Tag Archive - mortgage rates
September 1, 2010
French fixed rate mortgages continue to hit even greater lows. There has been considerable downward pressure on the TEC10 index (the benchmark index against which French fixed rate mortgages are calculated), caused by a combination of a low inflation environment and investors seeking the safe haven of government bonds. The ...
July 12, 2010
The French mortgage market is experiencing a tightening of bank policy towards accepting clients in some sectors because the economy has slowed but current currency rates are good news for British buyers. Leading French loan broker Athena Mortgages said that attitudes amongst many of the banks have now changed and ...
June 24, 2010
UK-based overseas property investors who took out euro-denominated mortgages earlier this year are already seeing the benefits said overseas mortgage specialist, Conti, this week. Operations director, Clare Nessling, said this week that “even cash-rich buyers could consider taking out a euro mortgage until the exchange rate improves, at which point they ...
March 1, 2010
The pound has slumped, investing in property is out of fashion and money is tight, so why are investors eying up French leaseback holiday homes? Buying a home abroad is so last decade. The headlong rush into overseas property ownership that saw any destination that combined cheap, vaguely offbeat and within ...
