Property in France

There are called Real Estate 'consultants' many so-called France in the United Kingdom, the property is more than happy to help you find your dream home, many of them are also very happy to lighten your wallet along.

French try to property for sale in the UK now serious business and like all large companies are seeing significant growth in a short time, more players attempted in this market will have a "piece ofAction ".

Unfortunately for the player opportunistic, always) based in France as an agent (Agent Immobilier is a long and complicated process, because the industry is highly regulated. Not just anyone can rent a shop, stick pictures of houses in the window and call a real estate broker. So for these players is much easier to be based in the UK, away from the watchful eyes of the French tax, social and regulatory authorities and try to make it workfor them in this way.

After four years of strong growth in the French property market, we now see many British company based on the market. Some say that the French estate agents (unless it is an illegal business in the French prefecture registered as real estate), some of you want a huge share of advice (not illegal, unless the person has to ask for them After the seven-day cooling-off period ends), and some even a fee for your property - this is completelyillegal in France - but all these players have one thing in common - they have some or all of their activities based in the United Kingdom. And why? Because if it were based in France, it would more than likely be closed.

So, what you can to protect the French property hunters a lot of shady practices in the industry?

The following events should be ringing alarm bells: -

When asked to pay to register to receive the propertyDetails

When asked to pay to view property

Asked to pay the money before someone stopped the notice period of 7 days

At the request of an agent in a different place from his office, for example, meet in a parking lot

At the request of a fee according to the French mainstream agency to pay for services that a registered agent or Notaire want to offer as part of their normal operation

In short, the only real way to protect yourself is directly connected to aFrench real estate authorized and, above all, the agent is a member of one of the main professional associations in France for homes, or a SNPI FNAIM. Just in front of a local registered immobilier guaranteed a professional service at a fair cost received.