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Want a home abroad? Go on-line for free tickets to A Place in the Sun Live property exhibition
If you’re thinking of buying a property overseas, you can’t afford to miss A Place in the Sun Live, the UK’s biggest overseas property exhibition taking place at Earls Court London on 30th March- 1st April 2012. As well as the opportunity to [read more]
January 26, 2012Posted in Overseas Property/Real Estate, Worldwide.
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New homes at Eléa Estate, Cyprus
Now is a great time to buy a property in Cyprus as a new law passed in October 2011 provides for a reduction in VAT on new-build properties for those wishing to permanently swap the British winter gloom for Mediterranean sun. The timing [read more]
January 23, 2012Posted in Cyprus, Golf, Property & Real Estate.
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A Royally Important Year
As details of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant – one of the largest public events ever held in London – are announced, VisitEngland looks at other Jubilee celebrations scheduled across the country. Marking 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, the Diamond Jubilee [read more]
January 20, 2012 No comments -
Putting homeowners or developers together with the right architect and landscape designer isn’t always easy
The RedBook Agency, which launches today, is a new service that helps clients from around the world find and select the ideal architect and landscape designer for their project from among the brightest talents in Britain. British architects and landscape designers enjoy a [read more]
January 18, 2012Posted in Property & Real Estate, UK.
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Barack Obama’s Motown pledge prompts high rental yields for property investor
The property investment market is ‘motoring’ in Motown following a pledge by President Barack Obama to provide massive financial support for the regeneration of the State of Michigan’s biggest city, Detroit. A growing number of UK investors, disenchanted by the performance of the [read more]
January 7, 2012Posted in Investment, USA.
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Have yourself a very Spanish Christmas in your home abroad
One thing is certain if you spend Christmas in Spain – it is going to be considerably cheaper than it would be in the UK. It’s not that the Spanish do not celebrate the Christmas period but on the whole they haven’t gone [read more]
December 16, 2011Posted in Property & Real Estate, Spain.
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A Sunday in winter at home in the Lot region of France
Journalist Jessica Weduwer and her family live for part of the year in a listed village that is home to foreigners from a wide variety of countries. Here she describes a ‘freezing wet Sunday’ in the Lot village called Montcuq. Having visited the [read more]
December 12, 2011Posted in France.
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Thames Water proposes to build a Super Sewer near Fulham homes
Try to imagine the construction that will last for six to seven years of a Super Sewer, that will involve 29,000 lorry journeys during the construction period, that will continue 24-hours a day, that will increase the capital value of Thames Water by [read more]
December 6, 2011 No comments -
Property industry comments on the UK Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
National Landlords Association: David Salusbury, Chairman, National Landlords Association (NLA), commented on the Government’s Autumn Statement: “The Government has pledged to support small businesses and encourage new investment with its Autumn Statement, but has missed a key opportunity to promote investment in affordable [read more]
November 30, 2011 No comments -
UK Residency Rules And Connecting Factors
Expatriates are used to counting days to establish their tax residency. Many countries including the UK have the ‘183 days a year rule’, while the UK also has the ‘90 days a year over four years’ rule. It is not always as simple [read more]
November 26, 2011 No comments