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Déficit Foncier: How French Landlords Turn Renovation Bills Into a Tax Deduction, and Why It Works Differently From Abroad

Let a French home unfurnished and spend more on it than it earns, and up to €10,700 a year (€21,400 for energy works until 2027) can come off your other income. How the déficit foncier is calculated, the three-year trap, and what it is really worth to an owner living in the UK.
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Inheriting French Property From Abroad: What the Notaire Really Charges in 2026

The 2026 succession tariff run on a €300,000 flat: the three acts you cannot avoid, the partage that triples the bill, the 20 per cent discount nobody mentions, and what changes when the deceased lived in the UK.
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Your Tenant Is the Neighbours’ Problem, Which Makes It Yours: What a Landlord Abroad Must Do When the Complaint Arrives

When a tenant disturbs the neighbours, French law holds the owner answerable and expects a precise sequence: evidence, a formal notice, a free conciliation, then termination or non-renewal. The steps, the 1996 ruling that your letters do not shield you, the 2025 law that lets the préfet force your hand, and why the lease’s termination clause only bites after a court has already ruled.
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LMP or LMNP When You Sell: the Year of the Sale Decides, With One Tolerance and Two Traps

Is professional furnished-letting status (LMP) judged on the year of the sale or the year before? The year of the sale, says the tax administration, with a filing tolerance for last year's status, an annualisation rule when the sale ends your letting, and a worldwide-income test for non-residents from 2026. Every rule linked to its source.
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Buying French Property at a Notarial Auction: the Candle, the Cahier des Charges and the Two Protections You Lose

The notarial auction has no cooling-off period, no loan condition and no negotiation. How the candle works, what the cahier des charges decides, what a bidder from abroad needs on the day, and when immo-interactif is the better room.

Représentant Fiscal Accrédité: When Non-EU Sellers of French Property Need One (2026)

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Most UK, US, Canadian and Australian sellers of French property need to appoint a représentant fiscal accrédité before the notarial closing. Here is the structural map — when the requirement applies, the three automatic dispenses, the post-Brexit shift, and what it costs.

Taxe Foncière for Foreign Owners: How French Annual Property Tax Actually Works in 2026

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Every foreign owner of French property pays taxe foncière annually. Here is the structural map for 2026 — how the bill is calculated, the October deadlines, the new-build exemption, and the secondary-residence surtax that catches owners off guard.

Stamp Duty vs Frais de Notaire: What You Actually Pay When Buying Property in the UK and France (2026)

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A cross-border comparison of UK Stamp Duty Land Tax and French frais de notaire in 2026 — the bands, the surcharges, the carve-outs, and concrete worked examples at £500K and €500K for primary residence, second home, non-resident and new-build purchases.

How to File Your French Non-Resident Tax Return in 2026: The Foreign-Owner’s Checklist

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If you own French property and live abroad, you owe a French tax return by 21 May 2026 — even with zero rental income. Here is the box-by-box walkthrough, deadlines, and the five mistakes foreign owners make every year.

The 90/180 Schengen Rule for Foreign Owners of French Property: How Long You Can Actually Stay

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A non-EU passport holder can spend a maximum of 90 days in any rolling 180-day period in the Schengen Area. This is the rule that catches more foreign owners of French property at the border than any other piece of post-Brexit law — and the VLS-T visa is the legal way around it.

The Real Cost of a Paris Pied-à-Terre in 2026: An Honest Spreadsheet for Foreign Buyers

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What does a Paris pied-à-terre actually cost a foreign owner in 2026? We walked through a representative €500,000 one-bedroom and added up every line — DMTO, copropriété, taxe d'habitation surtax, CSG/CRDS, exit CGT. The honest after-tax net yield is 2.1%, lifestyle value notwithstanding.
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