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Learning the language opens up new vistas for expats in France
Whatever your reason for leaving your home country, if you’re planning to move to France it’s important to have a better than working knowledge of the language. Whether you’re moving to take up a new job, planning to start a small business or retiring in a country more suited to your needs and wants, learning the local language...
Expat investors head north for buy to let bargains
For expats looking to live well from UK buy-to-let properties, research into the best regions for returns is now essential. With increasing house prices, increased stamp duty and the recent crackdown on tax all squeezing landlords’ profits, expats wanting to take advantage of the fall in sterling to make a buy-to-let investment need to...
UAE expats and foreign nationals cornering the market in UK properties
As sterling still falters, foreign nationals and expats in the UAE are continuing the rush to purchase British real estate, although London is now at the back of the queue due to its pricey properties. Figures from providers of expat mortgages show a year-on-year increase of 20 per cent in the numbers of UAE residents investing in British...
British expat retirees hit by massive scam and arrest of IFA firm CEO
QROPS retirement savers are concerned for their offshore pensions’ futures as one provider’s CEO is arrested and another provider closes down. QROPS, first launched in 2006, have been favourites with expats and British pension savers approaching retirement age for over a decade, although the role of overseer taken by HMRC has...
Brexit blessings and curses for expats depend on currency
Brexit could be seen as either a blessing or a curse for expats, dependent on the source of their incomes and the currency in which they’re paid. The referendum result had an immediate effect on expat finances due to the fall in sterling, which has continued almost uninterrupted during the chaotic Brexit negotiations. UK expats relying...
Are QROPS still viable for Britons retiring overseas
Britain’s divorce from the UK is likely to render a QROPS transfer uneconomic for British expats as they may become liable for a transfer tax at a rate of 25 per cent. For British expatriates, QROPS has long been a no-brainer as regards moving private pensions to tax-efficient offshore jurisdictions. The bad news for UK pension savers...
UK expat retirees urged to consider all aspects of pension freedoms
Would-be expats considering taking advantage of the so-called’ pension freedoms’ are urged to evaluate their choices carefully. A report by the Pension Institute think-tank should make interesting reading for Britons approaching retirement and considering emigrating to warmer climes with lower costs of living. The study scrutinised the...
Claiming your UK state pension from overseas
Retiring overseas is ever more popular with UK citizens already at or approaching retirement age, but the chore of claiming the state pension might be at the bottom of the emigration to-do list for many. Expatriates who’ve already left the UK before they’ve reached state pensionable age are advised to apply to the UK International...
Would be expats warned about pension transfer sharks
If you’re planning to retire overseas and have a personal or work-related pension, you’ll need to be very careful about any advice on pension transfer you may receive. Since pension freedoms were brought in, independent financial advisers have lined their deep pockets with over £715 million, just by persuading savers to transfer...
Paris property prices hit all time high
Britons wanting to live in Paris are now caught in a shocking rise in apartment prices, with a record €9.000 per square metre now considered the norm. It’s believed that pre-Brexit demand for Paris apartments has played a large part in the dramatic increase, bringing the cost of a Paris pad to its highest ever level. It’s not just...
