by Christopher Nye | Jun 12, 2024 | Case study, Currency 101, Lifestyle
Bookended by two global crises, Peter and Mark’s decade running an award-winning hotel in France was eventful and rewarding. And at least efficient currency exchanges were something they could rely on. As Smart Currency celebrates its 20th year, we spoke to Peter...
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by Christopher Nye | Apr 10, 2024 | Case study
At Smart Currency we like to think we’re there for our clients over the long term. Clients like Oliver Maurice, who took a chance on people he thought sounded “extremely pleasant” over 18 years ago and has remained a customer through an adventurous and energetic...
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by Christopher Nye | Jul 15, 2021 | Case study, Currency 101
Last year, Debbie Blaber from West Sussex shook hands on a deal to buy a home in France for €197,000. When completing the purchase took longer than planned due to the pandemic, she watched as exchange rate movements made the price in pounds shoot up by thousands of...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 18, 2020 | Case study
We spoke to one of our clients, Michele, about her experience of buying a property in Portugal. During her buying process, she had both Brexit and COVID-19 to contend with, which sent the currency markets into disarray. However, she explains that after finding us...
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by Christopher Nye | Jul 2, 2019 | Case study
In 2018, we spoke to Beth Nicholson, who had fulfilled a lifelong dream of living permanently in France by buying a beautiful home in the Charente. She told us how she’d safely bought during an economically volatile time, and what she hoped for from her new life....
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by Christopher Nye | Jun 12, 2019 | Case study
Saint Amans is the realisation of a long-held dream by Anne MacColl and her husband, Jean-Louis, a premium craft gin business based in their property in France. Starting up a new business internationally during such a volatile time for the foreign exchange markets...
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