As the Eurozone crisis rumbles on, Brits on the verge of buying in Europe or emigrating there will be understandably concerned about depositing their money in a foreign bank. Sadly it has been this way since September 2008 when the U.S investment house Lehman Brothers crashed and Northern Rock wasn’t far behind. It’s for this [...]
Back in 2010 Greg Smith and his wife Yvonne from Stoke-On-Trent realised their life-long dream of buying a home in Crete. When buying their property, which is in the beautiful village of Kritsa, just 15 minutes away from the Greek island’s main town of Ag Nikolaos, the couple used currency exchange specialist Smart Currency Exchange [...]
Bulgarian Properties' indeces measure apartments listing prices in 4 main locations - Sofia, Varna, Sunny Beach and Bansko in order to provide timely information about the market trends in the biggest city and vacation housing markets in Bulgaria. Polina Stoykova - Chief Operations Manager of BULGARIAN PROPERTIES - comments the latest trends: "After some small [...]
Last week the Canadian Government revealed its Economic Action Plan for 2012. They have announced their commitment to supporting entrepreneurs, innovators and world-class research. Jason Kenney, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister stated: “Our government's top priority remains jobs, growth and long-term prosperity. Canada cannot afford to lose out in the competition for foreign entrepreneurs [...]
Ask any Antiguan what their island has to offer and the first thing that they’ll say is that they have 365 beaches – one for each day of the year! Team that with an idyllic tropical climate, clear blue sea and almost-pink soft sand and it is no surprise that expats have been making Antigua [...]
The Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation has released a report that predicts that Australia will grow at a rate of 3.1 per cent this year. When compared with the predicted growth rate of the USA (2.4 per cent) and Britain (0.5 per cent) things are looking good for people down under. These positive predictions [...]
This week the Spanish National Statistics Institute released figures confirming that the Balearic Islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera are now called home by close to 24,000 Brits. Sadly, despite the reputations of these idyllic islands, it’s not all about the party. The cost of living has been climbing gradually now for the last [...]
In an attempt to stimulate the struggling economy, the Portuguese authorities have decided that the time has come to completely eliminate two of the country’s bank holidays and suspend two more on a temporary basis for a period of five years. From 2013, Portugal’s Republic Day and Independence Day holidays will be permanently cancelled. For [...]
What do you think you would miss if you decided to set off for a new life overseas? Perhaps bangers and mash, fish and chips or maybe something as simple as a good old cup of English tea? A recent survey revealed that the answer is in fact none of the above. The thing that [...]
Simply moving down the road is stressful enough so how do you even start to plan moving to the opposite side of the world? The Overseas Guides Company chatted to Robert from Hampshire who packed up all of his family's belongings and shipped it to their new home in Sydney back in 2006. Robert started [...]