July 18, 2007

Overseas mortgages may be advantageous

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by Gill Montia

Moneycorp, the provider of foreign exchange services, have declared that investors looking at property overseas may benefit from a foreign currency mortgage. Moneycorp added that foreign currency mortgages have risen in popularity since interest rates have continued to increase in the UK. ...


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