Selling your French property

As with everything else of this nature, your best move at the offset is to consult a lawyer with expertise in this field to be absolutely sure that you are fully cognizant of all the laws involved in this project.

You can either sell your property directly yourself, there is no law against this in France, or you could go with an Estate Agent. Obviously if you undertake to sell it yourself you will need to arrange all the advertising, mandatory surveys and appoint a Notary to prepare all the paperwork. Alternatively, an Estate Agent would take care of all this for you, but would charge up to 10% of the price of the property. (more…)

Now that you are ready to put your property up for sale you have a few things to consider before you consult a Real Estate agent and start the process. Price and presentation are major factors so you need to have an idea what price you would like to get for your property. It might be an idea to find out what is for sale in your area and what the asking price is. Then you will have a basis to work on. Then you will need to start getting your property ready for selling and there are a few really simple things you can do to make a difference. (more…)