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Could the French property market slow this year? Some agencies think so

November 14, 2017

Market figures released by Guy Hoquet for the third quarter show a slow in the property market nationwide. What are...

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French wealth tax limited to real estate

October 24, 2017

The French government believes that proposed reforms to the wealth tax which will mean 3.2 billion less in revenue. The...

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Paris real estate market update: Law of unintended consequences?

October 14, 2017

New restrictions may cause unintended consequences:...

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Earnings ceilings for taxe d’habitation exoneration revealed

October 2, 2017

Gerard Darmanin, Macron’s finance minister, recently revealed the details of the taxe d’habitation exoneration at a...

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How will the 2024 Olympics affect real estate prices in Paris?

September 12, 2017

“It’s nothing more than a formality,” wrote one commentator on the news that Los Angeles had pulled out of the race to...

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The DON’TS of Buying a Home in Paris

August 10, 2017

For non-US buyers, that’s real estate speak for there is no single database of all the available properties to buy in...

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Airbnb hosts in Paris will have to register their property beginning December 2017

August 2, 2017

It is a measure that was made available to all communes of over 200,000 inhabitants and Paris was one of the first to...

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Paris seeks to reduce empty dwellings by increasing taxes

August 1, 2017

The Paris Council recently voted in favour of a quadrupling of the surcharge on the taxe d’habitation for unoccupied...

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Macron announces changes impacting real estate in Paris

July 18, 2017

His two main campaign pledges affecting real estate in France will form part of 2018’s finance bill. What do they mean...

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Paris Apartments: What floor is best?

July 4, 2017

A study looked at the difference in price between the different floors of a typical Paris apartment block, both with and...

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Soon all Airbnb hosts in Paris may have to register their property

May 23, 2017

A new law under consideration by the Paris Council in June would mean that anyone renting out their Paris property...

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Local property taxes in Paris among the lowest in the world, and unchanged for the 6th year

May 22, 2017

In some good news for Paris homeowners, local tax rates have remained the same since 2011 and will continue to do so....

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