Archives for February 2006
February 7th, 2006
Bank of Ireland has teamed up with Spanish bank La Caixa to offer mortgage products for Irish people buying property in Spain. La Caixa is Spain’s third largest bank, with 4,800 branches.Under the agreement, customers can borrow directly from the Spanish bank, with the mortgage secured on the Spanish property. ...
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February 6th, 2006
The French call us perfidious Albion and les rosbifs; we call them craven and Frogs. In the French media, “anglo saxonne” is their code for everything wrong with the modern world. Despite the entente cordiale of 1904, there is no love lost between us. So it should come as ...
Continue reading France vs Spain
February 3rd, 2006
Property investors are today welcoming a report from the Nationwide building society which says that house prices have risen by 1.4 per cent in January. While Hometrack this week referred to modest house price increases of only 0.1 per cent in some areas of the UK, Nationwide’s statistics indicate that ...
Continue reading UK Property Market "strengthening"
February 2nd, 2006
The Kyero Price Guides, updated and published yesterday reveal, strong growth and excellent investment potential in Spain’s inland provinces.Compared to a national average prices, the provinces of Seville, Cordoba and Jaen appear to offer outstanding value and excellent growth potential.Jaen province offers the lowest house price in the whole of ...
Continue reading Grab an Inland Bargain
February 1st, 2006
Cost is a constant consideration for people taking out private medical insurance, whether in the UK or abroad, and eye watering rises are regularly inflicted on expats.Brokers recently congratulated Bupa’s UK operation when it managed to keep its annual premium rise in single figures, hardly a consideration for praise in ...
Continue reading Does Quality of Care Match the Price Tag?
