The government have increased to €50,000 the level of an interest-free loan that is available to owner-occupiers and landlords for works of home energy conservation.
Plans revealed recently for the redesign for the area around Notre Dame Cathedral seek to combine awareness of the site’s historical significance with the need to make it more contemporary.
A increase in the grant to improve energy efficiency recently announced by the government is being neutralised by a reduction in other grants, a complicated process and the spiralling costs of the work.
Vineyard prices in France rose on average last year, but it was a difficult market for some appellations.
The market for the sale of vineyards in France is a substantial one. Last year, SAFER, the French rural land agency, recorded nearly 10,000 sales (+15%), totaling 17,400 hectares and representing €1.1 billion (+19 and +27%).
Nevertheless, even though such figures confirm the general attractiveness of French vineyards to investors and buyers, it is not a uniform picture amongst the different appellations…
A new report provides a review of the movement in rural house prices in each department of France last year.
The report has been prepared by the French national rural land agency 'SAFER' (Sociétés d'aménagement foncier et d'établissement rural). Unlike the notaires, whose regular market reports include both urban and rural property, the SAFER annual review focuses exclusively on properties in the countryside.
New energy efficiency surveys that must now be carried out on the sale or letting of a property are criticised as resulting in an unfair low energy rating for many homes.
