redwine Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/actualite/2012/03/04/hameau-a-vendre-aux-encheres Le Republican Lorrain 4/3/12 Hameau à vendre aux enchères Hamelet for sale at the auctions. Quote Abandonned over a number of years,despite several failed development projects. An entire hamelet in the Haute-Vienne is going to be put up for auction once again! The 19 buildings in the abandonned hamelet of Courbefy in the Haute-Vienne. Has aroused the interest of'' international investors' who are going to fight to buy the site during the next auction on the 21st of May starting price 330K. The last auction that was held on the 20th of Febuary not a single offer was made minimum price 300K A last minute offer was made (after the auction) last wednesday this means that a new auction can now be held on the 21st of May. Its the company called AHAE Press inc from New York. According to there lawyer its an artist from Japan who also has a future exhibition in Paris at the Louvre entitled "Through my Window" from the 23/6 to 23/7/12 The local auction house judge said that he has recieved enquiries from Spain The Middle East Belgium UK China Paris The ex-owner still owes 500 K to the bank credit agricole The new owners. IMHO The myth of the foreign buyer is still alive if anyone really wanted to buy this ghost village then all they have to do is to contact the bank! Worth noting that on another link french tv want to make a reality show there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 http://immobilier-revelateur-de-la-nature-humaine.over-blog.com/ Ninon Ingrid and her sad life of an estate agent 7/3/12 Imaginez que vous étes agent immobilier......... Imagine that you are an estate agent.......... Quote Imagine just like children do when they invent games you will be an estate agent. Not only do you want to work in an agency but you are honest as well. One morning you go to work with an agency that has offered you a job. You take over a 'portfeuille' of property that is already for sale. As of 9am and as soon as you sit your bottom down on your chair in your office.You have to contact your clients. Seeing as you are new to the job and full of good intentions you promise to contact all of the clients. Yes,but how? Simple you pick up the phone and telephone the vendors and buyers. The classic way you make appointments to visit one or several properties for sale. This may appear to be very simple but in reality it is not. You are there to sell. In front of you an unknown client who has sent a mail asking for a fast visit at a house. Seeing as you are new to the job and you don't want to make mistakes. Such as not bothering to contact the client. You make a point of honour to satisfy the client. Send a mail or leave a telephone message with a timetable of visiting hours. At the end of the morning your week is already full 10 visits with possible future buyers. Your aim is to visit 7 properties a day and you have already decided that this job is easy. Only three hours of phoning and you have already reached your objective for the week. Your soul is satisfied and you can already smell the sweet smell of your fees. Now its off to lunch. Unfortunately the problems soon begin with your return from lunch. Your first appointment is cancelled. The future buyer spoke to her husband and he said that he does want to visit the house that she selected. You say well its part of the job. So you look at your mails and discover that the visit for tomorrow morning at 10 am is also cancelled why? The client has already bought elsewhere. Never mind just bad luck but he told me at 11am today that he hadn't found what he was looking for at 2pm he now says that he has found a property. The next day again no luck. Due to illness Car broke down Family problems. Divorced in less than three days. Happily the bad clouds go away on Thursday after-noon. Your clients are there waiting for you. You wanted to cry because you were starting to lose all hope of showing a house for sale. The Visit. You hear negative words of "We have not already sold our house" "I don't want another loan" "The new car bought on credit" Unemployment and job-centres Misery ,your fees fly away. 21 days in the job and 200 phone calls . Not a single sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 http://logement.blogs.liberation.fr/serafini/2012/03/expulsion-le-drame-recommence-demain.html Liberation 14/3/12 Avec ou sans toit With or without a roof Expulsions le drame recommence demain. Evictions the drama starts (again) tomorrow. As of 6am today the evictions of those who have not paid there rent to there landlords and this year its also public as well as private landlands can begin. The winter truce ended on the 15th of March . There was a total of 158,329 evictions in France in 2010. Private landlords who bought to rent often with tax reductions now want there investment back. Its for there retirement .Also social housing are also evicting they want the cash. The link above gives a list of various 'help groups' who and you never know may help those who are facing eviction in France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Locales/Dunkerque/actualite/Secteur_Dunkerque/2012/03/13/article_les-prix-de-l-immobilier-a-dunkerque-sui.shtml La voix du nord The voice of the north. 