by Alexander Fordham | Nov 20, 2018 | Brexit, Currency 101
If you’re planning to buy a home in the next 12 months, your pounds are balancing on a seesaw right now. Here we run through seven plausible Brexit scenarios and analyse the likely affect on the exchange rate. Don’t think this just applies to the GBP/EUR. Every...
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by Chris Nye | Nov 9, 2018 | Brexit, Currency 101
These are exciting times for anyone looking to move abroad or buy a home abroad. Or indeed, move back to the UK. When it comes to changing your pounds for that big transaction, they’re interesting times indeed! So much is in the air at the moment and that uncertainty...
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by Alexander Fordham | Aug 6, 2018 | Brexit
Suddenly the unthinkable looks all too possible; a chaotic no-deal departure from the EU in less than eight months. UK Trade Secretary Liam Fox says there’s a “60-40” chance of a no-deal Brexit and even Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said it is not...
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by Chris Nye | Jul 5, 2018 | Brexit, Currency Updates
Since the “Wild West” days of property buying abroad, when we might have bought a Mediterranean home from a friendly chap we met in a bar, with the legal work done by the barman’s sister, the overseas property business has been cleaned up out of all...
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by Ricky Bean | Jun 28, 2018 | Brexit, Currency Updates
The pound (GBP) has fallen significantly this morning, hitting an eight-month low against the US dollar (USD). Why has sterling weakened? The drop in sterling was primarily due to early warnings that Brexit negotiations are failing to progress, as reported by the BBC,...
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by Kiran Najran | May 3, 2018 | Brexit, Currency 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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