France is one of the most popular second home and holiday locations for Britons simply because it is so accessible - you can fly to France, drive to France and you can even take a train to France. But recently France has wavered in favour as Brits have been lured away to explore seemingly exciting emerging locations such as Bulgaria and Poland which have been boosted in appeal by the old cheap flight effect. But you know what? These cheap locations all play second fiddle to France in terms of everything from cuisine to culture, and from accessibility to investment appeal.
Yes you can get a cheap flight to Krakow today, but what about when eco-taxes are applied to flight prices, yes you can get a cheap property in Sunny Beach (well, you can’t actually) but what about when you want to rent it or resell it and you’re hit by the deluge of real estate related competition? France doesn’t suffer from any of these emerging market glitches and foibles and so we’ve decided to cut to the chase and tell you why you should buy investment property in France and stop procrastinating!
International property investment figures collated and recently revealed by Jones Lang LaSalle highlight an interesting global trend….not only is the level of international investment up considerably across the entire global real estate marketplace, interest has been most acutely focused on Europe and one of the markets to benefit the most is the property investment marketplace in France.
Global property investment interest in France is surging thanks to the nation’s extremely attractive commercial property scene and its evergreen appeal as a holiday and retirement destination…but the question is will France remain a great place to invest for strong returns and a low risk level of exposure?
When most people think about investing in property in France they imagine investing in residential property - particularly that which is ripe for the tourism market. But of course that’s not all there is to property in France - and in reality France’s residential real estate market is currently playing second fiddle to its commercial market in terms of investment activity and potential returns.
In a recent survey entitled Emerging Trends in Real Estate (Europe) issued by the Urban Land Institute in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers, 400 of Europe’s leading property industry analysts all agreed that the commercial property market in Paris is actually the top real estate investment market in Europe and in this article we reveal the appeal of commercial property investment in France in general.
While a great deal of our emphasis at Amberlamb is on property investment approaches to take and potential to be realised in emerging countries around the world, we do include buyer guides for evergreen markets such as New Zealand, Canada, Spain and France because the ongoing appeal of countries like these often means that investor interest in such countries is also strong.
When it comes to France it is a very popular country for British based property investors to consider simply because it is just so accessible. Recently Assetz have been reporting on the regions of France that they believe will do very well in 2007 and so while investor attention is focused on the other side of the channel we thought we should collate the reasons why property in France remains an investment favourite.
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