13/3/12 Les prix de l'immobilier a dunkerque suivent une tendance. The price of property in Dunkirk follows the trend. Quote Property In Dunkirk the "for sale signs" that are flowering in the town are now a new topic for conversation. So how is the market getting on today? We asked a few questions. Is there more property for sale? No replies an EA who works for the agency C21 but we have to advertise the property that is for sale. Says Olivier Dujardin; The 'for sale' signs that are today 'flowering' in the town outside of houses and on the balconies of flats. Since the end of the 'free adverts newspapers' such as Top Annonces. Today everything that is for sale is on the web a revolution. But this makes everything "invisible" There is not more property for sale but it takes time to sell. Before 1 and a half months today 4 to 5 months. The stocks are rising and future buyers are spoilt for choice. After 5 months on the market and even over a year. When the property is not sold the price is to high. The vendor has to drop his price. Not so easy for those who paid a high price. Is it the time to buy? The vendors say " I won't give away my property" The buyers say "I am not in a hurry" Property over a 150K is very difficult to sell. The banks are refusing loans. Prices are not going down say the local EAs. Although they have fallen by 20% in the last three years. BTW not on the link there are over 800 properties for sale in the Dunkirk area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2012/03/15/1306926-avec-le-depart-des-anglais-les-biens-ont-perdu-jusqu-a-40-de-leur-valeur.html La Depeche 15/3/12 Ariege Avec le depart des Anglais ,les biens ont perdu jusqu'a 40% de leur valeur. With the deparure of the English ,there property has lost up to 40% of its value. Interview with maitre Barbe notary. Quote How is the property market doing in the Ariege? That all depends upon the areas. The Dept is made up of four big areas. The Low Ariege,High Ariege the Couserans and the Pays d' Olmes. There are important economic factors to take into account. The Couserans was kept afloat by the paper industry.Today there is nothing left. The textile industry in the Pays d' Olmes ,but it has badly suffered. The most sought after area is near Pamiers a town that is only half an hour from Toulouse. A commune like Mazeres that is only 20 minutes from the motorway can de attractive,but you have to take into account the high increasing price of petrol. Its obvious that the English who came here to buy 'holiday homes' and to open chambres d'hotes have massively left. Often losing up to 40% of the price that they paid for there property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp?ref_id=14386 The above link is from the French stats agency INSEE The information on the link was collected during the last population census. Whats good about this link is that we actually have some figures instead of talking in percentages. Les résidences secondaires in Poitou-Charentes in 2007. A total of 108,300. The total foreign owned for this region of four depts is 10,100 7,000 are British owned. 700 Dutch. 600 for the Germans and Belgians A 100 or so for the USA and Ireland . The rest are French ex-pats Italiens and Spainish. Where are the British holiday homes? 2,370 in the Charente. 2,020 in the Charente Maritime 1,550 in the Deux Sévres 1,130 in the Vienne. Also on the link there is a colour map of the region the dark green are the British not on the coast but inland in the rural areas probably from farming ,country backgrounds They also own "old property" 41% of residences secondaires in France were built before 1915. So who owns all of these second homes? Well on average 57% are owned by the locals only 15% are from Paris Whats the point of a local having a local second home? They are often inherited property. They continue to pay local taxes and they keep it in the family. Also on the link. The Dordogne 31,300 second homes The Gironde 57,500 A foreign owner is not considered for tax as somebody who is not French . Rather those who pay there income tax outside of France but they pay local property taxes. The residences secondaires are not just holiday homes there are also alot of local familys who inherit and keep the properties in the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 http://www.letelegramme.com/ig/generales/regions/finistere/immobilier-2011-le-marche-soutenu-par-la-fin-d-avantages-24-03-2012-1643224.php le telegramme 24/3/12 Immobilier 2011 Le marché soutenu par la fin d' avantages Property 2011 The market kept afloat by the end of tax advantages. Quote In 2011 the property market in the Finistére was 'doped' by tax advantages. This year and its election year;The notarys deplore the lack of visibility. Without a surprise the average price of property in the Finistére has remained below the national average. The dept is out of the way and wages are below the national average. Says Didier Lemoine president of the Finistére notarys. Brest We expect that prices will take a decade to go up again. Brest is above all a town of flats with relatively low prices. 29% of owners of flats are under 30 years old and 18.5% for houses. Quimper Prices for flats have increased by +3,1% but houses have fallen by -1,4%. Average age of the buyers 43 years old (44 years old for the dept) Littoral (coast) A mainly residences secondaires market. West coast -20% North coast +16% With price falls due to new property taxes. South coast back to 2007 prices. Centre Finistére The lowest prices for houses in the dept. The British who represented 30% ten years ago today only account for 6%. 