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Where to Buy in the South of France: A Guide for American Buyers
The South of France that most Americans picture is about forty miles of coastline between Cannes and Monaco. It is beautiful, it is famous, and it is priced accordingly. What that image leaves out is that the French Mediterranean runs for hundreds of miles, and that the single largest city on it is one most […]
03-09-2026
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Best Places to Buy in Normandy for American Buyers
Most American searches for Normandy start with an image rather than an address. A half-timbered farmhouse with apple trees. A cliff at Étretat. A cemetery above Omaha Beach where a grandfather’s unit is listed. The region delivers on all three, but they sit in different places, at very different prices, and they suit very different […]
03-09-2026
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Normandy vs Brittany: Where Should Americans Buy in France?
Almost every American who starts looking at northwest France ends up with the same two names on the shortlist. Both regions are green, coastal and priced a long way below Paris, the Riviera or the Alps. Both look, from a browser in Chicago or Austin, more or less interchangeable: old stone houses, big skies, cliffs […]
28-08-2026
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Investing in French Property from San Francisco: Why You Need a Buyer Agent
The Bay Area sends a particular kind of buyer to France: technology professionals, founders, people whose careers moved them here for two years and kept them for ten, alongside Americans who simply want a European base. On paper the project looks like any other American purchase abroad. In practice three things make it materially harder […]
20-08-2026
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Investing in French Property from Washington: Why You Need a Buyer Agent
Washington concentrates profiles you meet nowhere else in the United States: World Bank and IMF staff, IDB and OAS professionals, federal and defence careers, think tank researchers, embassy postings. Six hours behind Paris, more than 6,000 kilometres away, and above all a set of tax positions that make the standard advice written for New York […]
08-08-2026
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Homelike Home and AmCham France: A Buyer Agent for American Buyers in France
Homelike Home is working with AmCham France, the American Chamber of Commerce in France, to support the American community buying property here. The reason is simple: the role we have played since 2003, the French chasseur immobilier, is the closest equivalent France has to the buyer’s agent Americans already know at home. We represent the buyer, […]
02-08-2026
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Find an Apartment in Paris With Emilie in Paris, Our Buyer Agent
Every few months, a client asks us, half joking, whether we could find them the apartment from Emily in Paris. Here is the honest answer. The building is real, it stands at 1 Place de l’Estrapade in the 5th arrondissement, a few steps from the Panthéon, and nothing inside it is cheap. The flat you see on screen […]
31-07-2026
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Buying a Home in France as a Professional Footballer
You have signed. You report to training this week. Your family arrives at the end of the season, maybe. And a French purchase takes roughly three months from accepted offer to final deed. Those timelines do not line up, and nobody at the club is going to fix that for you. Homelike Home has been […]
15-07-2026
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Investing in French Real Estate from Singapore
Living in Singapore, buying in France almost always comes down to one of three projects: a pied-à-terre, a well-prepared return, or a straightforward investment. The real challenge is not the intent, it is finding the right property nearly 11,000 kilometres away, and anywhere in France, not just Paris. That is exactly what we do. In […]
15-07-2026
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Paris Real Estate Market 2026: Prices, Trends and Outlook
The capital and a global safe haven, Paris draws stronger international demand than any other French market, and 2026 is confirming its return to form. After the correction of 2023 to 2025, when prices fell roughly 8% to 10% across the city, the market is stabilising and edging up again, helped by easing borrowing costs […]
29-06-2026
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Marseille Real Estate Market 2026: Prices, Trends and Outlook
France’s second-largest city, home to 870,000 residents, Marseille offers a real estate market with no equivalent among the major French metropolises. Its price gaps are the widest in the country: you can buy an apartment for under €2,000 per square metre in some northern districts, and pay more than €6,000 along the Corniche or in […]
29-06-2026
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The Best Places to Invest in Real Estate in France
France remains one of the safest and most rewarding real estate markets in the world for international investors, and 2026 is no exception. The reasons are structural rather than speculative: a chronic housing shortage in the major cities keeps rental demand high and vacancy low, a transparent legal framework protects owners, and bank financing stays […]
29-06-2026
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The Best Places to Live in France
France is regularly ranked among the most desirable countries in the world to call home, and the appeal goes far beyond the postcard. It rests on the things that shape daily life: a universal healthcare system consistently rated among the best on the planet, a high-speed rail network that puts most of the country within […]
29-06-2026
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Investing in French Real Estate from London
Investing in France from London means turning income earned in pounds into a euro-denominated asset, on a market that is more accessible than the UK and just 2h15 from St Pancras. What is left is to handle post-Brexit French-British taxation and to buy confidently from a distance. Here is what matters. In short: A euro-denominated […]
21-06-2026
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Buying an Apartment with a View of a Parisian Monument
Owning a property in Paris whose windows frame the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame or the Sacré-Cœur is a market of its own. These apartments represent a tiny fraction of the total Parisian housing stock, change hands frequently off the public market, and command a premium of 15 to 40% above the average price per square metre […]
30-04-2026
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Investing in French Real Estate from the United States
You live in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Miami. Your income is in dollars, your daily life is American, but your assets are something you want to keep anchored in France. Preparing a return, securing a property for your children, building savings in euros away from the volatility of financial markets: the reasons […]
30-04-2026
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Luxury Apartment Hunter in Paris: accessing the capital's most discreet market
Buying a luxury apartment in Paris is not simply a matter of setting a high budget and browsing property listings. The prestige segment, which covers properties above two million euros and peaks beyond thirty million for truly exceptional units, operates by its own rules. The overwhelming majority of transactions take place off the public market, […]
30-04-2026
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Investing in French Real Estate from New York City
New York brings together two distinct profiles, each with their own real estate project in France. French executives on expat assignments in finance or tech, looking to build a euro-denominated asset base while living in the United States. And American buyers drawn to France: a pied-à-terre in Paris, a house in Provence, an apartment on […]
30-04-2026
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Investing in French Real Estate from Switzerland
You live in Geneva, Zurich, Basel or Lausanne. Your income is in Swiss francs, often substantial, and your capacity to save is real. But building lasting wealth in France, preparing a future return, securing a home for your children, or simply diversifying your capital into euros: these are concrete goals shared by thousands of French […]
18-04-2026
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Buying Property in France as a Foreigner: The 2026 Guide
In 2026, France remains a premier “safe haven” for international investors, offering a unique blend of heritage and economic stability. However, for non-residents, the French market’s complexity and the prevalence of “off-market” deals make expert guidance essential. Homelike Home’s property hunters, led by Christine Pelosse, specializes in bridging this gap for global clients. With over […]
04-01-2026
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Investing in French Real Estate from Dubai
Living in Dubai offers a unique financial opportunity thanks to high income and light taxation, but the question of securing this capital in the long term inevitably arises. Despite the 6,000 kilometers distance, French real estate remains the ultimate safe-haven investment for expats in Dubai looking to prepare for retirement or a future return to mainland France. Between […]
08-12-2025
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