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The Autumn Budget brought welcome relief for anyone looking to get a foothold in the UK’s burgeoning property market. As the Chancellor abolished Stamp Duty on homes up to the value of £300,000 for first time buyers, this has made thousands of properties across Britain accessible to those at the bottom of the housing ladder,…
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Jan
Jan
British and Australian property markets continue to present an attractive prospect for overseas investors. And yet, increasing regulation over lending practices is making it ever more challenging to access finance, particularly UK mortgages for expats in Australia and vice versa. This is because of a treaty between the UK and Australia that places further limits…
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Aug
Aug
Britons living abroad can only get quotes from 28 per cent of the market A recent article published by International Adviser found that Britons living abroad are now able to get quotes from 28 per cent of the market. Although a significant increase from 2016, when just 16 per cent of the market was accessible…
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Jun
Jun
Manchester is currently the most promising property hotspot in England outside of London, with the highest net rental yields of 7%. The Manchester-China Forum, a business-led initiative aimed at increasing Greater Manchester’s commercial connectivity with China, estimated £2.1bn worth of development projects that had Chinese involvement in 2016. Property investors are particularly keen on Northern…
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Jun
Jun
Manchester remains a top place outside of London for foreign direct investment. Manchester has again topped the league tables as the UK city attracting the most foreign direct investment (FDI) outside of London in 2016. EY’s 2017 UK Attractiveness Survey found the Northwest region attracted 90 FDI projects in 2016 – 60 per cent of…
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Jun
Jun
Vida Homeloans has launched a new expat buy-to-let mortgage range aimed at existing UK property owners living overseas who wish to invest in the UK’s private rented sector, with borrowing rates start from 3.89% for a two-year tracker and 3.99% for a two-year fixed rate deal. According to the lending criteria for the new mortgage…
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Jun
Jun
Manchester remains the number one UK property hotspot, after it was recently revealed that house price growth in the city increased faster than any other in the country. The average price of a home in Manchester increased by 8.4% in April compared with the same month a year earlier thanks to a surge in transactions, while…
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May
May
Expat Investors Should Consider Changes to Energy Efficiency Standards Regulations From 1st April 2018 landlords of UK properties will need to comply with new minimum energy efficiency standards. Buy-to-Let investors who fail to obtain an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) rating of E or better by next April may find it harder to let their UK…
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Apr
Apr
Liquid Expat is proud to announce its nominated charity for 2017 is Goal 50 Founded in 2010, the charity was initially set up to assist a South African football academy in achieving its goal of purchasing/building a small orphanage in Cape Town. Since then the charity’s mission is to deliver football academies and feeding programmes,…
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Mar
Mar
How increasing demand is turning the Highlands into a hot spot Investing in UK property never ceases in popularity, but for expats and foreign nationals this can be a complex process. Whilst mortgage options for expats have always been available for English and Welsh property, there has always been a very limited choice for Scottish…