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Currency Advice Watch - How currency exchange rates can help your property purchase 5/23/2013
When investing in property abroad, it is important to consider the currencies that you will be dealing with: securing a favourable rate with a currency broker can make your dream place in the sun far more affordable. Working with TheMoveChannel.com, currency exchange broker UKForex offers lower fees than the banks and a much better exchange rate, which means you can make significant savings compared to transferring currencies with one of the big banks. How do you save money on your currency exchange? Here is a quick video guide to using UK Forex's service. For more information on currency exchange services, visit http://currency.themovechannel.com
British expats advised to get financial advice before moving abroad 5/22/2013
British expats have been advised to get financial advice before moving abroad by the Overseas Guides Company.
Currency Watch: Sterling slips against strong dollar but up against euro 5/13/2013
Sterling slipped against the dollar last week as the US currency stayed strong, but rose against the euro today in the wake of comments from the European Central Bank.
Foreigners account for over half of prime London property sales 5/8/2013
Overseas buyers account for over half of London prime property sales, according to new figures. London’s real estate continues to attract interest from around the world thanks to its status as an economic safe haven. Now, foreign buyers have overtaken Brits to account for 52pc of all house sales worth over £2 million.
Weak pound boosts London property sales by over one-third 5/7/2013
London property sales have increased by over one-third since 2008, according to one estate agent. The weakness of pound sterling has been one of the main drivers of activity this year, W.A. Ellis suggests, with the favorable currency rates encouraging demand for real estate in an economic safe haven.
Italy to abolish property tax? 5/1/2013
Italy’s new Prime Minister Enrico Letta has promised to scrap the June instalment of the country’s property tax. The IMU housing tax was introduced by former PM Mario Monti, an unpopular attempt to tackle the country’s debt and meet EU targets. But the elections have given hope to homeowners as the PM promises to end austerity and encourage growth.
Alternative Investments Explained: Art 4/25/2013
Alternative Investments Explained: from carbon credits to currency investment, AlternativeMarketplace.co.uk breaks down the alternative products vying for your cash and assesses which assets are worth taking the risk. This week, art goes under the auctioneer’s hammer.
Watch - Spain's unemployment rate jumps to 27 percent 4/25/2013
More than six million Spaniards were out of work in the first quarter of this year, raising the jobless rate in the eurozone's fourth biggest economy to 27.2 percent from 26.02 percent in the previous quarter, the highest since records began in the 1970s. The number of unemployed climbed by 237,400 people to 6.2 million, the National Statistics Institute said on Thursday. Spain, once the motor of job creation in the 17-nation single currency area, is in a double dip recession, having yet to recover from the collapse of a property boom in 2008. Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports from Madrid.
How to find a property bargain in Spain 4/18/2013
Following the eurozone debt crisis, Spain's property market has taken something of a battering. This means there are plenty of opportunities to pick up a real estate bargain - if you know where to look and what you should be looking for in a house or flat.
Canadian man sells home for Bitcoins 4/17/2013
A Canadian man hopes to be the first to sell his home for a virtual currency. Taylor More recently listed his Alberta bungalow for the equivalent of 405,000 Canadian dollars in Bitcoins. The proposed trade follows the banking crisis in Cyprus, which has seen interest in the digital currency spike. But are Bitcoins more stable than the Euro?
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