Complicated Mortgage Rules Spell Trouble For Expats
Expats leaving Britain and wanting to let out their home while overseas may find sorting out a buy to let mortgage a problem. New European Union mortgage rules mean lenders will have to run stringent...
View ArticleUK Has Highest Inflation In The European Union
The rise in the cost of living in the UK was 1.5% in the year to August – a slight fall from 1.6% reported in July. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) says a drop in the prices of fuel, food and...
View ArticleEmpty Words Put Eurozone In Downward Spiral
Financial inertia has seen inflation in the Eurozone drop to the lowest level for five years and the threat of deflation is starting to cast a shadow over the region’s recovery. Political prevarication...
View ArticleTravel Shares Dive As Ebola Threat Hits Europe
Shares in travel firms have plunged on stock markets across Europe as information about the first Ebola cases in Europe have hit the headlines. A nurse in Spain has tested positive for the deadly virus...
View ArticleFed Puts US Rate Rise On Backburner
Worries about interest rate rises in the United States may have been put on the back burner by the Federal Reserve. Minutes of the latest open market committee meeting cite concerns about the...
View ArticleEU Tightens Pet Passport Rules
Expat passionate about their pet cats, dogs and ferrets face tougher border checks under new European Union rules. From December 29, 2014, the current pet passport laws change. Tighter rules are aimed...
View ArticleWelcome In The Swiss Hillsides For Expats
Switzerland will continue to offer generous tax breaks to wealthy expats after a national vote rejected proposals to axe the laws. The referendum showed 61% of voters were against the plan to change...
View ArticleWomen Still Lag Men In Equality At Work
Years of campaigning for equal rights in the workplace have done little to close the pay gap for women, according to new figures. In the 28 nation European Union, the average pay gap is 16.4% in favour...
View ArticleExpat Dreams Of Buying A Place Abroad Dashed
Mortgage borrowing has just become that much harder for expats as new European mortgage rules mean many hopeful buyers could find they are locked out of the market next year. Workers with foreign...
View ArticleBillionaires Self-Made Not Born, Says Research
In-depth research has revealed that billionaires are not born to their money but make their own fortunes. After interviewing hundreds of billionaires from around the world, researchers found almost one...
View ArticleDriving Licence Change Stops Car Rentals
British expats, tourists and business visitors may find car hire firms will put the brakes on letting them drive their cars from next month. The DVLA is scrapping paper counterpart driving licences...
View Article25% Of UK Drivers Break Overseas Motoring Laws
Around a quarter of expats and holidaymakers driving around Europe fail to gear up about motoring laws while they are overseas, according to new research. Car insurer Aviva says many drivers do not...
View ArticleDon’t Drive Into Trouble Avoiding Speed Cameras
Finding your way around Europe’s sat-nav laws is harder than navigating a map. Most drivers say they want to dump their sat-navs in favour of mobile phones to steer their way to their destinations, but...
View ArticleSweden Tops European House Price League
House prices in Sweden are surging ahead of the rest of Europe with the only double-digit year on year increase. The Scandinavian state saw average house prices leap by 13.7%, according to the latest...
View ArticleExpats Miss Out On Latest State Pension Increase
The State Pension will go up 2.9% to £119.30 a week from April 6 next year, the government has announced. But once again thousands of expat pensioners will miss out on the increases because their...
View ArticleEuropean House Prices On The Rise
Housing markets across Europe are growing despite the stagnant economic growth posted by most countries – especially in the Eurozone. The latest official house price figures issued by Eurostat, the...
View ArticleBrexit: What’s Being Said?
With the EU Referendum voting day being tomorrow, we bring an insight to what’s being said on the twitter landscape from global news organisations: Don't understand Brexit? Neither do these cute kids....
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In 2015 Spanish commercial property investment reached a historic high
Investment in Spanish commercial property had been growing continuously since 2013 and in 2015 reached a historic peak. According to CBRE, total investment volume ran at €13 billion, which is 25%...
View ArticleBlack Saturday Travel Chaos Warning
Expats face Black Saturday traffic chaos crossing the Channel as thousands of French and British holidaymakers gear up for travel between the two countries. The 22-mile Strait of Dover is already one...
View ArticleBrexit Update For Expats Living In The EU
The people at the new Department for Exiting the European Union(DExEU) have finally cleared up some of the confusion over Brexit. The DExEU has compiled a list of answers to frequently asked questions...
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