As an owner/occupier of French property, you will receive 2 or 3 tax bills a
year. Taxe foncière is a land tax payable by the owner of the property. Even if there are no buildings on the land...French Property
In this section we have practical advice, information and fact sheets about buying French property, selling your French home, renting or letting French property. Our property section also contains essential information regarding French property laws, property taxes and inheritance. Our latest property fact sheets are listed below or you can select a category from the French property menu above.
Local Taxes: tax d'habitation and taxe fonciere
As an owner/occupier of French property, you will receive 2 or 3 tax bills a
year. Taxe foncière is a land tax payable by the owner of the property. Even if there are no buildings on the land...Protecting Your Spouse (After you're gone)
One aspect of French succession law that often horrifies British purchasers of property in France is how little protection it affords to the poor widow or widower left behind after the first death...The Conditions in your Purchase Contract
There are 3 types of conditions in a purchase contract. If you want to add conditions into a contract, it is important to understand their effect and the difference between them...Domicile (A Foot in Both Camps)
I am buying a holiday home in the Lot. I am going to look at schools just
outside Paris for my daughter who is 7 years old because I may want to commute
from Paris to London, where I work. This means I would have a house just outside
Paris, another in London and a holiday home in the Lot. How does that work?French Estate Planning
There are a few simple steps you can take before you become the owner of French property and sometimes afterwards, to ensure that your French estate is...Building Surveys - A roof over your head
Chartered
Building Surveyor Martin Quirke FRICS takes a look at the most common problems
encountered with French roofs, from what to look out for to the different
roofing materials used...The Role of the Notaire in France
A Notaire in France has a wide role, apart from dealing with the purchase, sale,
inheritance or transfer of property in France, the Notaire also advises on
private and family law such as the drawing up of a divorce settlement or
donations between spouses...Do I need a survey for cracks?
Is your French property cracking, bulging, bowing or leaning? Chartered Building Surveyor and Architectural Technologist Martin Quirke relates his considerable experience of dealing with structural cracks in French property...
Have Your French Home Made To Measure
So what are the advantages of buying a brand, spanking new home? First, you get to choose the type of property; in some instances you may even be able to specify layout...Sous la table - Buyer and Seller Beware
Even though new laws and regulations have attempted to stamp it out this kind of house purchase fraud is still surprisingly common in France today despite the heavy fines and...The French Alps, Choosing a Property
Matthieu Cany from Sextant Properties advises on the best way to choose a property in the French Alps from checking out transport links to choosing an estate agent...Your Step by Step Guide to buying your property in France
Carole Bayliss from Mortgage France guides us through the French mortgage maze with a step by step guide on how to buy your French property with a mortgage from a French bank.
Plans Cadastre and Viewing Cadastral Plans Online
The Plan cadastral is the French equivalent of the land registry in the UK, all departmental areas in France are divided up into numbered plots and when you buy a property in France
its boundaries are identified by the place name 'lieudit' and its individual cadastral number...
French Property Prices Set to Rise
New government initiatives to improve the rail and communications infrastructure across the country are likely to have a positive impact on property prices in France...
How to buy property in France
You may have already decided on a specific area or you may have a French region in mind, having been there on holiday for example. Finding a property in France is a similar process to that in other countries. There are many estate agents in France...
French service Micro-BIC or Simplified Real ? Don't get caught out
Micro-BIC is the default taxation regime under which income received for letting out furnished French property is taxed. In other words, if you do not indicate any other preference, and your income is less than 76,000 euros per French tax (i.e. calendar) year, you will be taxed under this regime.
Micro-Foncier or Micro-BIC ?
The principal distinction is that the letting of furnished property is regarded as a business whereas the letting of unfurnished property is regarded as a "civil" activity, i.e. not a business activity. The treatment, both from a tax and a general point of view, is different.
Buying French Leaseback
French leaseback is term to used describe a method of buying property that is unique
to France. The process was developed in the 1970's by the French government in a
bid to encourage tourist development in some areas...
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