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Autumn seems to have blown in with gusto this weekend which, if you're a golfer, marks the end of fair-weather fairways and time to dig out the all-weather kit.  If you're a keen golfer, but don't want to be based in a golf resort, we've picked a selection of properties for sale in France with golf courses nearby, where the season extends long into autumn, before picking up again early in the spring as the warm weather returns.

 

As the negative media headlines and political bickering about Brexit continue, many people are understandably waiting to see the lay of the land post-Brexit before pursuing their dream of a place in France.

We’ve recently seen an increase in savvy investors making the move to France now before Britain departs the EU. There are four main reasons for their logic.

 

Emmanuel Macron, with his newly renamed La Republique En Marche party, undoubtedly has a very outward-looking approach, pro-EU and in favour of open borders and tolerance. He has pledged to step up efforts to bring stability to the housing market and the election of President Macron is being viewed in a very positive light by the property industry.  The good news for french home-owners is he is committed to reducing some of the taxes for property owners.........

 

In the lead up to the general election and the start of formal Brexit negotiations in June, the EU Council of Ministers has outlined part of its negotiating position.  Their announcement this week relates particularly to the rights of UK nationals living in EU countries.  Their opening stance is that if you are living in France (or any other EU country) before the UK formally leaves the EU in March 2019, then your right to live there permanently will be protected. 

A regular reader of French Property News magazine had a sudden and unexpected trip down memory lane when one of our properties for sale in Normandy popped up and immediately brought fond holiday memories flooding back........

 

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