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French real estate tip of the day: French Notaries

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French real estate tip of the day. When you buy your French property you will need a French notary to manage the transaction.

Our tip today is to remember you are not obliged to use the seller’s notary. You can arrange to have your own French notary work for you and the cost for you at this time does not change because the buyers and sellers notaries share the fee between them.

You can also request an English speaking French notary which maybe possible to find depending on the area of France you are buying in.

Locate a notary via the Notaries of France website. Search for a notary is currently down the bottom of the home page on the French notary site.

Get yourself a copy of our French property buyers guide today. French property buyers guide details here.

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French Real Estate Professionals New Law about Education

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All French real estate professional are now required to have continuing education.

A new law Decree No. 2016-173 of February 18, 2016 relating to continuing education for real estate professionals in France is good news for all French property owners.

Training can only improve the quality of service offered to buyers and seller.

This law is pertaining to all people working in the French real estate business including agent commercial auto  entrepreneur, employees and managers. The duration of the training noted in the decree here is 14 hours of training per year per person.

Check with your local real estate agent to learn more.

Proof of the required training is required to obtain renewal of professional cards.

Course included in certification include legal, economic, trade, ethics and the technical areas related to construction, housing, urban planning, energy transition.

Read the full details in French on the government of France website here.

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French Real Estate Agents New Law for Control of Activities

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French Real Estate Agents New Law for Control of Activities

French real estate agents often have a poor reputation with clients and a new law that is planned to come into effect by the end of 2016 hopes to put an end to this.

The new law provides for the establishment of a control board that can penalize French real estate agents who make a mistake in their real estate service.

The new law once in place will specify the modalities, terms of appointment of members and organization of the commission and perhaps other details we are not yet aware of.

The long term goal, like in other countries that have similar commissions, is to remove inappropriate conduct from the French real estate industry and only leave behind the true professionals.

Worth noting: We sense you must make sure you are working with a registered French real estate professional to have the possibility to make a complaint about conduct. If you are working with someone who is an unregistered person helping you with your real estate project we sense you may have no comeback.

Do your research and choose wisely.

If you are looking to find an English speaking French real estate professional contact us here. 

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Dianes Musings on Life in France a blog to explore

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Living in France is more that enjoying the beautiful real estate.

As a new way to serve you more we are now offering you an introduction to the experiences of people who have moved to France and who write about their experiences so you can taste more of what life is like here.

Perhaps you checked out the recent posting on Susan’s French Oasis.

So today let us introduce you to Diane.

We found Diane’s blog Oui In France and we decided to contact her because the voice of her blog is so fresh.

The news is that when we spoke she is just as warm and friendly over the phone as she comes across in her blog.

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Here is a little background on Diane and once you read it jump over to her blog to experience more.

Diane is American and she is married to a Frenchman. They have a pup named Dagny. Diane has been in France almost five years and lives in the Maine-et-Loire department not far from Angers,

Her blog touches on healthy living topics, the French language, French culture, expat topics, dog topics, travel and anything else going on in her life.

Photos on this posting courtesy of Diane.

Visit OuiinFrance now

If you know of a personal blog written by someone living in France and you would like the rest of the ESREA France community to know about it please go here and tell us about the blog.

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Notary of France Fees Going Down May 2016

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French notaries are not happy.

French notaries are not happy since a new law that comes into effect in early May 2016 will see the amount of fees French notaries gain during a real estate transaction will go down by 2.5 percent and perhaps even by as much as 10 percent of what they used to earn before the new law.

Note: According to the French Notary’s website 80 percent of the money you pay to a notary during a real estate transaction are taxes that go directly to the French government.

To find out how much you will pay in notary fees for your next real estate transaction ask you notary for a quote ahead of time.

This new law will be revised in 2018.

Contact Notaries of France here.

Read the source article in French here

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