The number of people placing their holiday homes up for rental, including those with French property, is steadily increasing, it has been claimed.

More and more people are realising the potential letting value of second homes abroad, with French property among the growing amount of overseas homes finding their way onto the rental market, according to holidaylettings.co.uk.

Spokesperson for the website Kate Stinchcombe commented: "Our gross comes from people advertising their holiday homes for rental and we are growing at a rate of a thousand new properties a month.

"Lots of our growth has come from people who have owned their second home for quite a long time but have not previously realised that it had a value."

She added that a recent survey of people with holiday homes by the website revealed that 43 per cent were using the extra income generated by French property and others to help pay off their mortgages.

Recent figures from Holiday-Rentals show that French property in the Cote d’Azur region is one of the top ten destinations for holiday-let travellers.

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