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One of the key reasons many expats move abroad is to realise their dreams of living a better quality of life and gaining financial independence. By choosing to work in a low tax environment, expats willingly make a choice to live and work away in order to help realise not only their own dreams but…
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The Manchester property boom currently shows no signs of slowing down and would make a fantastic mortgage investment for UK Expats living abroad. Residential property sales in Manchester city centre increased by 56% year-on-year in the first half of 2018, according to new research. The research has come from leading property agent JLL. The firm’s…
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Apr
UK Expat Mortgages are easier to find than you might think, thanks to the help available from specialist Expat Mortgage Brokers. One of the key reasons many expats move abroad is to realise their dreams of living a better quality of life and gaining financial independence. By choosing to work in a low tax environment,…
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Aug
Discover the best tips we have gleaned from Expats on building a property portfolio. As global interest rates continue to stagnate, property is a sound way to build a secure, profitable investment portfolio that will lay the foundations for your future. However, many expats and foreign nationals are deterred from property investment, due to risk…
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Aug
The UK is renowned for its stockpile of property available to overseas landlords. The capital and North West region, in particular, still attracts more foreign investment than many other cities around the world. If you are tempted to become a first-time buyer for investment property, it’s best to get in with both eyes open to…
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Aug
Aug
Buying to let can be incredibly profitable, whether it is your sole revenue stream or if it acts as an additional source of income alongside your day job. However, there are ways in which these profits can be maximised further. One such method comes in the form of limited company buy-to-let. Although this may…
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Aug
The world is an expansive place of opportunity, and the global property market is no exception, with investment rising by 13.2% in 2017. Last year also saw an increase in UK house price growth in particular, with London attracting more international property investment than any other city across our globe. Here, we take a…
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Aug
Few companies have matched the success of Airbnb in the last decade. The service, which enables anyone to market their property as a lettings space, recently reported that their hosts earn an average of £3,000 a year – a staggering number when you take into consideration that they typically let their rooms or entire homes…
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If you’ve never considered entering the lucrative property market as an expat before, you’re likely to have numerous questions. GoSimpleTax have already detailed the rules around declaring tax effectively for landlords, but it’s also imperative to have comprehensive knowledge on the mortgage aspect. Specialist mortgage brokers, Liquid Expat Mortgages, are here to guide you…
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Jul
The UK rental market has traditionally been the territory of older men – those in their 50s and 60s at the end of their professional careers, turning to rental income for their later-life sustenance. But that is changing. The 2010s have witnessed an influx of younger rental investors taking their chance on a portfolio. …