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my latest thought is to open a new zealand or aussie dollar account - earns 7 or 8% interest - asking the guys at work how stable the exchange is likely to be though - everyone expects sing dollar to appreciate but perhaps not fast enough to erode the relative value

Although happy to propogate rumours of crashing rents I think in reality the market has been seasonaly slow in december which has meant that some ridiculous demands have been scaled back to merely outrageous ones. The example you quote of 3800 going to 5800 is a 52% increase - i think this has been ...

Hi Durain - i'm interested in this investments method - do you have to be physically in the UK to pull the money back into sterling and who do you open the account with?

I agree there is always going to be a balance between things that keep us here vs things that push us away - financial hardship is certainly one of the big motivators to find another location, however unless you intend to move somewhere extremely exotic I dont think there are many places left in the...

Thanks EADG and keep it real - even if we cant beat them its some comfort to know I'm not the only one who thinks that the golden goose has been pushed to far! I think most landlords know that things are losing steam though which has meant I've found it pretty much impossible to negotiate a one year...

I follow your reasoning, but dont you think there is a limit. For example - a place renting for 6k in newton for example for the last two years is now demanding 12k or thereabouts - after negotiation (notwithstanding my earlier comment) say you can get it for 10k. Thats 120K pa potentially for 3-5 y...

Its been a while since I last spotted someone commenting on the rent increase madness even though it continues. After a month of searching and despite this supposedly being the quietest time to find a place I still havent been able to reconcile the rents being demanded for most places. There seems t...

Sorry everyone - havent been keeping up to date with the forum and just noticed a lot of comments / dialogue about hsbc on a later query so scratch my suggestion it looks like pot luck!

I've been told to look at the new HSBC Premier global account - havent arrived yet but the claim is to do everything you are looking for - not sure if anyone has had any experience with this?