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Winter coming to an end, we are assisting to a spring of mortgage rates!

One of our French bank partners has decided to reduce again its margin by proposing a significant decrease on rates on their most popular French mortgages. View the reductions...

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February French Mortgage review

The loss of Triple A in France: no real negative effect on the mortgage rates...

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February Currency Market Review

UK Heading for Recession?
Figures released from the UK in January have shown that in the last quarter of 2011 the economy contracted which means we are now officially...

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English mortgage vs French mortgage

In the UK & France interest rates for mortgages are very similar. For instance, in both countries the average interest rates is 3.70% for tracker mortgage rates. Therefore the cost of borrowing is quasi identical on both sides of the Channel. In France...

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January 2012 Currency Market Review

For those clients looking to buy Euros the New Year has brought some much needed cheer with Sterling Euro exchange rates pushing past the 1.20 mark reaching a 16 month high. These gains are as a result of the sale of shares...

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Posted on January 5th, 2012 | Permanent link | 1 Comment »
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I am a cash buyer. Why should I bother with a French Mortgage?

The pragmatism of astute real estate buyers will lead them to take on a French mortgage instead of buying cash

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Property prices in Paris- screened

Prices have soared in the capital, and have broken all records. However, this boom time could be over soon. 2010 was clearly marked as a year of price increases...

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A new dawn for life annuity

Life annuity is coming back. Still potentially interesting, the investment deserves to be looked at in detail before signing up for it. So life annuity is coming back...

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Self-employed borrowers given a small boost

It is quite well known that, since 2008, banks in the UK and in France have made life very difficult to self employed looking to get finance to buy properties in the UK or in France

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December Currency Market Review

The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne recently delivered his Autumn Statement. In this statement the Chancellor confirmed...

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