Why Brits are still quitting Britain

While Brits living in France and Spain are feeling the pinch because of the decline in the Pound, many others are still planning to move away from the declining state of once Great Britian.

An American correspondent in yesterday’s New York Times, commenting on Brit emigration, spoke for many over-50s when he wrote: “I can well understand why folks want to abandon Britain, where a person can’t smoke or own a gun or derogate a religion (even in private conversation), or spank one's child, or avert one's face from any of that country's 10 million CCTV cameras.

“I always thought Orwell's book (1984) represented a dystopia, but now the Brits have accepted it as their constitution.”

He didn’t mention the poor healthcare, inadequate education, ruined pension industry, unwanted currency, gun-toting teens, criminal under-class, corrupt politicians, open borders, nor an unelected leader deciding what the now angry populous wants.

But just as stoic, ex-pat Brits will sit out the currency and financial crisis affecting their lifestyles in continental Europe, those still to leave will go-ahead with their plans and take advantage of the downturn in house prices, that more than compensates for the currency losses.

In Spain they will find excellent value villas and apartments in established residential areas at prices 25% to 50% below valuation, buying direct from banks who have not had Government bail-outs because of mismanaged growth efforts.

Over-50s will notice that three ailing British banking institutions are going to carry the Santander name and be integrated in a 14,000 branch network across 40 countries. The boss of Santander was the only top banker not required to offer an apology to the Parliamentary committee investigating the banking collapse as no client money went into dodgy banking scams.

By contrast, Brit rivals have been bailed-out by the UK Government who failed to supervise their more dubious actives as they strove for world domination...

Along with sunshine, siestas and relaxed lifestyle, Spain offers stability, sound banking and good healthcare. What more could the over-50s or pensioners want for?

Their property search starts here, with specialist over-50s active life resorts, developments with guaranteed rentals, or heavily discounted repossession bargains from Spanish banks and and hard-pressed developers.