The real estate crowdfunding market did wonderfully in the first half of 2018, with 126 projects financed and 62 million euros collected. Residential projects accounted for 57% of collections.   After a record year in 2017, with more than 100 million euros collected and 29 million euros returned, real estate crowdfunding is still on the […]

Still supported by low interest rates, the market for pre-existing properties in France remained dynamic in the third quarter.   After two unprecedented years, 2018 looks like it will be a record setting year.  According to the latest quarterly figures from several branch networks, the French real estate market for pre-existing properties remains in good […]

Parisian real estate prices, which currently stand at 9,420 euros/m², will continue to rise, announced the Chambre des notaires de Paris-Île-de-France in a recent business review.  Though final figures won’t be available for awhile, “According to market data, the price per square meter could exceed 9,600 euros in December 2018 in Paris.  The annual increase […]

Interested in investing in property in France, but unsure as to which cities are the most promising?   A study by meilleursagents.com has ranked the nation’s ten largest cities according to investment potential, based on the following factors: the price of property, the age of the population, the amount of time taken to purchase a […]

The French real estate market is looking favorable to the general public, based on the “moral des Français face au marché immobilier” public opinion poll.   French people still want to buy Despite the rise in prices, 61% of French people consider now a good time to buy a property.   The French real estate […]

Tourism professionals in Paris can rejoice: according to figures published by the Paris Ile-de-France Regional Tourism Committee (CRT), over the first six months of 2018, hotel arrivals in the capital increased by 4.1 % compared to last year, which was already quite good. This record is largely due to the influx of foreign travelers, notes […]

As reported in an article by challenges.fr, an annual survey by l’Observatoire des loyers de l’agglomération parisienne (Olap) has shown that the rise in the cost of rent for Parisian private housing, which had been slowing since 2012, accelerated slightly last year. With an average increase of 0.8% last year in Paris and throughout the […]

After a solid year in 2017, commercial real estate in Île-de-France if off to a good start in 2018, accelerating again in the second quarter in terms of investment and activity.   Over the first half of the year, investments in commercial real estate reached 9.1 billion euros in Île-de-France – where most investments in France […]

According to a study led by l’Observatoire BNP Paribas International Buyers, in partnership with les Notaires de France, the British, followed by the Belgians, are the first foreign buyers of real estate in France in terms of number of transactions. The British account for about a quarter (25,9 %) of the number of real estate transactions […]

The Parisian luxury housing market is doing very well, benefiting from low interest rates, the consequences of Brexit, and a revived image of France as a whole in the eyes of foreigners and French people living abroad. “In the Auteuil neighborhood in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, the majority of 3-4 bedroom apartments between 1 […]