A common French real estate buyer’s mistake is as follows:
Visiting a property only on sunny days
Why?
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French real estate buyer’s mistake number two
Another common French real estate buyer’s mistake is as follows:
Visiting a property only on the weekends prior to making an offer
Why?
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French real estate buyer’s mistake number one
A common French real estate buyer’s mistake is as follows:
Making an offer of a certain price before you have seen the diagnostic reports for a French property.
Why?
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Moving to France Tax Considerations to Know About
If you are moving to France to enjoy the French real estate experience first hand you will need to be aware of tax considerations.
For starters, you will need to know about your French residential status since French residents are liable to French income tax, social charges, capital gains tax, inheritance tax and maybe even wealth tax so it is an excellent idea to get informed.
We are not connected to Blevins Franks, however, we just received an email from them with details you can check out.
The link to their French tax considerations article is here. (Make sure the information you obtain is up to date so note the date of the article)
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French Real Estate Market Analysis
The French Real Estate Market has Changed.
In terms of activity, 2016 was a very active year.
According to the Notaries of France, “sales over a twelve month period rose progressively, reaching in the summer of 2016 levels as high as the previous market highs of 2006 and the start of 2012.”
There was an estimated 843,000 transactions made over the last twelve months, up 9% year on year
See the graphic and more details via this link.
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