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The British Buyer’s Guide to Moving GBP to EUR for a French Property Purchase

A no-nonsense, unaffiliated look at the best ways to move GBP to EUR for a French property purchase — Wise, Revolut, CurrencyFair, specialist brokers and high-street banks, compared on cost, speed and safety.
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The Market That Forgot How to Move

The UK housing market has ground to a standstill. Prices hold firm but activity has collapsed, with mortgage approvals at two-year lows and nearly half of listed properties being withdrawn unsold. What's driving this stalemate, and what does it mean for buyers, sellers, and investors?
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How to Continue Trading on Interactive Brokers After a PDT Flag (Even If You’ve Used Your One-Time Reset)

TL;DR (April 2026) — You've used your one-time IBKR PDT reset and you're stuck. The three workarounds that...
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UK House Prices in 2026: The Market That Stopped Inflating

The 2026 update to our UK housing guide: essentially flat headline prices, a two-speed regional split, the April 2025 stamp duty reset, collapsed net migration, and what it all means for buyers and investors.
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France’s Political Turmoil Revisited: What Actually Happened to British Households

The April 2026 update to our December 2024 piece: three French prime ministers in fifteen months, Le Pen's conviction and 2027 ban, the OAT-Bund spread at 74bps, and how much of the predicted UK ripple effect actually arrived.

London Housing Revisited: The Real-Terms Correction That Quietly Arrived

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In 2018 we predicted London house prices would keep falling. Seven years on, here is what actually happened to the capital - and what non-dom reforms mean for 2026 buyers.

UK Buy-to-Let Revisited: The Slow Professionalisation of a Squeezed Market

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In 2018 we argued the Government had murdered UK buy-to-let. Seven years on, here is how Section 24, the Renters' Rights Act, and the 5% SDLT surcharge actually reshaped the market.
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