The last few months have seen the sterling regain strength against the Euro; meaning UK buyers will get more for their money when investing in property in France. The rate is currently 1.20 euros to the pound; a rate which hasn't been as good since the summer of 2010. The economy in the UK might [...]
Robert and Eileen Stansfield are proof that with a bit of hard work and commitment, you really can still make a living from running a B&B in France, despite gloom-mongers saying the idea is old hat and the market is saturated. After turning their backs on busy working lives in the UK - Eileen running [...]
France has now beaten Spain to become the most searched for country by British buyers who are looking to buy abroad and escape the doom and gloom of the UK and its economy. The last four weeks have seen more searches for properties in France than there have ever been before. Italy, Poland, Switzerland and [...]
Breathtaking medieval towns, rolling vineyards, plenty of sunshine and affordable homes – offering all of these things, it’s little wonder interest from UK buyers in Aude in the south of France has shot up, according to latest research by Rightmove Overseas. Aude, officially a department in France’s south-central Languedoc-Roussillon region, recorded the tenth strongest rate [...]
Expats in Paris who hanker after the odd British home comfort had their prayers answered last month when a household UK high street chain reopened a store on France’s most famous street, having shut down 10 years ago. Shoppers on the Champs-Elysée can now pop into Marks and Spencer’s to pick up some new [...]
Homeowners in France will welcome the news that average property prices across the country grew by five per cent in the six months up to the end of September, according to a leading price index. France was the only popular expat destination to make it into the Knight Frank Global House Price Index, published at [...]
Opportunities to buy quality new ski homes in smaller, less developed French resorts have become available following the launch of a handful of leaseback projects by a leading Alpine developer. Developer MGM currently has property for sale in Val Cenis in the Haute-Maurienne, Valmorel within the Grand Domaine ski area and Montgenèvre, close to [...]
The property market in France has fared well amid the global economic crisis and prices are now on their way to reaching levels seen before the crash in 2008, rising by 7.8 per cent on average. “With UK property values outside London still falling, it is easy to forget that other popular property markets are [...]
Wine-loving Brits who crave vineyard views from their French home historically would have moved to Bordeaux but now another region is gaining a reputation as a great place for wine aficionados to live. Languedoc-Roussillon in the South of France, with its stretch of Mediterranean coastline and rolling foothills below the Pyrenees, is already deemed [...]
As landlords of rental accommodation in London and the south-east of England get flooded with bookings for next year’s Olympic Games, today’s fast Eurostar links mean homeowners in northern France could also benefit from the increased need for beds. Brits with properties close to Calais and Lille, the former just 60 minutes from the centre [...]