Cider festivals in Normandy
If you missed on October 30th the cider festival in Caudebec-en-Caux (Haute Normandie, 76), you can still attend the one in Vimoutiers, in Basse Normandie (61). It takes place on October 18th to 20th, ...
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Events in the region of Cognac
The famous drink Cognac is named after the French town located in Charente (16). It is a beverage made from 90% (or more) specific wine grapes. Twice distilled in copper pot stills, the wines are plac ...
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Right time to buy a property in Normandy!
This morning I checked the property update in the Normandy region and I found out that some sellers finally decided to reduce their prices. You won’t need to negotiate because they are now becom ...
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12% Price reduction on a French leaseback
The development Le Moulin Neuf is situated in Manosque, near Aix en Provence. Its prices have been reduced by 12%. As a result, the return on investment increased from 4.79% to 5.4%. Only 5 units rema ...
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Be careful with house prices
My colleague noticed something very interesting this afternoon. There is a property quoted on French property news magazine at €284,714 euros when it is listed at €245,000 on Sextant website. With Sex ...
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Is it the right time to buy in the Aude?
One of customer just bought a stone house with swimming pool in the Aude. It has 3 bedrooms and a small study room. It also comes with an outbuilding which could be converted into a small gite for the ...
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Investment properties in France
Yesterday, we went to the 25th birthday of a property management company in London and were told that the property investment market in France remain strong despite the current worldwide financial cri ...
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Election of the best property below €300,000
The election took place at Sextant’s office in London. It wasn’t easy because there was a lot of properties in competition and we had to make 2 rounds of vote in order to find the best one ...
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Mont St Michel vs St Michael’s mount
St Michael’s mount is often described as the jewel of Cornwall. There are always been very serious discussion in Cornwall and Normandy about who was the first one to be built. For those wh ...
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Why now is a good time to purchase in France
Even though everybody agrees that properties are generally not overpriced in most parts of France compared to the UK (where prices are expected to fall up to a further 30% by next year according to so ...
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