If you are looking to move to France form the UK, then you might be surprised at just how simple the whole process can be.

Sharon Evans, director of Cle France, believes that many will be surprised at how uncomplicated it can be to move to France. She thinks that many would start out wary of buying there, because the culture is so different.

She goes on to say how the process of buying a house in France is actually really simple. “It is a simple system and a system that I think gives the buyer considerable support. It is a safe system, a well-tried and tested system and it is quite simple and quite logical.” Ms Evans explained.

She went on to comment that ‘gazumping’ is not common in France as the sellers of properties generally stick to their first acceptance.

Leggett, a French estate agent company, has recently reported that their website has received a rise in people searching French properties from all around the world. Americans boosted reader numbers by 52% over 2010.

To understand the full step-by-step process to buying a property in France, collect The Overseas Guides Company’s ‘France Property Buying Guide’