Want to buy a holiday home this year? Getting the best exchange rate could add thousands to your budget September 10, 2014 If you are thinking of buying overseas chances are it's an escape to the sun that's on your mind. According to research from Moneycorp and Savills, France and Spain are the favourite countries for Brits to own a second home, together accounting for just under 50% of all second homes sampled in the survey. If [...]
Peer-to-peer can help you save up for a house deposit September 10, 2014 How could peer-to-peer (P2P) lending help you save for a house deposit? First-time buyers looking to live in the South East of England will need to stump up an average deposit of around £30,000 according to research released at the end of August by LSL Property Services, and the figure leaps to £62,253 in [...]
Peer-to-peer lending can help you save for your child’s future September 2, 2014 How could peer-to-peer (P2P) lending help you save for your child’s future? The cost of childcare, education, food, clothing and the like could total almost £230,000 by the time they’re 21, according to Liverpool Victoria. And while this includes university fees (which many will choose to fund through student loans), it doesn’t include private [...]
Peer-to-peer lending can help you to save for retirement August 27, 2014 How could peer-to-peer (P2P) lending help you reach your retirement goals? First, it’s a good way to grow capital. According to Zopa calculations, if you lent a £1,000 lump sum initially over its platform, and then added £500 each month, you would end up with a total pot worth £304,390 after 25 years, and [...]
How BuzzFeed’s $850m valuation shows there’s money in those cat lists August 11, 2014 BuzzFeed, the spiritual home of lists, cats and OMG labels, has just secured a further $50m (£30m) in investment, reportedly seeing it valued at an impressive $850m (£506m). When you consider that the Washington Post was bought by Jeff Bezos for a paltry $250m (£149m) last year, this is a figure that should make you [...]
Save money on your overseas transfers and payments July 21, 2014 More people are finding it necessary to send money overseas, whether they are buying a property abroad, paying a mortgage or service fees on a property they already own, or work internationally and need to move money cost-effectively around the world. Even if you simply buy goods from overseas, or want to send money to [...]
Test your FX experience – and win currency July 20, 2014 We’re giving City AM readers the chance to win £500, credited to their Moneycorp account, by entering our foreign exchange-themed quiz below. Email your answers to cityam@moneycorp.com by noon on Friday 22nd August for a chance to win.* 1. Which emerging market country is the UK’s largest exporting partner? a. Thailand b. China [...]
Homegrown factor (at Arsenal) makes Cesc Fabregas more useful to Chelsea June 12, 2014 It's not just incisive midfield play and experience on the big stage that make Cesc Fabregas attractive to Chelsea, who have today signed the former Arsenal captain from Barcelona for £30m on a five-year deal. Fabregas’s value to the Blues has increased markedly since the club decided to part company with two of its [...]
The Investec Epsom Derby 2014: What does it take to win? June 4, 2014 The world's greatest flat race – The Investec Derby 2014 – is almost here. How does it feel to have the winner of this great Epsom race? What kind of horse does it take? Watch The Investec Derby Film featuring Channel 4's Clare Balding and Nick Luck along with Investec Derby winning trainer [...]