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We have a house in the UK with a UK mortgage with the Halifax and a house in France with no mortgage. We would like to reduce our mortgage repayments and are considering looking into taking out a euro mortgage on the house in France because of lower interest rates in Europe. We work in the UK and our salary is paid in sterling. Any recommendations?

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  • toonfish
    toonfish Posts: 1,260 Forumite
    you generally need to open a French bank account I think, but you can borrow there for around 3.75% the last time I looked. Be aware though that you need to factor in exchange rates as well as interest rates and currency fluctuations potentially have a big impact.

    loans are subject to status and you can generally borrow up to 85% of the property value
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