contend with a wide range of events:...
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