Follow Le Tour 2017 for your mountaintop French home?

Follow Le Tour 2017 for your mountaintop French home?

Find homes in France via our property portal. Homes with mountain views are abundant in France and they’re not all in the Alps or Pyrenees. Follow Chris Froome up these three mountain ranges in next year’s Tour de France, for a rural home with four-season appeal and rooms with views  
Now is the time to make an offer on French property

Now is the time to make an offer on French property

Find homes in France via our property portal. Some French houses have been on the market for years and desperately need a new owner. Be bold and make an offer!   The French property market remains firmly on the side of the buyer in the autumn of 2016, with prices remaining stable generally. Some areas have even seen falling prices over the last few years and although there are signs of a small increase in certain areas, bargains are still to be found across many parts of the country.
The new Normandy conquest

The new Normandy conquest

Find homes in Normandy via our property portal. 950 years ago on 14th October, the Normans defeated the English army at Senlac Hill in Sussex. These days the traffic is the other way, as the British pop across the Channel to grab a piece of the lovely towns, pretty houses and beaches of Normandy  
New food labelling in French shops

New food labelling in French shops

Find homes in France via our property portal. France leads the way in making businesses socially responsible. Now new food labelling will help the French shopper to make healthy choices. Do the public really care about that anyway though, in the world’s most delicious nation? First came the ban on plastic bags being given out in supermarkets. Then France became the first country to outlaw throwing away good food. Now a new scheme is revamping food labelling in some of the leading supermarkets.
How to make your weekly shop go further

How to make your weekly shop go further

Find homes in France via our property portal. Where are the best bargains to be had in France? It used to be the village market and that’s still where you will find the best local produce. But France’s supermarkets are pretty good too.  
The message from France: buy, buy, buy?

The message from France: buy, buy, buy?

Find homes in France via our property portal. Buyer’s market or Brexit bust-up? What is happening in the French property market and is it still a good time to buy? The good news is that the French property market remains a very stable one pricewise and conditions continue to be ripe for British buyers. There have been signs in some areas of small increases in property value, mainly Paris, the Cote d’Azur and the Languedoc Roussillon, but it is important to note that the market is really nothing like the UK one and things happen much more slowly in France, property price changes included!