FRENCH PROPERTY TIPS ADD FOR SCHOFIELDS NEEDS TO GO IN MAY ISSUE!!!! http://www.frenchentree.com 13 April 2006 Welcome to the April 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. Our new regional site for the Vienne is now onstream at: http://www.frenchentree.com/france-vienne/ 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. French property market - latest statistics. 2. Selling your French home on the Internet. 3. Buying property with a Sipp - new update. 4. What to look for when buying in France. 5. The calculated approach to property finding. 6. Salvage savvy - renovate in style. 7. Lot and Quercy - property hotspots. 8. Mongasque banks and how to use them. 9. Biometric passports - what they mean for you. 10. Make travel savings with the Owners Club. 11. A waggy dog story from the south. 12. Properties for sale from private vendors. 1 Latest data on French housing market The FNAIM (Fédération Nationale de l‘Immobilier) has just published its in-depth quarterly figures on the state of the French property market... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=13778 2 A professional private sale How to sell your French property without going through an estate agent... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=13781 3 Using a Sipp to buy French property The Finance Bill has just been published. What does it allow you to buy with your Sipp?... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=13780 4 Surveyors Guide to Property in Languedoc The French do not have that fervent need to “keep up with the Joneses”, as you'll soon find out when you hunt for property... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-home/displayarticle.asp?id=13759 5 Key decisions when buying a house in France With a background in international marketing, Alison Hibbard took a carefully planned approach to buying her house in the Lot... http://www.frenchentree.com/france-lot-quercy-property/displayarticle.asp?id=13725 6 What to look for in old materials All manner of French salvage is available for restoring your property, but what are the pitfalls?... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=13782 7 Property Hot Spots in the Lot and Quercy The Quercy has become enormously popular in the last few years, and popularity brings price rises.... http://www.frenchentree.com/france-lot-quercy-property/displayarticle.asp?id=13765 8 Buying property through a Monaco bank Most of the French lenders, especially on the Cote d'Azur, have lending limits but Monagasque banks may prove more flexible... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-property/displayarticle.asp?id=13784 9 Passport format set to change As of 21 April 2006 the Paris passport office will print its final current-style passport, and will switch to the new system... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-home/displayarticle.asp?id=13760 10 Property Owners Travel Club If you own or travel regularly to a holiday home in either France or Spain, the Brittany Ferries' Property Owners Travel Club can help save you money... http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-transport/displayarticle.asp?id=13102 11 Rescuing stray dogs in France There are three kinds of dogs in France: the upper classes, the country cousins, and the truly vulnerable... http://www.frenchentree.com/france-lot-quercy-living/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=13617 ***Sponsors Link - Schofields*** UK Insurance for French holiday homes that provides specialist cover for holiday letting and full protection when left unoccupied. 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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