French property is more often being bought by citizens of neighboring countries - Britons, Belgians, Italians, Swiss and Germans, according to ee24.com citing aplaceinthesun.com.
Every fifth foreign buyer in France comes from the UK (19.1%), and every sixth comes from Belgium (16%). Italians make 15% of transactions, Swiss make 11%, and Germans make 5%. In average foreign investors spend €384,000 for one piece of property. Russians and Italians spend more.
Residents of sunny Italy prefer to buy at Cote d'Azur, where climate similar to Italian one, and also in Paris. Migrants from Foggy Albion are rather interested in the North and North-West of France, they buy in Brittany and Normandy.