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International mortgage guide
A mortgage is a sum of money borrowed from a bank or building society, for the purchase of property. It is paid back over an agreed period of time (usually no less than 5 years).
The international mortgage is similar in many ways to a mortgage you would take out when purchasing property in the UK. However there may be different taxation levels, fees or restrictions to consider when purchasing abroad.
Browse our guides on buying a home in Spain and South Africa, and information on mortgages in Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Cyprus, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal and the USA.
New International Guides
Check out our new international mortgage guides for the Canary Islands and property hotspot Cape Verde, and whilst dreaming of an island retreat, please read our International Island Mortgages guide.
The holiday home guides for the Caribbean (including a breakdown of each of the Caribbean Islands) and Spain have also been updated for 2008.
New guides have also been added for Gibraltar, Holland, Israel and New Zealand.
For more information, please fill in our quick enquiry form, or find out more from the pages below:
There are many different ways you can take out a mortgage when purchasing abroad. These include (but are not restricted to):
- UK banks & buildings societies
- Local lenders
- International Lenders
The types of mortgage you will be offered will vary from country to country, however there are two main types:
- The repayment mortgage or
Taking out a mortgage in another country has a range of additional costs to consider, together with numerous advantages. Please visit our costs & benefits page for more details.
Holiday Homes Mortgage News
- Mortgages for North Norfolk holiday homes gaining popularity
- Banking institution reduces interest on international mortgages
- Warnings for consumers trying to find a mortgage abroad
- More Britons find a mortgage abroad, study shows
- More Brits to find a mortgage abroad
- More Britons to find a mortgage abroad, experts predict
- New help to find a mortgage abroad
- Look abroad for a mortgage, Moneycorp says
- European mortgage market healthy, Rics says
- New buy-to-let mortgage option in Spain
- Spain most popular with mortgage hunters, reveals survey
- New options to find a mortgage in Spain
- New option to find a remortgage in Spain
- Young Britons want to find a mortgage in Spain, study shows
- New Barclays mortgage in Spain
- New options to find a mortgage in Spain
- USA mortgage rates edge higher again
- Mortgage lenders turning down thousands per month
- Flexible drawdowns could save thousands on lifetime mortgages
- Mortgage expert claims first time buyers priced out of Northern Ireland
- Bank of Ireland Mortgages "enhances" buy-to-let scheme
- New mortgage criteria from Bank of Ireland
- Fixed mortgage rates cut at Bank of Ireland
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