Happy New Year

It has been a perfect start to 2025 here in the foothills; we had a big snow fall up in the mountains and ski resorts just before the Christmas holidays and, since then, it has been wall-to-wall sunshine and blue skies with frosty mornings and clear, bright days.

The property market is . . . → Read More: Happy New Year

The property market in southwest France at the end of 2024 – and what will 2025 bring?

The French property market has had a bumpy ride in 2024 with high interest rates and tightened lending criteria making financing more difficult for buyers, significantly slowing market activity. As anyone who has been searching for property in southwest France over the last year will know, there has been a distinct lack . . . → Read More: The property market in southwest France at the end of 2024 – and what will 2025 bring?

Why are there no decent houses for sale in France?

There is currently a very noticeable shortage of high-quality houses for sale in southwest France. The agents I work with are tearing their hair out with fewer and fewer good properties on their books to sell and it has been the case for most of this year. But why? It seems as . . . → Read More: Why are there no decent houses for sale in France?

La Rentrée in the Foothills

September in France means La Rentrée (the only equivalent we have in English is back-to-school) but in France La Rentrée is not just for school children; it is for every French person getting back into work after the summer holidays. Even if not everyone has managed to take the whole of August . . . → Read More: La Rentrée in the Foothills

 
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