Selling & passing on
Selling or passing on from abroad: power of attorney, capital gains, social charges depending on your country of residence, inheritance. Our guides explain the journey and point to your country guide for tax treaties.
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Clearing and staging a property before the sale
Staging a property for sale: remote sorting by video, second-hand sales and donations, targeted refresh and restrained home staging for the listing photos.
The notaire in a remote sale: powers and signing
French notaire remote sale: escrow, clearing pre-emption rights, the seller's tax, proxy and electronic signature, and the full timetable of every step.
Split ownership: usufruct and bare ownership for estate planning
Usufruct and bare ownership in France: the mechanism, family uses, how rights and costs are shared and how it interacts with your country of residence.
Using an SCI to hold French property: who benefits
SCI to hold French property: what a civil property company eases for joint ownership and succession, its tax limits, and the profiles that gain from it.
Gifting a property in your lifetime: allowances and timing
Gifting French property in your lifetime: the authentic deed before a notary, renewable allowances, the option to keep usufruct and choosing your moment.
Inheriting a property in France while living abroad: steps and choices
Inheriting a property in France while living abroad: the certificate of inheritance, the French tax declaration, duties by kinship and the three paths.
Selling a tenanted property: tenant rights and strategy
Selling a tenanted French property from abroad: the lease survives the sale, the tenant transfers to the buyer, and the owner chooses between two strategies.
The mandatory surveys before a sale: the list and the pitfalls
Mandatory surveys before a sale in France: the technical file handed to the buyer, its validity, the seller's liability and organising it from abroad.
Valuing a property for sale from abroad: data and viewings
Valuing a property for sale from abroad means crossing three sources: the map of actual sales, comparable listings and a professional's reasoned opinion.
Social charges on resale: what depends on your country of residence
Social charges on resale in France depend on where you live: social security agreements decide who is exempt and the answer must be settled before selling.
Capital gains tax for non-residents: calculation and allowances
Capital gains tax for non-residents in France: the calculation, allowances by holding period, exemptions and the role of your country's double tax treaty.
Sale mandate and power of attorney: selling without travelling
A remote sale mandate in France and a notarial power of attorney: what each document allows, its limits, and the precautions to take before signing them.
Selling your French property from abroad: the complete journey
Selling your French property from abroad takes method: prepare the property, value it on real data, sign before a notary, settle the tax, receive the price.
Repatriating the proceeds of a French sale: what the notaire withholds before transferring
A non-resident seller does not receive the price: they receive the net, after tax is withheld and sometimes after a tax representative is appointed. The repatriation timetable follows from that.
Who will your French property go to? The law you did not choose
Since European regulation 650/2012, a single law governs your whole estate, that of your last residence. How to designate the law of your nationality, and why forced heirship changes everything.