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 »
On April 7th as expected, the European Central Bankraised its main guiding rate to 1.25%. This is the end of about 2 years of stability with a low rate of 1%―and this rise is just beginning.