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France, Real Estate

Home Staging tips to help you sell your home faster, and for the best price.

The latest addition to our growing Fine & Country network is Fine & Country Interior Design, a unique office mobilising a specialist network of international design firms to service the needs of our clients. Dedicated to delivering professional advice, we took the opportunity to get their top home staging tips to help you sell your home faster, and for the best price the market will … Continue reading Home Staging tips to help you sell your home faster, and for the best price.

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France, Real Estate

Is now the right time to buy your property in France?

That’s the Million Dollar Question everybody wants the answer to, and our advice based on the market today is – Yes, we believe it is.. The market started to move again in early 2017. Offers are being accepted. Sale agreements are being signed. Loans are being granted. SOLD boards are going up, and new properties are coming up for sale at market related prices. The … Continue reading Is now the right time to buy your property in France?

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France Property Market, Real Estate France

Who is this guy called Emmanuel Macron?

IN HIS OWN WORDS: “France is back!” Obviously, he was not referring to rugby, although that might be on the agenda for later. At 39 EMMANUEL MACRON is the youngest French president since Napoleon, and starts his tenure facing some major issues, chief amongst them are: Unemployment, Franco-German relations, Social cohesion, Brexit. (and rugby of course) He swept to the presidency out of nowhere on … Continue reading Who is this guy called Emmanuel Macron?

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France Property Market, Property for sale, Property For Sale in Cannes, Real Estate, Real Estate France

French Property market showing signs of recovery under Macron.

The French Property Market has suffered after the Security, Financial and Political turmoil in France over the last 18 months… Security was a concern in 2015 / 16 Financial markets were on a roller-coaster BIG Political question marks hung over us HOWEVER: “After a very bullish year in 2016, sales of older properties continued to rise, totalling 867,000 for the previous twelve months at the … Continue reading French Property market showing signs of recovery under Macron.

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French Riviera Property, menton, Property

Menton, and its’ “Fête du Citron”

Beneath the zest of Oranges and Lemons, lies one of France’s most beautiful Festivals. Having had its modest beginnings in 1933, Menton has reached “Lemon Festival N˚ 84” in 2017! Bravo! It has grown to be one of France’s biggest and best known festivals. Always held in February, this year’s event began on 11th and finished on 1st March, and 160 000 visitors were there … Continue reading Menton, and its’ “Fête du Citron”

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France Property Market, French Riviera Property, Property for sale, Property For Sale in Provence, Provence Real Estate, Real Estate, Real Estate France, Vineyard Property

Post Brexit: Most frequently asked questions to French Real Estate Agents.

In the wake of the Brexit decision almost one week ago, many of our clients and colleagues have had a number of questions for us regarding our predictions for the Real Estate market in France. Below are the most frequently asked questions, and our comments “from on the ground”: 1.)Many buyers and sellers may think this is not the time to buy or sell because … Continue reading Post Brexit: Most frequently asked questions to French Real Estate Agents.

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French Riviera Property, Property For Sale in Cannes, Seafront Property

French Riviera Real Estate remains enduringly attractive to wealthy buyers.

In France as a whole, property prices and sales in the last three years have fallen and while this applies to the French Riviera too, the region is enduringly attractive to wealthy buyers. Property on the French Riviera is generally seen as a long term investment, so gearing is very low, and owners are uninclined to react to the highs and lows of property cycles, … Continue reading French Riviera Real Estate remains enduringly attractive to wealthy buyers.

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Provence Real Estate

Have you got your “De Nimes” on?

Just 2 hours down the road from Cannes, in the heart of Provence, is Nimes. (Photo). Nimes has the best preserved of the 70 Roman amphitheatres in the world – built in the 1st century AD it is 20th in size, but still big enough to have regularly hosted dreadful and bloody spectacles over nearly 400 years until the 5th century AD. Nimes is also … Continue reading Have you got your “De Nimes” on?

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French Riviera Property, Property For Sale in Mougins

Leonardo di Caprio, Monks, Napoleon and the Gestapo have one thing in common. But what?

Anyone who has been to Cannes (or the French Riviera) will have at least seen, and most likely visited the “Lerins Islands” off the coast of Cannes, namely Île de Saint-Honorat and Île Sainte-Marguerite. These islands have a rich and fascinating history. One of the oldest working Monasteries in Europe, the Île de Saint-Honorat is the Southern, smaller island, dating back to AD410.  The Monks, … Continue reading Leonardo di Caprio, Monks, Napoleon and the Gestapo have one thing in common. But what?

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French Riviera Property

Buying in France with £, US$, CHF, or…?

WHAT A DIFFERENCE THE FX RATE MAKES! The recent fall of the Euro means that if you are thinking of purchasing a property in France, and you’re buying in £, US$ or CHF… then you just won, big time! You’re in the UK? SAVE £90 484! The Exchange Rate is VASTLY better for you than it’s been since 2007. If you had wanted to buy … Continue reading Buying in France with £, US$, CHF, or…?

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