Avoid mistakes. Understand how the French real estate buying process works with ESREA France
Click the link below for the most recent French Real Estate Property Historical Pricing Trends. You will arrive at the English page on the Government of France website. The page shows historical trends in French real estate and property as of July 2023
Continue reading “July 2023 French Property Historical Price Trends”
French property buyers can save time and energy by doing certain checks when they first visit a home. These checks do not eliminate the need for a professional inspection but they can at least help you better understand the general overall condition of the home.
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Check under the sinks for the plumbing system to see if there are any leaks or evidence of poor quality repair work.
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Flush the toilets to see if they work and that the water stops once the tank is full.
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Check the water taps, all of them, to see if any are leaking, dripping, if they are it can indicate poor maintenance of the home.
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Check all the doors and windows open and close correctly. Check the shutters as well.
Cynthia Sadler wrote ” I am so grateful to you for your help, and I have already spoken to friends who are planning to retire in France after their children graduate from college in 5 or 6 years, letting them know about the wonderful support that ESREA France will be able to provide when they start looking for a house to buy. You can be sure that I’ll be referring other friends who are thinking about relocation possibilities to you as I learn of that interest!I”
Tanya Coletz wrote “I can’t recommend David enough, such a refreshing experience after months of trying to find suitable professionals myself he managed to find English speaking, qualified and responsive recommendations immediately. He also responded to my emails on a French holiday and followed through on every promise at a very reasonable price. I’m very grateful for his help and highly recommend his professional service”
Note: Details on our 110 Tip electronic French real estate buyer’s guide plus checklists is here.
When you are buying French real estate you need to avoid making common mistakes made by French property buyers. Below are five more buyers I have met with told me they wished they had learned before they bought. I wish I they had used my services so they would have known about the information.
See the first five in an article just before this one linked to at the bottom of the page.
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Only viewing a property once before making an offer
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Allowing an owner or agent to influence them into making a full price offer
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Not getting a proper evaluation of the value of the property before making an offer
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Not hiring an agent to work on their behalf supporting them on their path to purchase
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Not checking at the city hall to see if all the work in the property was done with official permits
There are many more tips you can in the 110 tips buyers guide. Check them out for sure.
Cynthia Sadler wrote ” I am so grateful to you for your help, and I have already spoken to friends who are planning to retire in France after their children graduate from college in 5 or 6 years, letting them know about the wonderful support that ESREA France will be able to provide when they start looking for a house to buy. You can be sure that I’ll be referring other friends who are thinking about relocation possibilities to you as I learn of that interest!I”
Tanya Coletz wrote “I can’t recommend David enough, such a refreshing experience after months of trying to find suitable professionals myself he managed to find English speaking, qualified and responsive recommendations immediately. He also responded to my emails on a French holiday and followed through on every promise at a very reasonable price. I’m very grateful for his help and highly recommend his professional service”
Cynthia Sadler wrote ” I am so grateful to you for your help, and I have already spoken to friends who are planning to retire in France after their children graduate from college in 5 or 6 years, letting them know about the wonderful support that ESREA France will be able to provide when they start looking for a house to buy. You can be sure that I’ll be referring other friends who are thinking about relocation possibilities to you as I learn of that interest!I”
Tanya Coletz wrote “I can’t recommend David enough, such a refreshing experience after months of trying to find suitable professionals myself he managed to find English speaking, qualified and responsive recommendations immediately. He also responded to my emails on a French holiday and followed through on every promise at a very reasonable price. I’m very grateful for his help and highly recommend his professional service”
Note: Details on our 110 Tip electronic French real estate buyer’s guide plus checklists is here.
When you are buying French real estate you need to avoid making some of the common mistakes made by French property buyers simply because they never where told these mistakes by someone like me who is here to help you avoid mistakes.
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Using the sellers French only speaking Notary
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Forgetting to factor the cost of the mortgage into the cost of the property purchased
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Not reviewing the diagnostic reports before decidiing on the price to pay for the property
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Not contacting the property management company responsible for a coproperty to find out the cost of work the buyer will have to pay for
Five
Not getting an up to date copy of the residence tax and property tax papers.
Cynthia Sadler wrote ” I am so grateful to you for your help, and I have already spoken to friends who are planning to retire in France after their children graduate from college in 5 or 6 years, letting them know about the wonderful support that ESREA France will be able to provide when they start looking for a house to buy. You can be sure that I’ll be referring other friends who are thinking about relocation possibilities to you as I learn of that interest!I”
Tanya Coletz wrote “I can’t recommend David enough, such a refreshing experience after months of trying to find suitable professionals myself he managed to find English speaking, qualified and responsive recommendations immediately. He also responded to my emails on a French holiday and followed through on every promise at a very reasonable price. I’m very grateful for his help and highly recommend his professional service”
Cynthia Sadler wrote ” I am so grateful to you for your help, and I have already spoken to friends who are planning to retire in France after their children graduate from college in 5 or 6 years, letting them know about the wonderful support that ESREA France will be able to provide when they start looking for a house to buy. You can be sure that I’ll be referring other friends who are thinking about relocation possibilities to you as I learn of that interest!I”
Tanya Coletz wrote “I can’t recommend David enough, such a refreshing experience after months of trying to find suitable professionals myself he managed to find English speaking, qualified and responsive recommendations immediately. He also responded to my emails on a French holiday and followed through on every promise at a very reasonable price. I’m very grateful for his help and highly recommend his professional service”
Note: Details on our 110 Tip electronic French real estate buyer’s guide plus checklists is here.
If you already own a property in France and you have a lot of equity in the home because of the increase in value or simply because you purchased your property in cash you may be interested in obtaining an equity release.
I am no financial expert but essentially an ‘equity release’ is a way of releasing cash from your property without having to sell it or move out of the property.
Cynthia Sadler wrote ” I am so grateful to you for your help, and I have already spoken to friends who are planning to retire in France after their children graduate from college in 5 or 6 years, letting them know about the wonderful support that ESREA France will be able to provide when they start looking for a house to buy. You can be sure that I’ll be referring other friends who are thinking about relocation possibilities to you as I learn of that interest!I”
Tanya Coletz wrote “I can’t recommend David enough, such a refreshing experience after months of trying to find suitable professionals myself he managed to find English speaking, qualified and responsive recommendations immediately. He also responded to my emails on a French holiday and followed through on every promise at a very reasonable price. I’m very grateful for his help and highly recommend his professional service”
Cynthia Sadler wrote ” I am so grateful to you for your help, and I have already spoken to friends who are planning to retire in France after their children graduate from college in 5 or 6 years, letting them know about the wonderful support that ESREA France will be able to provide when they start looking for a house to buy. You can be sure that I’ll be referring other friends who are thinking about relocation possibilities to you as I learn of that interest!I”
Tanya Coletz wrote “I can’t recommend David enough, such a refreshing experience after months of trying to find suitable professionals myself he managed to find English speaking, qualified and responsive recommendations immediately. He also responded to my emails on a French holiday and followed through on every promise at a very reasonable price. I’m very grateful for his help and highly recommend his professional service”
Note: Details on our 110 Tip electronic French real estate buyer’s guide plus checklists is here.