Short-Term or Long-Term? The First Question Every Owner of a French Flat Has to Answer
Before the SCI, the tax regime or the case law, one decision shapes everything: who lives in your French flat and for how long. The rules of a meublé de tourisme, a furnished lease and an unfurnished lease, the 2026 figures, and the five questions that decide between them.
One Owner’s Roof, Everyone’s Liability: the Syndicat Pays for the Leak Whatever the Règlement Says (2026 Ruling)
A roof or terrace held en jouissance privative is yours to maintain if the règlement says so, but the Cour de cassation ruled on 17 September 2026 that the syndicat still pays whoever the leak damages, then claims it back from you. What that means for the owner above and the owner or tenant below.
Buying Off-Plan in France: the VEFA, and Why the Mud Is Already Yours
How a French off-plan purchase (VEFA) actually works for a foreign buyer: the 5% deposit, the 35/70/95 payment grid, the completion guarantee, delivery day and the thirteen-month clock, with the case law and the tax layer.
The Guaranteed 1.5% a Year Was Never Yours: France Voids the Fixed Annual Rent Increase
A couple let a care-home room on a commercial lease with a guaranteed 1.5 per cent annual rent increase. On 3 September 2026 the Cour de cassation held the clause deemed unwritten, reversing its 2022 position, and the operator can claim five years of increases back. What it means for every managed-residence investor and commercial landlord in France.
Guarantor for a Student in France: What a Parent Abroad Signs
Your child has a place in Paris or Lyon and the agent wants your signature on an acte de cautionnement by Friday. What you are guaranteeing, what an agency may and may not ask a parent abroad for, the free State guarantee that can replace you, and the legal ceilings on deposit and fees, from the finance ministry's student guide and the texts behind it.
LMNP in 2026: Still a Tax Break, Now on Borrowed Time
France has not touched the depreciation that makes furnished letting tax-free, but the Senate in June and the Assemblée in July have both put it on the table before the 2027 budget. What has already changed, what a cap would cost on a €300,000 flat, and what a foreign owner should do now.