2012 The atmosphere is morose the crisis is to be seen everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 http://www.sudouest.fr/2012/04/01/chateau-a-projets-675647-773.php Sud Ouest or south west 1/4/12 Chateau a projets Chateau for projects Quote Built after 1850 the chateau Dentomas is today looking for a new buyer but not just any buyer. The last owners an english couple with two children put the 22 room chateau up for sale five years ago. They even came to see us says the village mayor. They wanted 1,5 million euros!!! I didn't even bother to mention them at our local council meetings! With a population of only 360 and a local budget of 200,000 euros the property was out of our price range. However i kept an eye on the property. It was up for sale with an EA in Biarritz price 1,2 million euros. The chateau was finally sold to a buyer from Paris for 750,000 euros with a 50% price drop. I found out who the buyer was and it turned out to be a development company. They wanted to build a hundred houses in the 6,5 ha park of the chateau. These were Dutch houses for a future private "Dutch Village" I put an end to this straight away and with the help of the regional g'vt we bought the chateau for 750,000 euros. We now have just until 2014 to pay back the loan and we have already paid back a 150K However it will cost 1 to 1,5 million in renovation costs. We are now looking into several projects such as a "rest home " or "retirement home" but not a "Dutch Village" IMHO This goes to show just how how much power a local mayor has in France. The village with a pop of only 360 now risk facing local tax increases. He doesn't like the Dutch as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Everyone remembers Hurrican Xynthia that devastated the west coast of France in March 2010, killing people as they slept in their beds in their seaside properties built without proper planning permission and below sea level. The survivors were surprised by the rapid response of the government in the form of Philippe Berre who got reconstruction efforts underway with a rare efficiency. French officials normally take months to lift a finger. But this latter day Robin Hood was too good to be true. A call to the prefecture revealed that they were still sitting on their arses drinking coffee and the man was an imposter. But no ordinary imposter. Berre had already been involed in 19 similar operations, including building a Motorway extension in 1997, a story immortalized by François Cluzet in the film "In the Beginning" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1198385/ Berre faces up to 10 years in prison, his crime seems to be more showing up the French state for the bunch of incompetents that they are. http://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/Justice/Actualite/Philippe-Berre-l-escroc-qui-faisait-du-bien-499057/?from=headlines Xynthia: the crook who did good Already sentenced for having a fake stretch of highway in 1997, this manipulator will be judged Thursday for leading illegally cleanup of a charentaise town after the storm Xynthia. We knew "Roger Martin", the fake site manager who led the construction of a motorway section in spring 1997 in the Sarthe. An amazing news story became a movie, The original, directed by Xavier Giannoli. Here "Philip Lebert," the false charge of the Department of Agriculture responsible for the work of cleaning the common Charron (Charente-Maritime), partly devastated by the storm Xynthia in March 2010. Behind these two aliases, one single man, Philippe Berre, 55, who will play Thursday the second great role of his career crook before the judges of La Rochelle, where the repeat offender liable to ten years in prison. The judges will begin the morning of March 4, 2010 when a tall man in khaki jacket Charron has arisen in a 4x4 of the National Forest Inventory (NFI). "He told me he was sent to coordinate the work of cleaning and it is placed at the disposal of elected officials," said Jean-Francois Faget, the former mayor. "I had no reason to doubt him." For four days, the so-called Philippe Lebert uses false "requisition slips" to order from a dozen companies two bungalows for PC crisis, twenty trucks and construction equipment and cleaning of hectoliters fuel ... "We even saw three tanks escorted by gendarmes, laughs the former mayor. This guy had a great assurance." Philippe Lebert will even accompany officers during inspection of dikes! The man nevertheless raises the suspicion of the mayor when he is about to commandeer two cold rooms to store some food donations. Prevented, the prefecture sends cops catch this "Lebert". They discover that his vehicle falsely "plated" was stolen from Manosque (Alpes de Haute-Provence). "This guy needs treatment but no one wants," says Jean-François Faget. "He has done in a week that the State would have done in a year." The slate of 67,423.88 euros, it, was offset by the compensation fund of the storm. "Companies are not civil party and there is no harm," exults Mr. Vincent Vanraët, counsel for Philip Berre. "He has also not benefited from his actions. He just wanted to help people. He needs to make himself useful." Philippe Berre, hustler big heart? The psychiatrist Gerald Alloy, who examined him after his "bewilderment highway" does not believe it: "It's not a Robin Hood. It is above all a crook who does not feel shame or guilt. His enjoyment comes from the seduction and manipulation of others. People do not interest him. " A view shared by Lawrence Lèguevaque, the magistrate who was indicted for false starts Sarthe but for the diversion of 4,000 euros for the unemployed. "His obsession is to be a builder, it allows him to exist, to leave a trace", the former magistrate analysis. Originally from Paris, and divorced father of two children, Philip Berre have worked in construction before sinking into mythomania. Falsified paperwork, hotel rooms and restaurants ... Philippe Berre unpaid thirty years in total 19 convictions, mostly for fraud, trickery, impersonation, breach of trust. "At night, he finds himself alone with his lies, it is a fake and poor life," sighs Lèguevaque Lawrence. Especially trying to escape from himself, the man with dozens of aliases has embarked on an endless flight, sometimes hampered by the prison. "There is no family, no friends and he has a huge need for recognition, argues Mr. Vincent Vanraët. The media coverage also gives him a certain pleasure." Stern, psychiatrist Gerard Allroy believes that the film Giannoli has not helped to ease this pathological liar. "With Xynthia, he said he would do even better." Jean-Pierre Verges, special envoy in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) - Le Journal du Dimanche Saturday, March 31, 2012 Philippe Berre Published in leJDD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissy_fit Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 He doesn't like the Dutch as well. No, they might bring too much incomprehensible honesty, hard work and herrings to his constituency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 No, they might bring too much incomprehensible honesty, hard work and herrings to his constituency. TBH it all depends upon how you look it ? Imagine that this village which is only 15 kms from the beaches is in the UK. A foreign company want to build a village for foreigners who do not speak your language in your village in the UK ! What would be the local reaction to this? The Dutch with there cannibis coffee shops and window prostitutes not forgetting that as soon as they see the sun they also become nudists; Walking around with there parts hanging out and then getting p*ssed and shagging behind a bush more or less within public view. What would be the local British reaction ? Answer they would not want these foreigners in there village. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 But no ordinary imposter. Berre had already been involed in 19 similar operations, including building a Motorway extension in 1997, a story immortalized by François Cluzet in the film "In the Beginning" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1198385/ I did not know that you were a fan of the French actor François Cluzet. Just for the info "In the Beginning" or just to give it its French name. "A l' origine" the film was first shown in the cinemas here in France on the 11/11/2009 Having said that i can understand why you have become a fan of this French actor. His recent and massive box- office success with the film called the "intouchables" where he plays the part of a rich man who is handicapped. Over 19 million French went to the cinema to see this film. I now understand why you are a fan of François Cluzet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2012/03/15/1306930-le-lot-est-engage-dans-une-logique-de-baisse-des-prix-depuis-trois-ans.html La Depeche du Midi 15/3/12 Le Lot est engage dans une logique de baisse des prix depuis trois ans. The lot is engaged in a logic of of price falls since the last three years. Quote Phillippe Soublis manager of 'Quercy Property' says.The price falls that have been going for the last three years will continue. The residence secondaire market has badly suffered due to the fall in spending power of the English. So what is the current state of the property marker in the Lot ? In the dept and just like in any rural dept.We are now engaged in the logic of prices going down. After the crisis of 2009 we saw a sudden brutal stop in the market. With prices going down by 20% then 10% and followed by 15% for 2010 and it will be the same for 2011. The residence secondaire market This market is very important for us but due to the fall of the pound this has had a major impact on the market. The English who want to leave have put alot of property up for sale but the number of buyers have fallen. As for the local buyers they live on very low incomes. The Future. Due to the ending of interest free loans for buying old property. The future buyers will just build new houses for a 100 to a 150K. This is common sense and its been like this for the last three years. To sell you have to sell at the market price. I have a vendor who has a property thats been up for sale for the last six years. There is also lots of renovation work to do and if he wants to sell he has to accept to drop his price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissy_fit Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 TBH it all depends upon how you look it ? Imagine that this village which is only 15 kms from the beaches is in the UK. A foreign company want to build a village for foreigners who do not speak your language in your village in the UK ! What would be the local reaction to this? The Dutch with there cannibis coffee shops and window prostitutes not forgetting that as soon as they see the sun they also become nudists; Walking around with there parts hanging out and then getting p*ssed and shagging behind a bush more or less within public view. What would be the local British reaction ? Answer they would not want these foreigners in there village. Hmm, judging from this post I suspect your knowledge of the Dutch is restricted to stagnights in Amsterdam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/article/magazine/69224/perigord-une-invasion-anglaise-bienvenue.html Lefigaro 25/4/12 Perigord une "invasion" anglaise bienvenue. Perigord a welcome english invasion. Quote The english love France and have a deep respect for her says Steve Mason. A retired ex-pat who lives in the Perigord. Apart