Tax & Regulation

Real Estate

Six Weeks, Not Two Months: France Rewrites the Unpaid-Rent Clause in Every New Lease

From 1 October 2026 every new French lease gives a non-paying tenant six weeks, not two months, to clear the debt after a commandement de payer. What the new contrat type changes, which clock governs your existing lease, and the procedure that actually gets a property back.
Real Estate

IRL Q2 2026: French Rent Revision for Foreign Landlords (+1.15%)

INSEE's Q2 2026 IRL is 148.37, up 1.15% in a year and accelerating for the first time in two years. What foreign landlords can claim, the DPE freeze that still bites, and the one-year deadline.
Real Estate

Your DPE Says A, the Thermometer Says 36°C: France’s Heat-Trap Homes and How Not to Buy One

A third of France's best-rated homes turn into ovens each summer. What the DPE letter actually measures, the summer-comfort indicator nobody reads, and the checks that spare you from buying a bouilloire thermique.
Real Estate

The Senate Just Rewrote France’s Renovation Deal – and Left Your LMNP Alone

The French Senate adopted the Relance Logement bill on 8 July 2026 - swapping the works threshold for a two-class DPE test and halving the copropriete shield to 18 months, while the landlord amortissement statute lives in the budget law, not this bill. What changes, what does not, and what September can still undo.
Real Estate

France’s Most Controversial Lease: the Bail Code Civil, Your Second Home, and the 2026 Crackdown

The bail Code civil is the correct lease for a French second home - and the contract Paris's mayor calls industrial-scale fraud when it dodges rent control. Where the line runs after the 2026 rulings, the DGCCRF campaign and the bill in parliament.

Capital Gains Tax on French Property: How Non-Residents Are Taxed (and How to Reduce It)

Guides The English Investor The English Investor -
Complete guide to French capital gains tax (plus-value immobilière) for non-residents in 2026. Rates, the new 17-year taper relief schedule, exemptions, SCI implications, and strategies to legally reduce your tax bill when selling property in France.

How to claim EIS and SEIS tax relief

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A 2026 refresh of our EIS and SEIS guide: the doubled SEIS limits, the schemes now running to 2035, the April 2026 expansion of EIS company thresholds, and the four ways to actually claim the relief.
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