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A Small Debt, a Whole Home: France Tightens the Rules on Disproportionate Property Seizure (Cour de cassation, 21 May 2026)
Can a creditor force-sell your French home over a debt that is small next to its value? On 21 May 2026 the Cour de cassation reset how judges must answer - and it cuts both ways.
The Jeanbrun Dispositif (Relance Logement): France’s New Property Tax Break for Landlords in 2026
France has revived property amortisation for the first time in a generation. Here is how the new Jeanbrun (Relance logement) regime lets landlords - residents and non-residents alike - write down up to 80% of a flat's price against their rental income.
Les Républicains’ 2026 housing platform: what ‘Libérer le logement’ would mean for foreign landlords
Les Républicains published their May 2026 housing platform 'Libérer le logement' with 12 propositions for the 2027 presidential cycle. Here are the five that would directly rewrite the landlord economics for foreign owners of French property.
Six years of French rent control: the IPP just delivered its verdict, and the experiment expires in November 2026
The Institut des politiques publiques' May 2026 evaluation of the French rent-control experiment: rents 2-4% lower in regulated zones, more than a third of recent leases above the cap, and the experiment expires in November 2026.
Who really pays for French rent control? €181 million a year sits on the State’s tab
The IPP's May 2026 evaluation of French rent control found that of the €612 million transferred from landlords to tenants each year, €181 million is borne by the State and Sécurité sociale via reduced tax receipts on rental income.
Going Around the French Estate Agent: When Foreign Buyers Owe the Commission Anyway (Civ. 3e, 7 May 2026)
A 7 May 2026 Cour de cassation ruling holds the buyer personally liable for €150,000 of damages — the full agent commission — when knowledge of the agent's right to fee, plus a behaviour pattern of evasion, evidences manœuvres frauduleuses under articles 1200 and 1240 of the Code civil.