The French Société Civile Immobilière (SCI) is a popular vehicle for purchasing real estate in France. Paris-based firm Pech de Laclause, Bathmanabane & Associés gives an overview of this structure and discusses some of the pros and cons. What is an SCI and when is it a suitable vehicle for buying and managing French property?

In recent decades, the resilient Paris real estate market has defied predictions of large falls in price. And, in its latest quarterly roundup of prices, the Chambre de Notaires de Paris/Ile-de-France describes the “astonishing resistance” of prices per square meter for old apartments.

French real estate investment trust Foncière des 6ème et 7ème Arrondissements de Paris has recently bought a prestigious office complex from the French State for an undisclosed sum. The Abbaye de Penthemont is situated at the corner of the Rue de Bellechasse and the Rue de Grenelle in Paris’s 7th arrondissement (district).

This elegant fully renovated one bedroom apartment on the second floor with elevator of a well maintained stone and brick 19th century building is located in the historical Village St. Paul area of the Marais.

An expected upturn in French consumer spending during the 2nd quarter of 2014 is expected to benefit parts of the retail property market, experts say.

The UK government has cracked down on the practice of purchasing properties through a company structure in order to avoid paying stamp duty. This measure is aimed in particular at wealthy foreign buyers who have bought investment properties that have subsequently been left empty.

The luxury property market thrived in 2013, says a new report on international real estate. London was the most popular destination for luxury property buyers seeking a second home but also the most expensive. The latter factor may encourage buyers to start looking to other cities, including Paris.

This quiet fully renovated one bedroom apartment is located in the heart of the historic Carré des Antiquaires in the 7th arrondissement, on the 2nd floor without elevator of a well maintained 19th century building.

Question: In a French property transaction, who pays the selling agency’s fee, the buyer or the seller, and is it negotiable? Standard practice in France is that the selling agency’s fees normally amount to around 5% of the purchase price of the property. The fees are agreed between the seller and the real estate agent […]

Real estate is in a class of its own when it comes to investment in alternative asset classes (i.e. not stocks, bonds or cash), a recent survey by Morgan Stanley reveals. Of U.S. high net worth (NHW) investors with $1million dollars or more in financial assets, 77% own real estate, while 35% own Real Estate […]