from the beautiful county-side the warm weather the houses we also appreciate your cooking your culture your "savoir-vivre" and your good manners. A 100,000 subjects of her majesty live on our soil. 30,000 in the Dordogne and the Lot and Garonne. Not forgetting the Germans who are also present in the South -West although alot less in numbers and other immigrants from the north of europe such as the Danish and Dutch. Some talk of an invasion others say that its good for the economey. In 2005 according to M.E. Leclerc. He said "Over the last 10 years the Dordogne has seen its population increase by 6,000 english and 1,600 dutch. They buy abandonned houses and farms and renovate them. They plant trees and flowers and they fill up there shopping trolley ! In 2009 the business chambre Franco-Britannique in Periguex said that there are 600 active business men in the region. Jerome Betaille mayor of Eymet population 2,652 says that 15% of the populaton are British or 398 A few facts The English own an estimated 4,6 thousand million pounds in French property or 5,65 thousand million euros. Since the year 2,000 they own 51,000 houses. The number of permanent residents in France is 100,000 (INSEE) IMHO a good article that shows some real facts and figures instead of talking in percentages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Democorruptcy Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Don't know if it's been posted earlier but there's a chap here not very happy about France. WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BUY IN FRANCE." NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED. Contains distressing images which may cause your stomach to churn In my backwards, still-medieval little town of Les Arcs, in France where there are people without mains water, sewers, mains gas, and mains electricity , ( some without 3 of these ) http://sites.google.com/site/hideousfrancedotcom/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Don't know if it's been posted earlier but there's a chap here not very happy about France. I had a look at your link and well lets face he is not at all happy. I checked out the first round election results in his village and marine le pen came second with 25,68% of the votes . The problem with his blog or website is that it turns into French bashing . He says that you should never visit or buy anything French and he goes on and on about his war. Just for the info theres a watchdog group who monitor and document anti-french activity and have been since 2003. They are based on the French islands of St Pierre et Miquelon 25 kms from Canada. Not the gvt but just for academic reasons you can visit there achives section. They monitor the USA and Canada there media news politics and french bashing on youtube. I like there french bashing traffic light green low to red severe. Theres a group on twitter called french haters maybe he should join them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picnic Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Don't know if it's been posted earlier but there's a chap here not very happy about France. Quote WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BUY IN FRANCE." NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED. Contains distressing images which may cause your stomach to churn In my backwards, still-medieval little town of Les Arcs, in France where there are people without mains water, sewers, mains gas, and mains electricity , ( some without 3 of these ) http://sites.google....usfrancedotcom/ Some people are not happy all the time! However when starting this post it was just to discuss prices and their direction. I love the french and believe it is a great place to buy a house at a reasonable price If I thought it would attract rubbish like the site mentioned I would never have started it. I'm sure the majority of the people living in France are very happy to be there and enjoy the culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Democorruptcy Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Don't know if it's been posted earlier but there's a chap here not very happy about France. Quote WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BUY IN FRANCE." NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED. Contains distressing images which may cause your stomach to churn In my backwards, still-medieval little town of Les Arcs, in France where there are people without mains water, sewers, mains gas, and mains electricity , ( some without 3 of these ) http://sites.google....usfrancedotcom/ Some people are not happy all the time! However when starting this post it was just to discuss prices and their direction. I love the french and believe it is a great place to buy a house at a reasonable price If I thought it would attract rubbish like the site mentioned I would never have started it. I'm sure the majority of the people living in France are very happy to be there and enjoy the culture. I didn't mean for anyone to take it literally as if it applied to the country as a whole. Getting problems with the people next-door could happen in any country. I thought it might amuse redwine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picnic Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 I think Red wine will indeed find it something to get his teeth into... As we get into the season for brits looking for properties I offer the following... There are plenty of properties on the market in the Lot and Dordogne region at present. The cheap stuff will move eventually, but just make offers at 30% below to flush out sellers