22.04.2012 0

Real Estate: A de bric et de broc aspect offers good variety

Buying in Saint Roman

We continue our coastal property series, bypassing the Principality of Monaco and rolling straight into Saint Roman. On the eastern Monegasque border, Saint Roman - part of the commune of Roquebrune Cap Martin - extends north towards the Moyenne Corniche and east to the Quatre Chemins roundabout.Read more …

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19.05.2011 0

Real estate: The pros and cons of having a managing agent

Maintaining the estate

If you’re buying a medium-sized house built in the last 30 years which stands on a plot occupying under 1000 squared metres, or if you’re having one built on a plot that size, the chances are that your home will be in a private housing estate (lotissement pavillonnaire).Read more …

16.05.2011 3

Real estate: French budget aims to cut deficit by using property tax loophole to raise 176m euros

French government slaps new council tax on foreign-owned second homes

A French cabinet ruling last week has approved a new council tax that will be imposed on property belonging to non-residents. It will affect 360,000 properties across the country, many of which are holiday homes owned by British and Dutch foreigners.Read more …

14.03.2011 0

Real Estate: Property fair draws over 120 exhibitors to making now the perfect time to start thinking about home improvement

Salon de l’Habitat opens in the Var this weekend

Readers in the Var planning to renovate a property or have one built would do well to visit the 27th edition of the Salon de l’Habitat which takes place in the Palais des Congrès in Toulon from 18th-20th March.Read more …

13.01.2011 0

Real Estate: Influx of new build properties will hit the Riviera over the next three years offering more choice in the housing market

Why not buy new?

A quick survey at the beginning of the new year in the French press of different apartment and house developments due for completion in 2011, 2012 or 2013 in our region’s Alpes-Maritimes and Var départements shows around 90 in all, ranging from bed-sit studios to 5-room apartments and 4-room villas.Read more …

17.11.2010 0

Real Estate: Var property market shows signs of bouncing back

Var real estate sales recover for properties five or more years old

After a dip in sales of 25 per cent in 2009 for ancien properties (those five or more years old) according to the Var branch of the Chambre des notaires who register completed transactions, the first eight months of 2010 saw sales in the same category up by 20 per cent.Read more …

29.07.2010 0

Real Estate: Useful information about planning permission laws

Planning permission news

While our August issue of The Riviera Times will look at the pros and cons of having a house built for you it is worth remembering that the Alpes-Maritimes and Var départements between them account for one third of all the new real estate constructions and extensions in France which don’t comply with the regulations and are therefore illegal.Read more …

01.06.2010 0

Advertorial: Riviera’s first garden pavilions that smell as divine as they look

Perfect pavilions

Eco-friendly red cedar buildings

When you have been building garden pavilions for as long as Crown Pavilions, you tend to know a thing or two about wood preservation. Rain, sun, snow, ice, storms… customers want their investment to last for many years without the timber rotting, splitting, warping or being eaten away by insects.Read more …

16.02.2010 0

Real Estate: It can pay longterm to buy a new build

Scellier: A taxing friend

A sparkling living room with white sofa in a brand new property with sea views from the window

It is perhaps no coincidence that the French government simply added an S to the word "cellier", meaning cellar, when it came to naming a new property law that gives landlords hefty tax breaks. Since its introduction in 2009, the loi Scellier has been a key initiative to help lift the crisis-hit real estate industry from dark and gloomy depths into the light once again.Read more …

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Mortgage brokers

Financial Institution Mike Lorimer RFP Riviera Financial Planning sarl
Contact Mike Lorimer
Tel: +33 (0)4 93 74 73 35
Mob: +33 (0)6 21 85 84 42
Email: info@mikelorimer.com
www.mikelorimer.com		 Yves Derrien
Tel: +33 (0)4 93 00 11 71
Email: info@rfp.fr
www.rfp.fr
Languages spoken English English
French
German
Description Specialising in helping international clients obtain mortgages, re-mortgages and equity releases for French properties. Real estate financing in France provided by European banks and unit-linked life insurance from a range of European insurance companies. Specialist international financial advice, from a qualified IFA, regarding relocation from anywhere in Europe to Switzerland, France or Monaco.

Mortgage brokers

Financial Institution ABN AMRO
Contact Rob Schols
PC't Hart
Esmeralda Keijzer
Tel: +33 (0)4 97 03 83 32
rob.schols@fr.abnamro.com
Languages spoken English
French
German
Dutch
Description To finance your new home we offer tailor-made advice, jointly with our International Estate planners including tax issues, inheritance questions, etc. In addition to mortgages, we also offer equity releases on your existing property.

Mortgage brokers

Financial Institution JYSKE Bank
Contact Camille Marne
Thomas Nielsen
Tel: +33 (0)4 93 39 39 00
Fax: +33 (0)4 93 39 39 02
Email: info@jyskebank.fr
www.jbpb.fr
Languages spoken English
French
Danish
German
Swedish
Norwegian
Description The various credit solutions are a part of our Wealth Management program. Please, contact one of our local advisers in Cannes in order to see what a Wealth Plan can do for you and your future. Wealth management and life style planning through a 360 degree holistic approach established with your personal adviser based upon your current situation and future requirements to relocation plans, inheritance, taxation, investment, asset portfolio management, and daily Netbank services.

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