Foreigners prefer Cote d'Azur, Dordogne and Creuse

Foreigners prefer Cote d'Azur, Dordogne and Creuse

According to the report of the French notaries, in 2009-2013 foreigners were most interested in Alpes Maritimes (Nice), Crouse (Guéret) and Dordogne (Périgueux). Foreigners amounted to 12%, 11% and 10% of buyers in these departments respectively, according to ee24.com citing www.french-property.com.

It can be easily explained: property on French Riviera (Cote d'Azur) is popular and expensive, and in rural departments of central and south-western France locals do not buy anything, so that the share of sales to foreigners is high. In total, over the past five years 2% of purchases of real estate in France were made by foreigners.

Statistics confirm that most of buyers - are people from neighboring countries: the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Scandinavia.