Archive for the 'investing' Category
The Paris journals of Janet Flanner
June 28th, 2007Preparing for a new home overseas - or trying to understand your current one? The IHTs team of expatriate correspondents recommends books and Web sites to put you in the right frame of mind.
By Janet Flanner.
Readers worn and wary of yet another rehabilitated Tuscan farmhouse, or the further travails of hapless expatriates, might […]
Mortgage Clinic: ‘Can I get a discount on my buy-to-lets?’
June 27th, 2007Q. ‘I have three buy-to-let flats in north London, all on fixed-rate deals which end later this year. I’ll need to remortgage them – would I get a better deal if I switched all three to the same lender?’ TS, London N11
A. You don’t say how much you are paying on your existing mortgages, […]
Capital gains: Europe’s major cities are a hunting ground for smart investors
June 27th, 2007Europe’s capital cities are booming. People are abandoning the countryside to live where the jobs and the opportunities are plentiful, and in most countries that means the capital.
But British property investors seem fixated on the holiday areas. Their ideal spot is an old farm in Provence or Andalusia, often left derelict when the owners […]