With more and more people being sent abroad for work, you will be surprised to hear that less than half of employers are helping their employees with what was rated the toughest challenge of moving abroad – not knowing the local language. A recent survey of senior managers within the global mobility industry found that [...]
Turkey’s increasing popularity with British retirees is not only down to the affordable property there and accompanying laid-back lifestyle, but also the perceived cheaper cost of living compared to in the UK. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company However, there is evidence expats need to be savvy and prepared to hunt around for the [...]
Feedback from expats is one of the best ways of finding out what life is really like in a new country. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company This week, Ben Taylor of the PortugalBuyingGuide chatted to Brit Pamela Newman who retired to the Algarve in 2010. Here Pam, who lives 20 minutes from [...]
One expected benefit when buying property and/or emigrating to an English-speaking country is the lack of language barrier. But is that strictly so? Article written by The Overseas Guides Company Many Britons who move to Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the USA come across little idiosyncrasies and slang words that are unique to a country [...]
This week we chat to GreeceBuyingGuide.com readers Steve James and his wife who after receiving a family inheritance were able to realise their dream of buying a holiday apartment in the little-known Greek resort of Tolo. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company Here they tell us about their holiday home and the process of [...]
Smart Currency Exchange answers a common reader question, helping you to understand how they could save you money when you buy property abroad. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company "My wife and I have recently come into some inheritance, which we’re going to use to buy a second home in Spain. We’re going out [...]
Meet Italy Buying Guide reader, Jenny Francesca Lake, a UK resident who recently decided it made good financial sense to invest in property in Rome to give her somewhere to stay on her regular visits to the Italian capital. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company We chat to Jenny about the process and what [...]
Overseas property owners were reminded recently why suitable buildings and contents insurance is so important and not just an unecessary expense. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company There have been devastating forest fires on Spain’s Costa del Sol at the end of August. Earlier the same month, parts of Tenerife also went up in [...]
Global economic shifts mean that it is increasingly common for employees of international companies to spend short stints of time abroad, rather than move there for extended periods as used to be the case. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company This shift in the market has been identified by health insurance provider BUPA, who [...]
Nearly a quarter of all home sales in the USA in the second quarter of this year involved a property in some stage of foreclosure, according to research from a leading real estate firm. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company RealtyTrac, which monitors properties in foreclosure, said 23 per cent of homes sold in [...]