What does the term buanderie mean in French real estate?

The term ‘Buanderie’ is the French real estate term used to describe a laundry or utility room, a nice feature to have since many French apartments and home do not always have a buanderie.

Instead many French apartments or houses have the laundry machine in the kitchen or bathroom SDD or SDB.

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Stage Your French Home to Highlight the Value and SELL

Many times people place their French home on the market and present it exactly as it always is. Really nice and tidy or well, you can guess the alternative.

In North American there has been a trend for a long time called Home Staging and it is really all about presenting your home in the best way possible to get the attention of as many interested buyers, simply to increase the chance of selling.

We recently saw a slide show on the HGTV site that offers 15 Secrets of Home Staging.

The summary in our words is below but you need to scroll down and visit the site to see all the great pictures and read the extra details.

Remember: home staging can make the difference between selling and hoping to sell.

Here is the overview of the tips: (in the form of teasers to get you to visit the HGTV site)

One
De Clutter and the Simplest way to do it.

Two
The Secret of Grouping Furnishings

Three
Furniture – Move it just like in Musical Furniture

Four
Space Transformation

Five
Light Up

Six
Paint The Walls to Make the Room Bigger

Seven
The Appealing color of Neutral

Eight
The Power of Color – Experiment with Color

Nine
Hang the Decoration in a Different Way

Ten
The Power of 3 in a Triangle

Eleven
Bring The Garden Inside

Twelve
Bedroom Staging Trick

Thirteen
Change The Doors to Change the Kitchen

Fourteen
Repair or Pay

Fifteen
Paint the Tiles, really!

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What does the term Arrondissement mean in a French real estate ad?

In a French property ad the term Arrondissement means a district or quarter or borough, an area typically with an name attached to it.

For example, if you are looking for an apartment in a certain area of Paris once you know the district or ‘arrondissement’ you can look for this being advertised on websites and in the newspapers.

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What does appartement meublé à louer mean in a French real estate ad?

In a French property advertisement the term ‘appartement meublé à louer’ means a furnished apartment is for rent. Furnished is ‘meublé’ in French and for rent is ‘à louer’

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Credit Agricole Economist French Property 15 Percent Over Priced

According to an article in Le Figaro, Crédit agricole Economist Olivier Eluère states that prices have fallen in France slightly but he believes they are still overvalued by 15 percent at this moment (January 2014).

Mr Eluère believes that in 2014 the French real estate market will remain calm and he expects prices to fall by approximately 4 percent.

He also anticipates that French property mortgage rates will start to go up little by little in 2014.

Is it time for you to see if you can find an opportunity to buy in France before the mortgage rates go up?

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Read original article in French here

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