by Ricky Bean | Feb 28, 2018 | Property News
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 | Currency 101, Property News
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 | Brexit, Company News, Property News
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 Christopher Nye | Dec 28, 2017 | Currency Updates, Property News
Currency can seem a complicated part of the overseas property buying process. Much of that is down to inexperience – few of us buy a home abroad very often – combined with a perfectly natural concern when a large amount of money is involved. Currency can actually be...
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by Ricky Bean | Dec 13, 2017 | Property News
This year has been pretty boring for the pound. Good! There were no major shocks to the system, no knock-out blows. While it hasn’t been strong and stable exactly, property buyers can be confident about buying in 2018, so long as they protect their budget. The Chinese...
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by Ricky Bean | Nov 8, 2017 | Property News
You’ve been looking at overseas property websites for a while now. You’ve spent long hours watching daytime TV shows about buying abroad. It’s about time you took things to the next level. The next step on your journey to owning an overseas home is probably a property...
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