Why delaying a property purchase in France could be a false economy In this article we discuss the dynamics around exchange rates and borrowing costs for prospective UK property buyers in France. What has happened, how should we be looking at this and what does the...
France has elected its youngest leader since Napoléon, with a decisive 66% vote. The Macron policy agenda is seen as pro-business and pro-EU, reducing political risk in Europe. En Marche! now has a lot to deliver, five years to get on with solutions to France’s...
2016 has been eventful both in France and worldwide. The outrage to the terrorism in Paris, Nice and elsewhere have had an obvious effect on the French national mood and the full ramifications have yet to be played out in the political arena. The presidential...
It would be an understatement to say that the property market in the Côte d’Azur and Provence have all been subdued in recent years. The idea of buying a villa in the South of France has hardly been the most pressing of priorities. A combination of the recent economic...
When the fundamentals of a property market such as that which exists in the South of France have not changed in decades what suddenly modifies the all important balance between supply and demand? A very frothy sellers’ market in 2007 changing to a painfully subdued...
Overview The South of France property market has not been immune to post Lehman difficulties and has seen a significant reduction in the number of transactions as well as prices achieved in almost all market sectors. That said, activity levels picked up in 2011 and...