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 June 2023
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French real estate buyers and owners need to know what they can learn from certain French administrative offices so we attempt to help out today with some simple explananations.
Mairies
Mairies is a French adminstrative building located typcially in the center of a French village. It is the place you go to register births and deaths and marraiges and divorces. It is also a place to go to find out about ongoing event, local garbage and recycling guidance, local schooling and even a starting point to find out important information about usage guidelines for your property or potentially future property. In English we would typically call the Mairie a city hall.
Hotel de ville
Hotel de ville is typically the name for the Mairie in a bigger town.
Prefecture
The prefecture is responsible for carrying out the work related to your safety such as the police and fire services and it is the place to go to about your driver’s license and passports plus more items.
Tresor Public
Le Tresor Public is the public treasurey in France and the place you will typically contact to find out about your taxes.
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Are you looking for How to find an English speaking French notary?
Here is a step by step approach to find an English speaking French notary
To find an english speaking French notary
Go to https://www.notaires.fr/en
On the top right you willl see a button ‘Find a notary’ click on that.
Below the search bar you will see a tab to choose ‘spoken languages’ click and select english and in the search bar search the location where you wish to find a notary. A town or postal code. You do NOT have to add the name of a notary. Then click search.
Once you find one you can click ‘more info’ and see that they do speak English and you can reach out to them by email in English as a first contact.
I trust this works for you.
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Note: Details on our 110 Tip electronic French real estate buyer’s guide plus checklists is here.
French real estate and the experience of hot summers and cold winters make it even more important for you to pay close attention to the features of the the French real estate you are considering buying. Sunshine is great but if you do not have a home that can keep out the heat and create a comfortable environment inside you may find it very uncomfortable. This is just like if you have a home that is too cold in the winter.
Many people only consider the importance of heating but few consider the importance of cooling that in many parts of France is important during the summer.
When you visit a home in France take this information into consideration.
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French real estate: elimination of the French audiovisual tax from 2022
At this moment in time the government of France is in the process of eliminating the French audiovidual tax, in French called ‘la contribution a l’audiovisuel public’ which is noted on your residence tax from, in French called ‘tax d’habitation’.
This is in process as you read this you can learn more on the French government website here or speak to your local French tax office to verify your situation.
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