FRENCH PROPERTY TIPS http://www.frenchentree.com 16 August 2005 Welcome to the August 2005 issue of French Property Tips, the email newsletter from FrenchEntrée.com. Our aim at FrenchEntrée is to provide you with a monthly digest of news, views, articles and other information which might help you with a French property purchase or a move to France. For local news, views and issues affecting your area, visit our other regional sites: Brittany http://www.frenchentree-brittany.com Charente http://www.frenchentree-charente.com Deux-Sevres http://www.frenchentree-deux-sevres.com Limousin http://www.frenchentree-limousin.com Lot and Quercy http://www.frenchentree-lotandquercy.com. You registered to receive this newsletter at our site - if you do not wish to receive it please follow the unsubscribe link at the bottom of this text. FrenchEntrée.com does not sell or pass on your details to anyone else. CONTENTS 1. French property - where's hot and where's not 2. From the horse's mouth - an estate agent's view of the market 3. What's an immobilier? 4. Living the dream - an olive mill in Provence 5. A mobile route to your home in France 6. Want to be on television? 7. A foot in both camps - how dual contracts can help you avoid tax liability 8. Zero-tax havens in Europe 9. The new EHIC healthcard - what will it entail? 10. Change to French numberplate system 11. Easy way to make currency transactions 12. We made it - to the Gironde 13. FrenchEntrée's property database 14. Properties for sale from private vendors 1 Property hotspots Over the past decade, Britons have been moving abroad in ever-increasing numbers, but where are they going, and why?... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=7227 2 A leading agency outlines the current trends in the property market Price rises in France look set to reach predicted levels, says Paul Owen of VEF... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=7236 3 Your guide to estate agents, notaires and marchands de biens Only some 50 per cent of property sales in France are handled by estate agents (agent immobilier)... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=7233 4 The Moss family are crazy about their Provençal olive mill David and Nydia Moss have had a long-standing love affair - with their property in Provence... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=7235 5 The advantages of a mobile home in France For people who want a pied-a-terre for holidays in France, one option worth considering is a mobile home on a holiday park... http://www.frenchentree.com/france-mobile-holiday-home-sales/ 6 New TV show seeks participants Whatever your fears about moving abroad, a new TV show from production company Televisionary wants to hear from you... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=7247 7 Dual contracts of employment Important information for people working in more than one country... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-legal/displayarticle.asp?id=7242 8 European tax havens A new EU Directive will not affect European tax havens, says a property expert... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-legal/displayarticle.asp?id=7244 9 The EHIC - replacement for the E111 Everything you need to know about the new European health card... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-health/displayarticle.asp?id=7243 10 French numberplate system to change From 2008 the department number will no longer appear on French registration plates... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-lavie/displayarticle.asp?id=7246 11 Help for those making regular foreign currency payments This Moneycorp facility was launched last year, and has already proved extremely popular... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-currency/displayarticle.asp?id=7170 12 A dream home in the Gironde Angela Mariett keeps us up to date with her property search... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-wemadeit/displayarticle.asp?id=7240 13 FrenchEntrée property database If you're on the hunt for a property in France, visit our sister site www.frenchentree-property.com, an independent database listing over 2000 properties for sale in France. Over the coming months we will be adding many more properties across all the regions of France. For details, visit: http://www.frenchentree-property.com 14 Properties for sale from private vendors Properties for sale from private vendors this month include an up-and-running B&B business in the Creuse, an exceptional Perigordine mill in the Dordogne, a fully modernised neo-Breton house in the Côtes d'Armor and smallholding with five acres and a lake in Tarn-et-Garonne... http://www.frenchentree.com/french-property-sales-france/ ***Sponsors Link - Moneycorp*** The Sterling price of French property fluctuates constantly with the exchange rate between Sterling and the Euro. Get the best available exchange rates and protect yourself from these fluctuations. Click here: http://www.moneycorp.com ************************************************* ***Sponsors Link - Siddalls*** Thinking of moving to France? 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Follow this link to find out more and request our FREE Guide to Buying a Home in France: http://bpc.barclays.fr/ebn.ebn?pid=192&domain=site&rub=415&object=rubrique&id=415 ************************************************* ALSO on FrenchEntrée.com Holiday cottage on the Dordogne - Charente border with last-minute availability in August http://www.frenchentree.com/french-holiday-cottage-dordogne/ Running a gite business - the 90 page guide http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-gitebusiness/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=401 Healthcare in France 2005 - A Guide for the Expatriate http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-health/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=3420 HOW TO GET IN TOUCH Editorial & Press enquiries: mailto:editor@frenchentree.com Advertising: mailto:sales@frenchentree.com Directory: mailto:jennie@frenchentree.com Contribute a story or article and claim 2 FREE books: http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-contribute/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=90 A bientôt Patricia Mansfield-Devine Editor FrenchEntrée.com mailto:patricia@frenchentree.com If you wish to unsubscribe then please use the link below: http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-newsletter/home.asp?status=unsubscribe