Bought an Underperforming French Tax-Scheme Property? The Clock to Sue Your Adviser Starts Later Than You Think (2026 Ruling)
Bought a French tax-shelter property that underdelivered? A June 2026 Cassation ruling resets when the five-year clock to sue the adviser starts - later than you might think.
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.
Loc’Avantages 2026: a 15% to 65% Tax Cut for Renting Below Market (and the Catch for Non-Residents)
Loc'Avantages gives French landlords a 15% to 65% income-tax reduction for letting below market. Who qualifies, how much it is worth, and the residence catch for non-resident owners.
Taxe d’Habitation on a French Second Home: the 2026 Guide (and the 60% Surcharge)
France scrapped the taxe d'habitation on main homes but kept it on second homes - and 1,628 communes now pile on a surcharge of up to 60%. What foreign owners actually pay in 2026, and how to lighten it.
You Cannot Serve Notice to Repair a Flat You Knew Was Indecent: France’s Top Court, 4 June 2026
France's top court just closed a landlord trap: if you knew a flat was substandard when you let it, you cannot serve notice to evict the tenant and do the upgrade works. Civ. 3e, 4 June 2026, n 24-16.993.
Forced Works Forever, Damages Capped at Three Years: France’s Top Court on Indecent Rentals
France's top court confirms the double exposure on indecent rentals: tenants can force the works for as long as the breach lasts, while damages reach back exactly three years. What every foreign landlord should take from Civ. 3e, 4 June 2026.