at the higher price levels. Apart from the current rain it is a great place to live.! Paris has dropped a little in the last 3 months .......I would wait for further price drops, a credit downgrade ( of France, ) and ( a possile ) further improvement in the exchange rate before making an offer on anything. Actually my current advice would be to rent a house for a year in your chosen area and then start looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I think Red wine will indeed find it something to get his teeth into... Apart from the current rain it is a great place to live.! Its very easy to look for and to find the French haters on the web. His site is a copy conform of an American anti-French website. The neighbours problem is nothing more than an excuse to let loose his "francophobia" with what seems to me to be a long term "anti-french obsession". French Bashing comes in many different forms. Anti-French websites and today twitter groups. Anti-French politicans. Anti-French journalists and columists. Anti-French comedians and writers. " " books and there authors. " " TV reporters and presenters. " " business and economic leaders. " " youtube videos. As i have already mentioned there is a site that keeps an eye on them. They are quoted, documented and archived and if its possible there photos are put into the "photo gallery of know international french haters". Talking about the weather expect some severe French bashing next Sunday its election day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suricate Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Hello, This is my first post to this forum, forgive me if my english isn't very good but... i'm french (nobody's perfect). The situation in France is quite similar to the English one : we have a big housing bubble. During the last 10 years the wages raised 40% when the house prices did 140%. Many young workers (the "Primo accédants") that want to buy a first house can't do it by themselves, even with a good situation. In many cases they are excluded of city centers or need to loan for 25-30 years. Our bubble is ready to explode but it will take years to return to normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissy_fit Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 (edited) Don't know if it's been posted earlier but there's a chap here not very happy about France. I had a look. He's a bit bitter but isn't entirely wrong in his comments. I'd never buy anything in France where there was nearby land that might end up being used for something disagreeable, the whole culture is based around "copinage" so if the offender is friends with the mayor or police or both, you've no chance of redress. It's worth noting he seems to have had as much trouble with other expats as with the French. In England, towns and their atmosphere and underlying culture vary, the same is true of France. What do you think a French person would say if he happened to settle by accident in, say, Burnley? Pick a bad French town/village where a significant minority of the population view foreigners as sub-human scum to be exploited as much as possible(most Le Pen voters and quite a few others will come into this category IMO) and well, you're not going to have a good time. Edited May 2, 2012 by swissy_fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Our bubble is ready to explode but it will take years to return to normal. I see that you have posted one of the four Friggit Graphs for last March. Although the data that he shows is actually six months old. Just looking at his graph the blue line for province has stopped rising also the black line for France is no longer going up its only Ile de France and Paris that are still rising Having said only slightly. This is his geography graph it does not show prices when compared to average income against total sales transactions. What this graph really shows are asking prices. His graph called "prix de logements et montant des ventes" or" property prices and shown sales figures" is the only graph that really counts. The one with the black line and the green line. The problem with Friggit is the fact that he is incapable of showing the real prices that property was bought and sold for. Next June's and September's updates will be interesting. I like his own disclaimer on his site that says that his graphs are just his own personal views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwine Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I'd never buy anything in France where there was nearby land that might end up being used for something disagreeable, the whole culture is based around "copinage" so if the offender is friends with the mayor or police or both, you've no chance of redress. In England, towns and their atmosphere and underlying culture vary, the same is true of France. What do you think a French person would say if he happened to settle by accident in, say, Burnley? You are always taking a risk when buying property abroad. Nobody forced him or made him buy his house in his choosen village. It would also be impossible to know if lets say ten years after buying your property. The local council decided to demolish it so that they could build a car-park. Which is today the case of a frenchman that i know. Although he did not create a website full of hatred against the local council also he and his wife and the kids do not want to leave. I am sure that if a frenchman did the same in Burnley then the locals would all be voting for the BNP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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