The English Investor

The English Investor is the go-to English-language resource for British and foreign property investors in France. Written by a tri-qualified lawyer, the site covers legal structures, French and UK tax, rental regulations, and practical advice for buying, holding and managing French real estate — in plain English, grounded in current French law.

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UK House Prices Revisited: The Crash That Never Quite Arrived

Three years after our January 2023 piece asked if there was any end in sight to the UK house-price slide, here is what actually happened: a shallow floor, three years of sideways nominal prices, and a real-terms repricing via inflation.

How to claim EIS and SEIS tax relief

A 2026 refresh of our EIS and SEIS guide: the doubled SEIS limits, the schemes now running to 2035, the April 2026 expansion of EIS company thresholds, and the four ways to actually claim the relief.

London Housing Revisited: The Real-Terms Correction That Quietly Arrived

In 2018 we predicted London house prices would keep falling. Seven years on, here is what actually happened to the capital - and what non-dom reforms mean for 2026 buyers.

UK Buy-to-Let Revisited: The Slow Professionalisation of a Squeezed Market

In 2018 we argued the Government had murdered UK buy-to-let. Seven years on, here is how Section 24, the Renters' Rights Act, and the 5% SDLT surcharge actually reshaped the market.