On the 8th September 2011, the French parliament voted a new version for Capital Gains Tax on French properties (it isn’t definitive yet because it has to be approved by the second assembly: the sénat). This new version will be applicable on the sale of the second home and...

Capital gains tax in France is called ‘impôt sur les plus values’ and is payable on the sale of land or buildings, on shares, and certain other personal property. It is determined by the difference between the sale price and the purchase price. After the purchase of a French house, taxes become digressive

If you are a home owner in France and want to buy a property abroad, in the United Kingdom for instance, then you can do what is known as a garantie deplacée.

The procedure of a garantie deplacée is the same as the one ...

Inheritance and succession are always a dilemma for a Lawyer when you deal with your client’s assets. Owning investments in England or elsewhere will oblige you to reconsider your client’s estate planning and structure of ownership. From an English law point of view...

For several years, France has been a property market particularly different from others in Europe. A British buyer may not be used to the system and may therefore be somewhat puzzled if he is faced with it...

France’s newspaper ‘Le Monde’ published some outstanding figures referring to real estate in Paris and in its suburban areas.

Paris property prices increased by 20% in 2010

A study carried out by...

The recovery of prices and the high number of sales in the resale property market in France has every reason to continue into the beginning of next year, thanks to interest rates that should remain low, predict France’s notaries ...

Termites are the nemesis of any property owner or perspective buyer as these tiny creatures have the power to reduce a building to a heap of sawdust. They can be found in some parts of France just like in the south west of England. They may be small but the damage they can do...

It’s a familiar story. You’ve put your UK home on the market, keen to make a fresh start in France. You decide to go to France on a prospective viewing trip, and fall in love with a French property...

Purchasing property anywhere is an intricate and often bureaucratic process as it seems that every country has its own set of peculiar habits and obscure rules that must be followed exactly, often to the bewilderment of foreigners. The French property market is more particular than most...