Question: Why can’t I just search for an apartment to buy in Paris on my own? Is it necessary to use an agent?

Paris Property Group has launched an online video series that shares insider information on how to find and buy the best property in Paris.  The video series, featuring President and Founder, Miranda Bothe, is titled after the popular section of our blog “Ask Miranda.”  In each video, Miranda answers one of our client’s questions, dispels a […]

Question: Have there been any recent changes or are any coming to the “3 percent tax”, as applied to an SCI, either with regard to the rules or the forms that must be filed each year?

Question: Hi Miranda, 1) Another American I know has an organization that helps American’s find apartments for a “finder’s fee” of 2.5 %, saying she is not a real estate agent. How do you differ?

Question: From the point of view of US IRS reporting, what kind of “Company” is an SCI? A Partnership? A Corporation? OR?

Question: Do you do anything for PACA real estate, notably Cannes? Do you have a sister site?

Question: Is there a way to sell a second home property in France and “roll” the gain into another second home property without paying or paying a small capital gains tax?

Question: What do you think is a reasonable price for a fractional? That is, if you think the true market price of a property is 500.000 euros, what would be a reasonable price for a 1/13th ownership? Would it make a difference if the months are fixed?

Question: How did Haussmann pay for the renovation of Paris? Answer: I had to go to Wikipedia for this one because I didn’t know. After all things were not in good shape after the revolution! Wikipedia says Napoleon III, and engineers such as Michel Chevalier or entrepreneurs like the Pereire brothers, believed that

Question: Hi Miranda, what is your favorite arrondissement or neighborhood and why?