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A Place in the Sun Live, the UK’s biggest and best-attended overseas property exhibition, returns to Birmingham with a feature-packed show at the NEC on 1st-3rd October 2010. Based on the hit Channel 4 TV series, the award-winning A Place in the Sun Live promises an all-encompassing look at how to get onto the overseas […]

This week’s Bank of England Inflation Report could cause problems for Sterling; Euro rate steady while US Dollar rate remains at its cheapest since February   Change last week: GBP against:       Change:               Difference on sending £100,000: EUR                        -0.1%                     £100 more expensive USD                        +0.3%                    £300 cheaper CAD                       +1.0%                    £1,000 cheaper NZD                       +0.9%                    £900 cheaper AUD                       No

The Pound has come under increasing pressure in the last 2 weeks, but faces a tricky time ahead, according to economic forecasters.   Tomorrow’s GDP figure, which is the first estimate of growth in the UK economy over the second quarter of 2010, is likely to have a significant impact on sterling. Analysts expect a

A calculation error by one of the UK’s largest banks has resulted in thousands of mortgage customers facing increased mortgage repayments. Around 18,000 mortgage customers of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have been contacted about errors in the way their mortgage payments were calculated following last year’s unprecedented interest rate reductions. It is understood that

Whilst it may not be good news for savers, borrowers were given a boost this week after falls in money market rates indicated that low interest rates may be here to stay. Recent worse-than-expected inflation figures had led the markets to believe that an interest rate rise may be on the way. However, with inflation fears

ADIT Brasil will hold its next members meeting in Florianópolis, Brazil on the 5th of August. This will be the first members meeting since the Association for inward investment in real estate and tourism, has announced that it is widening its influence to cover the 27 states of the whole of Brazil and not just

Tougher regulation by the Financial Services Authority will make is even harder to secure a mortgage for UK buyers . The Financial Services Authority (FSA) planning even tougher regulations in early 2011, senior figures within the industry are claiming that the housing market faces ‘an abyss’ if these new proposals come into force. The FSA

Celebrity real estate lovers will marvel at a new home that has entered the US housing market in Brentwood Los Angeles as it is the former home of Marilyn Monroe. The Brentwood estate where Marilyn Monroe is died and is a gated home considered the crown jewel of the exclusive Brentwood neighbourhood.   The property

16/07/2010- Recent headlines concerning Brazilian land and potential ownership restrictions for overseas buyers will not affect main stream investors seeking residential or beachfront land in Brazil. The government is working on plans to protect agricultural land in order to keep food production under the control of Brazilians.     The move may mean that international

Mexicans have emerged as key investors in US real estate putting the Brits in third place as the nations that are buying real estate in the US. Overseas buyers are an important part of the real estate market especially in regions such as Florida. The new trend is set to change marketing emphasis to Mexico