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The Stamp Duty Holiday and Buy-to-Let Investors. Prospective buy-to-let investors are currently in a race against time to ensure they obtain the best deal possible and take advantage of the current investment opportunities. “The current stamp duty holiday has really stirred up the mortgage marketplace,” says Stuart Marshall, of specialist expat mortgage broker Liquid Expat…
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Oct
Oct
With new investors from both the UK and overseas looking to enter the UK housing market, we sit down with Stuart Marshall, CEO of specialist expat mortgage broker Liquid Expat Mortgages, to ask what’s behind the rise. Alongside this, we’ll also examine how UK expats and foreign nationals are obtaining expat mortgages and what to…
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Oct
Oct
Why Should Foreign Nationals and UK Expats Look to Buy a UK Rental Property? For foreign nationals and UK expats, buying a UK rental property is an excellent investment decision and can be a great way to build wealth or establish a property portfolio as an alternative pension plan. Recent pension changes mean that you’re now…
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Sep
Sep
With so many great investment options in the UK for Hong Kong buyers, we weigh up the two most popular choices – London and Manchester. Why are Hong Kong Residents Attracted to the UK? In an interview with the Financial Times, Mei Wong, Head of International Sales with Knight Frank, said that she believed the…
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May
May
2020 is looking like a fantastic year for expats to buy UK Property. Though it is relatively early in the year, there’s a lot of promising indicators for expats looking to buy UK property. What We Say. “We’re already two months into 2020 and more than a month on from the UK’s historic departure from…
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Feb
Feb
What to consider when buying a property as an investment. Investing in property should be thought of as a business venture. The results of property investment aren’t immediate but that doesn’t mean that investment should be viewed differently than a business. Property can’t be purchased and left to yield profit on its own. This approach…
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Jan
Jan
Expats Living Abroad. There are estimated to be 5.5m UK citizens living abroad that repatriate to the UK each year. And, with many nations stopping extension plans, this figure is set to rise. There are currently just under 800,000 expat Britons living in EU countries. Millions more live in Asia, The Americas, Africa and the…
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Nov
Nov
Why Expats in the US Should Consider a UK Property. Whether you’re a UK Expat in the US or a US Expat in the UK, you can still take out a UK mortgage. For expats looking to build wealth through safe investments, buying UK property can be very fruitful and more simple than you think….