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FRENCH BANK ACCOUNTS,SPANISH BANK ACCOUNTS and
BANK ACCOUNTS ABROAD

Opening your foreign bank account is generally fairly straightforward.
Internet banking has made a bank account abroad very easy to manage.
You can arrange all the transactions from your computer in the UK -
sometimes even in English!
Eventually, your bank account
will hold standing orders for all the
regular expenses incurred in running your new home-
water , electricity , telephone , community charges and property taxes.
The charges made for transactions vary substantially from bank to bank,
so check out several banks before deciding.
Although in the end, the availability of a site in English may be your top priority.

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Particularly important are the costs for the transfer of money overseas.
You will need to do this every time you make a payment from your income
in the UK to your bank account abroad.
If you have a foreign mortgage, that will be every month!

For a list of Spanish banks click here
For a list of French banks click here

While every effort has been made to make this information accurate and a help in buying
property abroad, we can take no responsibility for any errors or omissions.
The laws regarding all aspects of property purchase vary from country to country.
It is important that you make legal and financial checks when you buy property abroad.

FRENCH BANK ACCOUNTS,SPANISH BANK ACCOUNTS and BANK ACCOUNTS ABROAD

FRENCH BANK ACCOUNTS,SPANISH BANK ACCOUNTS and
BANK ACCOUNTS ABROAD