Charente Property Now More Affordable for Brits, as Pound Strengthens

Are you intent on buying a property in the beautiful Poitou-Charentes? If so, you may be interested to learn that buying Charente real estate will now leave less of a hole in your bank account. This is because the pound to euro exchange rate recently hit 1.4416, its strongest in 7.5 years, or since October 5th 2007.

Changes To The 7 Day Withdrawal Period

Since 8th August this year there has been a change in legislation under the 'Loi Macron' (Emmanuel Macron is the Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs in France). Buyers of a property in France have the peace of mind of a cooling off period, known as "délai de rétractation".

New European Inheritance Rules Explained Updated August 2015

Under the regulation, after 17 August 2015, any British national who has property in France, or any other participating EU state (and who has taken appropriate action before their death) can choose either the law of the country of their habitual residence, or of their nationality, or choose one of their nationalities if multiple, to govern the devolution of their French estate.

Grow Your Own

Until very recently I had no interest at all in plants, flowers, veggies or anything remotely garden- related. When I was young I recall that my mum and grandmother couldn't pass a garden without commenting on how beautiful the roses etc were, and I just thought - "how boring" - but I now find myself doing exactly the same.

Greece Vote 'No'

The much awaited Greek referendum took place yesterday and the Greeks have quite surprisingly voted ‘NO’ to the current bailout offer that was on the table.

Although this was a highly anticipated event on the currency markets it did little to affect the euro, with the single currency dropping 0.5% against the pound and 0.4% against the dollar.