The Agent’s Licence: How to Check a French Estate Agent, and Who Pays When They Get It Wrong
Every French estate agent operates behind a licence, a financial guarantee and compulsory insurance. How to verify the carte professionnelle in two minutes, what protects your deposit, and the case law making agents answer for the deals they touch.
The Agent’s Commission: What You Owe a French Estate Agent, and When You Owe Nothing
France hangs an agent’s entire right to payment on a written mandate, a register number and a completed sale. When the commission is owed, who owes it, and the five decades of case law on agents who tried to get paid anyway.
Beyond 90 Days: the Long-Stay Visitor Visa for French Second-Home Owners (2026)
Owning a French home gives you zero right to stay past 90 days. The visitor visa fixes that: VLS-T vs VLS-TS, what the consulate wants to see, the real 2026 costs, and the two clocks - Schengen and tax - that owners most often confuse.
How to Raise the Rent on a French Property: A Landlord’s Guide to Revising a Residential Rent
A landlord's guide to the three legal routes for raising a French residential rent: the annual IRL revision, increases after improvement works, and re-pricing an under-valued rent at renewal.
SCI or Your Own Name? The Decision Guide to Holding French Property
SCI or your own name? The 2026 decision guide for foreign buyers of French property: what an SCI really changes when you buy, hold, sell and pass it on - and the five questions that settle it.
Spotting a Fake French Tax Notice: How to Verify a Tenant’s Income Proof (2026)
Fake tax notices are a common rental-application scam. France gives landlords two free, official ways to check a tenant's avis d'imposition is genuine - the 2D-Doc barcode and the SVAIR online tool.