The current state of the French property market means that British people buying abroad can more than make up for the weak sterling, it has been claimed.

Previously maintained by high overseas investment, the French property bubble recently burst, allowing Maxwell Buller of Bournemouth to snap up a French property in the Dordogne countryside for almost £30,000 below its asking price.

Mr Buller told the Guardian: "That reduction has roughly compensated for the slide in the euro-sterling exchange rate and allows me enough to do some renovation work.

"I’ll go there roughly once every three weeks to get the work done, then I expect it will be about ten weeks a year in two or three visits. It’s a dream come true."

Mr Buller’s bought his two-bedroom French property for just £82,000, compared to the original asking price of £110,000, the newspaper reports.

Recent statistics from the Office of National Statistics showed that French property is still the most popular holiday choice for British travellers.

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