Go Abroad for a Deal ; If You Want to Buy a Villa in the Sun, Look Abroad for a Cheaper Mortgage Deal. Sara Mcconnell Tells You How

Evening Standard - London (June 30, 2004)

Author: Sara Mcconnell

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THE summer holiday exodus is still a couple of weeks away, but for many, two weeks abroad is no longer enough. The overseas market is booming with Britons going to live abroad, and fashionable hotspots are Spain, France and Portugal.

"We're getting 100 enquiries a day where we used to get 25," says Simon Conn, of specialist overseas lender Conti Financial Services, based in Hove.

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Go Abroad for a Deal ; If You Want to Buy a Villa in the Sun, Look Abroad for a Cheaper Mortgage Deal. Sara Mcconnell Tells You How

The Norwich and Peterborough Building Society, which lends on holiday homes in Spain and Gibraltar, has also seen a huge increase.

A record 359,000 people left the UK permanently in 2002, according to the ...

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