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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 October 2022
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Owners of French real estate with very poor thermal efficiency now have a big problem.
As of Wednesday August 24 2022 owners of the most inefficient homes will no longer be able to increase rents in accordance with the new law ‘Climat et résilience’ adopted into law in August 2021.
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French real estate comes with a diagnostics on energy efficiency which was always important and is now even more important due to increasing energy costs.
Unfortunately, according to a study cited in LeFigaro here the professional technicians hired to assess energy efficiencies of homes are making a lot of errors, not all technicians but some and the errors are important.
The research show that the same property gets rated differently by two different diagnoticians.
Make sure you do ask your notary or another professional to help you confirm the energy efficiency of a French property you are considering buying to make sure the assessment was done correctly to avoid disappointment.
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Translate the Lefigaro article in English via your browser to learn all the details.
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When you are considering buying French real estate that is part of a coproperty, for example, an apartment, it is very important that you have a professional help you review the financial condition of the co property. The management of the development may have a lot of outstanding debt and one of the things that could be contributing to increased costs is the recent increase in the cost of fuel used in building that have a centralized heating system.
This article here in LeFigaro that you can translate in your browser says at the time of wriging that Condominiums with more than 10 lots have a total debt of 2 billion euros, with an average default rate of 20%, that averages out at 8000 euros per condominium.
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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 September 2022
Continue reading “September 2022 French Property Historical Price Trends”