Tax & Regulation

Real Estate

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.
Real Estate

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.
Real Estate

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.
Real Estate

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.
Real Estate

Your Holiday-Let Guest Won’t Leave? France’s Préfet Can Now Evict Them in Days, but the Squatter Penalty Was Struck Out

Since 20 August 2026 a guest who stays on after a French holiday-let booking ends can be removed by the préfet in days, without a court. The Conseil constitutionnel kept the eviction and struck out the squatter penalties. What the law says, how the procedure runs, and why the phenomenon it targets barely exists.

Lecornu Just Softened the DPE Letting Ban: What British Landlords Need to Know

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PM Sébastien Lecornu just unveiled a housing bill that softens the DPE F/G letting ban: landlords can keep letting, provided they sign a renovation contract. Three years for houses, five for flats — here's what British landlords need to know.

The French DPE in 2026: What British Landlords Need to Know Before the Next Rental Ban

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France's 2026 DPE rules silently re-score electric-heated homes, pull smaller copropriétés into the collective-DPE net, and move the rental ban closer to F-rated stock. Here's what British landlords need to check before they re-let.

How to maximize your Council Tax refund: the 2026 guide

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A 2025-26 walk-through of every legitimate route to a lower UK Council Tax bill or an outright refund — band challenges, single-occupier and SMI disregards, the new 100% second-home premium, CTR, and moving-out refunds.

TEOM and REOM: The French Household-Waste Tax Explained for British Investors (2026)

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What the TEOM and REOM actually are, who pays, how they're calculated, whether you can recharge them to tenants, and how to claim a refund when your French property sits empty — a complete 2026 guide for British investors.

IFI: The French Wealth Tax on Real Estate — Complete Guide for British Investors (2026)

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France's IFI wealth tax on real estate catches out British investors faster than they expect — a €1.3M threshold, a worldwide-income cap that does not apply to non-residents, and a 21 May 2026 online filing deadline. Here's the complete 2026 guide.

French Tax Deadlines 2026: A Complete Calendar for British Property Owners

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A plain-English calendar of every French tax deadline a British property owner will meet in 2026 — income tax, IFI, GMBI, taxe foncière, taxe d'habitation — plus the 7.5% post-Brexit social-charges carve-out and the taux moyen election.
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