FRENCH PROPERTY TIPS http://www.frenchentree.com 16 March 2006 Welcome to the March 2006 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 Dordogne http://www.frenchentree.com/france-dordogne/ Languedoc http://www.frenchentree-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. The attraction of a new-build property. 2. Property market overview - Anjou. 3. Property price protection in Chamonix. 4. Property market overview - South-West. 5. Authentique style - sourcing reclaimed materials. 6. Looking for land in St Tropez. 7. One couple's dream home on a golf course. 8. Are notaires taking you for a ride? 9. France's new ruralists. 10. Safety first - fit a smoke alarm. 11. At home in wine country. 12. Bird flu - mass slaughter begins. 13. Properties for sale from private vendors. 1 New-build in South-West France Many people dream of moving to France, and renovating a stone ruin, but maybe you need to think laterally... http://www.frenchentree.com/france-lot-quercy-property/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=12762 2 Property in the Anjou region Two Angevin estate agents give us the lowdown on their local property market... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=12820 3 British buyers force out locals Wealthy investors from Britain are causing feelings to run high in the ski resort of Chamonix, according to a report in the International Herald Tribune... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=12842 4 Who's buying what in the South-West? Rey Immobilier give us their views on the current state of the property market... http://www.frenchentree.com/france-lot-quercy-property/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=12802 5 Reclaimed materials and your French home France is a paradise for those who want to obtain secondhand or reclaimed materials or who merely enjoy hunting through ‘antique' shops http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=12808 6 Property hunting in the Med Got millions to spare? Check out what happened when this property-hunter was charged with looking for the perfect plot... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=12809 7 New build proves the surprise solution For one British couple, a new-build home in France has provided the answer to the dream home dilemma http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-wemadeit/displayarticle.asp?id=12822 8 The hidden cost of French conveyancing British solicitor David Anderson wants an end to the French monopoly on conveyancing... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=12819 9 The French have a word for it... With the French moving from the city to the country in ever-greater numbers, the 'neo-ruraux' are a new social classification http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=12823 10 Better safe than sorry You wouldn't be without a smoke alarm in the UK, so don't forget one in your French home, says one French Entrée reader http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-lavie/displayarticle.asp?id=12821 11 Virgile Joly - the man behind the wine How one man realised his dream to become a vintner... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-home/displayarticle.asp?id=12829 12 A million French poultry to be slaughtered Mass slaughter of poultry in eastern France will begin on March 21 in the wake of the discovery of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu on a turkey farm ... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-lavie/displayarticle.asp?id=12843 ***Sponsors Link - Moneycorp*** The Sterling price of French property fluctuates constantly with the exchange rate between Sterling and the Euro. 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