Ownership Essentials

We reported recently on the government’s flagship piece of legislation on housing and property rentals: the loi...

One of the French government’s flagship laws has been censured on the grounds that parts of it may be...

I’m planning to sell my Paris apartment, which I bought in mid-2007. The deed of sale had a number of diagnostic reports...

The City of Paris owns a substantial slice of the City of Light. Taking its lead from the French government, in 2013...

Good news for real estate buyers in Paris: the City of Paris has decided not to increase its share of stamp duty on...

France may have led the way in imposing capital gains tax (CGT) on sales of second homes but the UK is now following suit....

Mortgage rates in France have been at historic lows in recent months. However, the outlook for the next move in interest...

In central Paris you are rarely more than 500 meters (1/3 mile) from a métro (subway) station – it’s one of the densest...

If courtiers of the Sun King, Louis XIV, came back today they would be astonished at the changes time has wrought on the...

Apartment buildings are subject to shared co-ownership expenses (charges de copropriété). Co-owners in Paris pay on...

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Question:  A client in process of buying a place in Paris just asked us to update him on the current status of capital...