FRENCH PROPERTY TIPS http://www.frenchentree.com 17 January 2006 Welcome to the January 2006 issue of French Property Tips, the email newsletter from FrenchEntrée.com. A Happy New Year to all our readers. 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 Languedoc http://www.frenchentree-languedoc-herault-gard.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. Leaseback property - new mortgage rules. 2. Are you the typical Brit in France? 3. Better SAFER than sorry. 4. The UK housing market - where is it heading? 5. French tax returns for 2006. 6. EU aims to end notaires' monopoly on conveyancing. 7. Special police to protect French trains. 8. France takes measures against the flu. 9. France's great pilgrimage route. 10. Who's afraid of the big bad whelk? 11. Truffle recipes from the Languedoc. 12. Could you be happy in a place you've never heard of? 13. FrenchEntrée licence for sale. 14. Properties for sale from private vendors. 1 Leaseback properties could see boom market Changes to the French mortgage rules mean that British property investors could now effectively buy homes in France for free... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=11329 2 Who is the typical Brit in France? The typical Brit looking to head to France is a retired civil servant, aged between 50 and 64 years old, lives with a partner and comes from the north-west... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=11331 3 The role of SAFER in French property purchase If you buy a property with more than a hectare of land, you'll have to deal with the SAFER agency... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=11327 4 UK housing market set to grow Buy-to-let landlords need to know their market thoroughly, says the Bank of Scotland. http://www.frenchentree.com/france-charente-property/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=11192 5 French tax deadlines for 2006 If you were French tax resident in the 2005 tax year, you'll have to make a French tax return... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-legal/displayarticle.asp?id=11313 6 EU clamps down on notaires' monopoly The tight hold of the French Government on notaires' fees could be set to loosen... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-legal/displayarticle.asp?id=11298 7 France to set up railway police force French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has announced a new railway police force to help prevent violent incidents... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-transport/displayarticle.asp?id=11328 8 France gears up to face flu epidemic French Health Minister Xavier Bertrand has presented a plan to tackle any possble flu pandemic in France... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-health/displayarticle.asp?id=11299 9 On the pilgrimage trail Santiago de Compostela, the European City of Culture for the year 2000, is located in the northwest of Spain. http://www.frenchentree.com/france-lot-quercy-news/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=11252 10 Frightened of shellfish? Living in Brittany and not eating shellfish is like living in Huddersfield and not liking Yorkshire pudding... http://www.frenchentree.com/france-brittany-restaurants-shops/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=11267 11 Truffling in the Languedoc For those who believe that the truffle only grows in the Périgord, think again. http://www.frenchentree.com/languedoc-herault-gard-restaurants-shops/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=11030 12 At home in the Vendée A few years ago my husband suggested it would be nice to move abroad - France he suggested... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-lavie/displayarticle.asp?id=11324 13 Chance to run FrenchEntrée Brittany Caroline Bell has decided to sell the licence to the FrenchEntrée-Brittany website... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-home/displayarticle.asp?id=11108 14 Properties for sale from private vendors Properties for sale from private vendors this month include a newly renovated house in Languedoc-Rousillon, an antiques shop in Haute Vienne, a cottage in the Pays de la Loire and a riverside building plot in the Vendée. http://www.frenchentree.com/france-private-property-sales/ ***Sponsors Link - Moneycorp*** The Sterling price of French property fluctuates constantly with the exchange rate between Sterling and the Euro. 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Ideal for holidays or house-hunters. http://www.frenchentree.com/french-holiday-cottage-dordogne/ 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