No Letter, No Deadline: a SAFER Ruling for Buyers Who Lost the Land
A buyer whose registered letter from the SAFER could not be delivered is never out of time to challenge the pre-emption, the Cour de cassation ruled on 9 July 2026, whatever he knew from other sources. What that means for foreign buyers of French farmland, and how the SAFER's reach grew on 20 August.
A Flat for as Long as You Keep the Job: France’s New Housing Law for Public-Service Workers
Loi 2026-553 ties social housing to the job that justified it, hands public employers half the flats built on land they sell at a discount, and lets town halls override the local plan to build for nurses, police and transport staff. Nothing in it touches a private lease. Here is what it changes for the buildings around you.
Who Pays the Copropriété Charges in the Year You Sell?
French law does not split copropriété charges by days when a flat changes hands. The owner on the due date pays the whole call, the owner on the accounts-approval date takes the whole adjustment, and the works fund is never refunded. What each rule means for a foreign seller or buyer.
The Relance Logement Bill, Article by Article: What the Senate Passed and What the Assemblée Still Has to Decide
The Senate has rewritten the Relance Logement bill and the Assemblée nationale takes it up this autumn. All ten articles explained: the works-contract reprieve for F and G homes, summer comfort in copropriété votes, planning derogation zones, the loosened Jeanbrun, the island second-home surcharge, and what each one means for a foreign owner.
Loi de 1948 Rents in 2026: the 0.78% Decree, the €204 Ceiling, and Why a Cheap Paris Flat Can Be a Bad Deal
Décret 2026-712 lets landlords of loi de 1948 homes raise rents by 0.78 percent from 1 July 2026, up to a ceiling that can be a tenth of the market rent. What the regime is, how the increase differs from an IRL revision, how a landlord gets out, and what a buyer of a flat with a 1948 tenant is really buying.
Marine Le Pen’s Housing Programme: What the RN Would Change for Foreign Owners of French Property (2027)
The Rassemblement national wants to scrap the IFI, the second-home surcharge, rent control and the DPE letting bans, and cut the capital gains clock to 15 years. Measure by measure, what would change for a foreign owner, what the numbers really say, and how much of it could happen after April 2027.