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Démembrement: Giving Your Children a French Home While You Keep the Use

Giving your children the bare ownership of a French home while you keep the usufruct cuts French gift tax and leaves nothing more to pay on your death. Here's who pays for repairs, why the wealth tax still bites, and how HMRC may see the same deed.
Real Estate

UK Moves to End Double Tax on French SCIs: What Changes for UK Owners, and When

If you live in the UK and own a let French property through an SCI, the same rent can be taxed twice. The UK now plans a credit for the French tax, with claims from early 2028: what it could save, and what is still open.
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France Writes Your Rent Schedule for You: Below-Market Rent and the Maths of Keeping a Good Tenant

In France you can’t lift a sitting tenant’s rent to market whenever you like: the law sets the timetable, and in tight-market zones even a new tenant’s rent is capped. We run the numbers on when keeping a good tenant beats chasing the market.
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Selling a French Property From the UK or Abroad: the Steps in Order

Every step of selling a French property while you live abroad, in order: the reports, the agent, the preliminary contract, signing remotely, the French tax the notaire takes, and the UK side.
Real Estate

French Home Prices Fell 0.8% in a Year to June 2026: What It Means If You Own From Abroad

French home prices fell 0.8% in the year to mid-2026, with houses down 1.3% and flats almost unchanged. We break down the notaires’ figures by city, explain why the 4% mortgage line matters, and what it all means if you sell or buy from abroad.

The Jeanbrun Housing Bill (Relance Logement): What It Would Mean for Foreign Owners of French Property

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France's Relance Logement bill would sweeten the Jeanbrun tax break and hand F and G homes a renovation-for-reprieve deal, but the Conseil d'Etat has filled the margins with warnings. Here is what foreign owners need to know.

LMNP Tax Calculator: Micro-BIC vs Régime Réel Break-Even (2026)

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A free calculator that shows whether micro-BIC or régime réel leaves you with less taxable income on your French furnished rental, built on the verified 2026 allowances.

Bought an Underperforming French Tax-Scheme Property? The Clock to Sue Your Adviser Starts Later Than You Think (2026 Ruling)

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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

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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)

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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)

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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.
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