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Under French Commercial Code “Code de Commerce” commercial leases are signed for a minimum period of 9 years.
Except special circumstances (see below) owners cannot terminate lease until this 9 year period has elapsed.
Because French law on...
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It is case law that a bank must warn the borrower/consumer about the financial risk resulting from a loan.
A bank must notably warn the consumer about the risk of over-indebtedness that might arise because of the loan.
A debt / income ratio supe...
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Many non-French residents have purchased property in France as part of leaseback development projects.
All properties in the same development are usually leased out through a commercial lease to a management company responsible for subletting i...
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Many individual investors having acquired properties in France under leaseback programs are now facing difficulties to pay the monthly instalments of their French mortgage.
These investors had purchased a property in France, usually in a “Resid...
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Many who have purchased a property in France are concerned about the future of their property after their death.
Indeed, inheritance rules differ substantially from country to country.
Each situation is different and would have to be analyse...
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The practice is frequently questioned by real property owners in France facing difficulties to repay a mortgage signed with a French bank.
Under French law you cannot just “give the keys back to the Bank”.
Any transfer of property implies a deed...
