A previous Paris Property Group article detailed the start of a recovery for the French capital’s real estate market, due in part to low property prices. Buyers are back and it’s time to invest in the city, but where exactly? A close examination of some of the capital’s arrondissements reveals where prices have declined most […]

The Paris real estate market is experiencing a marked revival, with prices falling, sellers willing to negotiate and interest rates on real estate loans at a record low. These favorable conditions have led to a recovery in the capital. This trend, observed by the Paris notaires in their latest property report, is confirmed by industry […]

Property in Saint-Tropez has become even pricier than Paris. Wealthy buyers are once again purchasing houses in the chic seaside resort, paying up to 30,000 euros per square meter for a villa by the sea. With its crisis years behind it, Saint-Tropez can now boast of being the most expensive town in France. Real estate […]

A study has found that most French cities have suffered a price decline in the rental market. The capital is an exception, with discrepancies noted according to property size. Trends observed in 2014 have intensified. In the first half of 2015 rents all over France fell by 1.7% on average, based on a study by […]

Market research agency Standard & Poor’s has released its property price projections for Europe, revealing that prices will increase in most Eurozone countries for the rest of 2015 but fall in France and Belgium.

The clock is ticking: property sales by non-French residents in 2014 and possibly 2013 were overtaxed. Refund claims must be filed before December 31, 2015.  People who recently sold real estate in France but reside outside the country are owed substantial refunds for capital gains taxes and French social security contributions.

Sales volumes are up, but prices have continued their gradual decline.  Prices should stabilize in the near term due to the strong market typical in Paris during the summer months.  Figures provided by the Paris Notaires reveal that the Parisian real estate market has been slightly more active in recent months, especially in the Grand Couronne, which […]

Office rentals in Ile-de-France have suffered a drop in early 2015, but the wider commercial rental market is due to bounce back in September. A study published last Tuesday by industry reference group Immostat found that office rentals in Ile-de-France plummeted in the first half of 2015. With 915,200 square meters rented, this equates to […]

International buyers seem to scoop up more and more Paris properties each year, fueling rumors that they are bidding up real estate prices. A  recent study by the Paris Notaire Association dispels the myth. One thing is certain: Paris is a global town. In addition to its status as the most visited city in the world,  15% of […]

Paris is about to inaugurate a rent cap, the first of its kind in France. For many real estate professionals, the imminent change raises serious concerns that investors will be discouraged and the market will destabilize. There is also the sense that, good intentions aside, the law will hurt the very people it was intended […]