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A French real estate agent may have a written agreement with a buyer to find a property for him or her. This type of agreement is similar but not the same as a Buyer’s agency agreement in North America. In France the contract between the agent and the buyer is called a ‘mandate de recherché‘
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When you are making a French property investment it is important to understand the different taxes that can be placed on your French investment. One important tax to be aware of is Impôt sur les plus-values.
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The price of a property in France does not always include the agency’s fees. To be sure you need to ask every agency you contact if the price includes the agency commission.
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This is a very complicated French legal and tax question. The rules on capital gains have changed 3 times in the two years so it is best to check with an English speaking French tax adviser or French notary in France who knows the French real estate rules before making a decision.
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From our research, in the past in France there was “La Conservation des Hypothèques” which was the location where there is a registration of a sale of a property for administrative and fiscal purposes was held, now according to the Notaries of France website this branch of the French government has now had it services transferred to the “les Services de la publicité foncière “.
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