France Property News

Erna Low Property is delighted to announce the release of thirteen exclusive freehold apartments within three traditional Savoyard style chalet buildings in Courchevel 1650. Les Chalets de la Saulire will be completed to the high and chic standard that skiers have come to expect of the elite resort of Courchevel.

The economic recession in Ireland has had little impact on the number of Irish people investing in foreign properties, according to a leading French-based estate agent.

When it was launched back in July of last year, France Property Shop gained over 1m page impressions in its first month, something of a record for a launch in the sector.

Mama Shelter is set to revolutionise the French Leaseback tourism industry. Roland Castro the famous Parisian architect is responsible for the conception as well as the on site 4200 sq metre media centre; French designer Philippe Starck is heading the interior design.

Five key departments are this year’s rising stars in the French holiday rental market. All are in the sun-filled southern regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence.

Changes in the French tax regime will prove beneficial to those who own properties in the country. The trebling of the inheritance tax threshold, means that fewer people are likely to have their estate taxed when they die.

The uncertainty surrounding the international stock market (French included) is leading more French households towards property investment.

Solutions to the current property market gloom are being found for people wanting to buy property in France. It is vital that anyone who is planning to buy a property in France acts quickly.

Calling all true romantics out there who may be looking to make the ultimate gesture of love on Valentine’s Day this year.

Moneycorp, the foreign exchange specialist, has announced an exclusive partnership agreement with the French property and finance specialist, GE Money Bank.

Profile Europe (UK) Ltd now have pleasure in bringing to the market what can only be described as, the most exciting French leaseback scheme of the decade. Brimming with benefits, this is one opportunity that shrewd investors should not pass by.

One full week back on the job and VEF (UK) report business up by more than 50% on the same week in 2007. It seems that people really are realising at last that buying property in France is a very wise alternative to the UK and Ireland.

France Home Finance, French based independent mortgage broker for non-residents and expatriates and Flat Hunter the premier buyers agent in Paris, are expecting the Parisian property market in 2008 to reach the market ideal of strong steady capital appreciation - but without the risk of a property bubble.

“France may never be better value than it is now”, says Trevor Leggett, Executive Director, Leggett Immobilier.

The improved Eurostar service, launching later this month, has already fuelled increased interest in buying properties in France, reports HiFX.

This month Alpine Homes and Savills launch Le Centaure Residences & Spa, a 52 unit leaseback development in Belle Plagne, which at 2050m is France’s 3rd highest ski resort.

New tax reforms just introduced by Nicolas Sarkozy shake up the way the controversial Wealth Tax in France is calculated, immediately benefiting many French and British property owners.

Going headlong against the Napoleonic Code and some of the principles of the Revolution of 1789, Nicolas Sarkozy today instituted changes to the Inheritance Tax threshold, as part of the new ‘Work, Employment and Buying Power’ W.E.B. legislation.

New tax reforms just introduced by Nicolas Sarkozy in France are set to shake up the French housing market for the benefit of both French and British buyers.

A report earlier this year highlighted Paris' position as top city for property investment. The Emerging Trends in Real Estate report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Urban Land Institute underlines the city's economic stability and sustainability, as well as placing Paris in first place for supply and demand balance.

The world famous port town of Saint Tropez on the French Riviera epitomises glamour, chic and luxury lifestyle;

France is seeing a sustained growth in its property market and this is partly due to local demand, with up to 500,000 properties needing to be built each year for the next 10 years just to satisfy this demand.

UK developer ‘Space France’ announce the major renovation plans for an historic silk mill in the UNESCO candidate town of Briancon in the French Alps.

Sharon Hill, Director of Your French Property gives a run down of the French property market and its hidden gems.

Life for Brits living and looking to buy in France is set to become easier under the new Sarkozy regime, according to Leggett Immobilier, the largest independent, Anglophone estate agency in France.