The essential purchase process is divided into two stages. First, the purchase is formalized by a preliminary...
Property purchase in France requires the seller to provide to the buyer the results of 6 required diagnostic...
Agency fees are included in the advertised listing price for a property. Listing fees are ordinarily about 5%. The...
In France, no capital gains tax is paid on the sale of a primary residence. However for second homeowners big changes...
The allure of living in a Paris pied-à-terre for a week or month, and paying much less than for a hotel room, has...
Normally, property in France doesn’t come cheap. But thanks to judicial reforms, there are a number of small-town...
A flurry of articles in the French and international press (including the New York Times) created an outcry about a year...
The assemblée générale de copropriété is the annual business meeting of the co-owners association in a building. The...
There is no capital gains tax on the sale of a primary residence in France. For a secondary residence owned either...
A compromis de vente is a mutual obligation of the buyer (to buy) and the seller (to sell). Literally translating as “a...
Whether the parties sign a compromis de vente or a promesse de vente, the preliminary contract will always contain the...
The buyer should normally expect to pay fees and taxes of about 6.5-7.5% of the purchase price. These break down roughly...
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