Over 100,000 UK homeowners are planning to move overseas before the end of the year, a new survey by Sainsbury's Bank reveals.
Latest findings by the bank suggest some 112,000 homeowners are considering joining the 1.4m Britons who are already own a property abroad, within the next six months. A majority of those looking at moving overseas belong to the older generation, with some 53% being age 55 or over. If this trend continues, one in eight Britons aged over 55 could be living abroad within the next eight years, the survey says. Although Sainsubry's Bank does not say so, it has been suggested rocking house prices may encourage people to consider living abroad. Instead of moving abroad, another survey...
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