News about French Mortgages

Thanks to being the market leader in the UK, Sextant mortgages’ clients benefit from important discounts on the rates on their French mortgage as opposed to approaching French banks directly or through other brokers.

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•    In the UK & France interest rates for mortgages are very similar. For instance, in both countries the average interest rates is 3.70% for tracker mortgage rates. Therefore the cost of borrowing is quasi identical on both sides of the Channel. Read more »

For those clients looking to buy Euros the New Year has brought some much needed cheer with Sterling Euro exchange rates pushing past the 1.20 mark reaching a 16 month high. Read more »

The pragmatism of astute real estate buyers will lead them to take ona French mortgage instead of buying cash. Read more »

Over the last couple of months the economic pressures on both Britain and Europe have been intensifying, in fact in recent weeks there have been suggestions that the Eurozone is reaching its final days. Read more »

A handful of expert economists thought last month that the ECB rate tendency to diminish will persist over the coming months. Read more »

The chart above illustrates the domestic costs of borrowing across 9 European countries. Read more »

It is quite well known that, since 2008, banks in the UK and in France have made life very difficult to self employed looking to get finance to buy propertiesin the UK or in France. Read more »

Sextant market research has noticed over the last 6 years that best negotiations are realised in November and December.

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The ECB is the European central bank and it is accountable for designing and implementing the monetary policy in the euro zone. Created in 1998, the ECB has played a decisive role since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008 due to its ability to deal with the current adverse economic context. Read more »