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Hope you're well and as excited as I am about the forthcoming soccer event and four weeks of constant vuvuzelaring! I'm sure by the time another Englishman misses a penalty and becomes national villain we'll all be glad to hear the back of them! 

I'm left running the office this week as proud Scotsman Alan takes advantage of the over hyped build up re: South Africa by jetting off to a far place away from it all.

We were delighted with the response of our 'Friday Five' email where we will continue to offer - yes, 'Five' excellent investments each week, from the UK and Overseas. Due to such high demand, we are aiming to get back to all of those who requested more information from last weeks newsletter.

Our offers included a couple of excellent UK deals, Investment land in Canada & Brazil and a huge potential return in renewable energy. If you missed those and / or would like to know more, leave your details here or call 0115 9853963 for more information.

We have also struck up a fantastic deal offering sourcers the chance to buy leads directly from us! for more information on that call 0115 9853963 or email investments@propertysecrets.net with your details.

This week's blog comes from one of our newest partners in Connect Mortgages very own Geoffrey Simmonds, Geoff is Head of Overseas Mortgage Finder and offers great advice on UK and Global Mortgages.

Two great new opportunities have opened up in the international mortgage market over the last month. The first is in Portugal, where the first lender has been brave enough to stick their head above the parapet and start to offer 90% LTV mortgages. The second is in the USA where full status and self cert low value mortgages (starting from just $50,000) have become available up to 75% LTV. The USA has become a popular hotspot for many international property investors over recent months due to the strong Return on Investment (ROI) deals on offer, and we hope that this loosening of criteria both in USA and Portugal is start of things to come.

Our new international mortgage website has proven really popular and I have spent the last month training up 5 new advisers to cope with the demand. I have also been working on acquiring more sources of finance in the USA, and looking for finance options in developing markets such as Brazil and the Caribbean which are now starting to prove popular destinations with our clients.

To help ensure the economic recovery and steady growth within many countries, we have seen almost no change in interest rates over the past month, which is great news for property investors seeking finance. But many analysts have predicted that interest rate rises are on the horizon, and therefore this month’s tip is for property investors to take advantage of the current low rates of borrowing while they can. There are some cracking 5 to 10 year fixed rate deals available at the moment with interest rates in Spain starting at just 2.62% and in France at just 2.92%. More information on these products can be found on our website www.overseasmortgagefinder.co.uk or alternatively if you would like a free mortgage consultation with one our advisers please call us on 01708 676128.

Geoff Simmonds.

Remember, for further information on our UK deals, for ready sourced leads or for any other questions, call us at 0115 9853963 or email investments@propertysecrets.net

Have a great week!

Daniel.