Calculation of how French real estate agencies charge their rental clients has been changed.
As of September 15th 2014 the calculation of the French real estate agency fee for the assistance in the rental of a French property is now based on the living space of the French property and not on the rent.
The Loi Alur has ended this previous use of using the monthly rent for the agencies to determine their fee.
In a recent Survey in France by Opinionway 90 percent of French people said the French rental agencies fees where too high.
Now agencies can only charge for the following services: *
* you will need to verify the accuracy of this information since rules do change in France, consider this a jumping off point fo your learning.
The drafting of the lease
Compiling the file
The organization of the visits
The inventory of the property
According to an article in Explorimmo (written in French), the first three services are capped in three areas:
Important: Please verify these above details prior to renting a French property, we are not experts in renting and we are simply sharing this information for educational purposes.
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