The Financial Times just posted an article about buying property in France, the story focussed on where to buy in France… and the title was – Looking to buy a property in France? Follow the Parisians.
It basically shows where in France that Parisians tend to buy second homes, and it included input from Home Hunts and many of our partners across France.
“Come high summer, the capital’s residents head en masse for their second homes and holiday hotspots. Tracking their footsteps reveals an insider guide to French rural charm”
“The infrastructure access from Paris also affects where people buy, notes Tim Swannie, director of Home Hunts. “Aix-en-Provence is known as the ‘Paris of Provence’ partly because of the architecture and cultural offerings but also because it is so popular with Parisians,” he says. “The TGV runs from Paris to Aix in three hours so it’s easy to jump on a train after work on Friday and be at your holiday home for supper.”
Swannie recently sold a renovated farmhouse outside Aix for over €3mn to French buyers, who also have homes in Paris and northern France. His Aix offerings now include a four-bedroom duplex apartment in a historic town-centre building (€1.05mn) and a seven-bedroom former hunting lodge on a two-hectare wooded estate (€7.9mn).”