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Read More >>Renovation? Use a ‘construction master’
When you’re as much of a handyman as I am (rating one on a scale of ten) and you’ve been through several big and sometime nightmarish renovations, you know how difficult it is to get things done in France. I’m not going to go into a big humorous lament à la Peter Mayle. In stead [...]
Read More >>Friction between private sellers and property agents in France
In France, about 50% of all property sales are concluded without the help of a property agent (agent immobilier). There is a thriving service industry of websites and consultants helping the private owner to find a buyer. Immo à Trois is such a consultant, concentrating on the international promotion of properties. We work exclusively for [...]
Read More >>Marked rise in high end property prices in France
Whether the French property market is showing a solid recovery or will experience a new drop in the next period, is hard to tell. It is however very interesting to know that the sale of expensive to very expensive villa’s and mansions is showing a remarkable peak. Several property agency brands specialising in ‘immobilier de [...]
Read More >>Real estate prices in France: slight recovery in 2011
According to research of the ‘notaires de France’, who know the actual selling prices for real estate in France like no other, the market has shown a good recovery in the last year (April 2010 to March 2011). Especially when it comes to the market for existing constructions. For the whole of France we see [...]
Read More >>Value added tax on sale profit (plus value) now fixed at 32.5%
Effective immediately, the tax a French home seller will have to pay on the profit on the sale of a second home (so not the primary residence) will be fixed at 32.5%. This consists of 19% sales tax plus 13.5% social charges. Foreigners who do not declare their income in France pay just the 19%. [...]
Read More >>Record high for partner site Immogo
All sales ads on Properites for Sale in France (PSF) are also advertised on Immogo. This site is very well ranked with the search engines on the mainland and has many Dutch, Belgium and indeed French visitors. The month of May has shown a record high, with almost 40,000 visitors that generated about 110.000 page [...]
Read More >>Profit from multilingual property promotion
Properties for Sale in France (PSF) works closely together with websites that are very well referenced with Google, especially in the French and Dutch domain. Like Zorro Immo and Immogo. Sites that time and again pop up on the first page when people use search queries like ‘huis te koop in Frankrijk’ (house for sale [...]
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