by Erin Harding | Aug 18, 2020 | Case study
We spoke to one of our clients, Michele, about her experience of buying a property in Portugal. During her buying process, she had both Brexit and COVID-19 to contend with, which sent the currency markets into disarray. However, she explains that after finding us...
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by Alexander Fordham | 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....
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by Alexander Fordham | 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...
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by Chris Nye | Jan 3, 2019 | Case study, Currency 101
When you first move to Australia, Canada, New Zealand or other far-flung destinations, you might not be buying your own house straight away, but you’ll certainly have a lot of expenses. You need to take care of your currency transfers or budgeting will be impossible....
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by Alexander Fordham | Sep 21, 2018 | Case study, Currency 101
At what point in the process of buying a home overseas should you be using a specialist in international property payments rather than just changing cash as if for a holiday? As early as possible! There will be significant costs on viewing trips and then the payment...
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by Alexander Fordham | Aug 31, 2018 | Case study, Property News
When Sandra Harris bought her property in southern Spain, she was concerned about having “absolutely no currency control” through sending her money through the banks. We spoke to her about how using a forward contract with Smart helped her to protect her budget...
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