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Property Market
Why the French Property Market Will Not Collapse
Prices will fall in France but there is no market crash in prospect, according to two recent reviews of the French housing market.
04 Dec 2007
Land Prices in France Remain Modest
The French Ministry of Agriculture has recently published figures on agricultural land prices throughout France, which show an average price of €4390 per hectare for arable land, and €3100 per hectare for grassland.
15 Nov 2007
Downward Pressure on French House Prices
House prices dropped by 1% in the third quarter of the year, according to the most recent housing market survey from FNAIM, the professional association of French estate agents.
16 Oct 2007
Property Prices in French Towns and Cities
In their latest quarterly price survey, FNAIM, the French professional body of estate agents, publish details of the average price of property in the major cities and towns of France.
16 Oct 2007
Substantial Population Growth Forecast for South of France
The population of France is forecast to grow by around 10% up to 2030 to reach 67 million, and those looking for long term investment opportunities should go South.
14 Sep 2007
French House Prices Rise by 2.8%
House prices in France rose by an average of 2.8% in the first half of the year, according to the national group of estate agents, Century 21.
01 Aug 2007
Old Farms Remain Popular Choice in France
The prices of old farm properties in France rose by over 8% last year, with continuing strong interest from French and international buyers alike, according to SAFER the French land agency.
16 Jul 2007
Property Prices in France Continue to Slow
House prices in France continue to remain stable, with prices even falling slightly in the South West, according to the latest housing market survey by FNAIM, the professional body of French estate agents.
16 Jul 2007
Paris Housing Market Slows Down
The prices of apartments in Paris rose by an average of 9.9% last year, according to the annual review of the market carried out by the Paris Notaires.
01 May 2007
House Prices in France Remain Flat
Property prices in France continued to remain flat during the first quarter of 2007, although the picture is a gloomier one in the South-West, according to the latest house price survey from FNAIM, the estate agents' professional body.
16 Apr 2007
French Population to rise by 10 million people by 2050
The population of mainland France is set to rise to 70 million by 2050, up from 60.7 million in 2005, according to a recent study by the French national statistics agency, INSEE.
01 Mar 2007
Paris Considered Top European Property Capital
Paris has come out the top performing property investment market in Europe, according to a recent report published by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Urban Land Institute.
01 Mar 2007
Housing Demand in France to 2020
A major study into the future demand for housing in France has concluded that there is a need for around 500,000 new homes a year up to 2020.
20 Feb 2007
France Voted Best Place to Live
France has been voted the best country in the world to live, for the second year running, according to the US based magazine International Living.
01 Feb 2007
French House Prices Continue to Slow
House prices in France rose last year by 7.1%, according to the annual review of the market carried out by the French estate agents professional body, FNAIM. The increase was the lowest for several years and, over the two year period 2005/6, prices have risen at half the rate of the years 2003 and 2004.
17 Jan 2007
Urban to Rural Migration in France
A recent study claims that up to 7 million people currently living in towns and cities of France want to relocate to the countryside. Nearly half of those interviewed by IPSOS, the French pollster, expressed a desire to do so within the next few years.
19 Dec 2006
International Property Buyers Pile into France
Foreign buyers invested approximately €6 billion in French property during 2005, according to a recent report by ‘Credit Foncier’, the French mortgage specialist. This figure is up from €5.4 billion invested in 2004, and an average of €2 billion invested during the period 1994-2000.
01 Dec 2006
Rents in France Show Modest Rises
A recent review of the French residential rental market by FNAIM, the professional body of French estate agents, showed that rental levels of flats went up by 4% in 2005, whilst rents for houses remained stagnant.
15 Nov 2006
Property Market Report - A Buyer's Market?
After seven years of continuous growth, a clutch of surveys published within the last month all point to a slow down in the French residential property market, although most pundits remain optimistic about the outlook.
15 Nov 2006
