The number of lending options to Britons based overseas or wanting to buy a holiday home abroad has tightened following Lloyds TSB International's announcement that it will no longer accept new mortgage applications from overseas borrowers.
Last year, the lender said it would no longer accept mortgage applications from buyers or UK expatriates living in Italy, Ireland or France, but this has been extended to all overseas locations.
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The Henry VII-era house that was dismantled piece by piece and shipped to the USAAgecroft Hall, near Manchester, didn't meet the same miserable end as some of Britain's other country homes. Instead, it was shipped to the USA and repurposed as a museum.
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‘The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second best time is now'Now is the time to firstly, hug a tree, and secondly, plant some more — in increasingly imaginative ways.
