The French Property Agents set to expand across France

Bucking the trend, FPA The French Property Agents is set to expand across France recruiting sales agents in key regions and building its property portfolio, which already numbers over 1,000, on its website thefrenchpropertyagents.com.

Alistair Lockhart, Sales & Marketing Manager, FPA comments, “Although French property prices are set to remain depressed over the next 6 – 12 months, with perhaps a true recovery not until the back end of 2010, we recognise that there are still considerable opportunities around now. We are committed to building FPA so that we can help vendors and buyers take advantage of those opportunities both now and in the future.”

FPA is a brand new bilingual France-based estate agency built on the principles of professionalism and personal customer care. Launched to cater for the needs of today's discerning French property buyers, the FPA management team brings together over 30 years experience in the French property market. Alistair Lockhart continues, “We provide a dedicated personal service giving clients what they need to make an informed purchase decision - experience, transparency, open and honest advice, full purchase facts, local knowledge, cultural knowledge. What you want at the best of times, but definitely what you need in these more difficult purchase times. “

Looking at the current situation in the French property market Alistair Lockhart comments, “There are opportunities for good buys in the traditional British favourite price bracket of 200,000 – 500,000 euros, which opens up areas like the Dordogne again. We are getting plenty of client enquiries for this price bracket as there is a glut of properties available - nothing has really moved in this bracket since September 2008. We are recommending that buyers look at a euro mortgage with no redemption penalty to combat the effect of exchange rates and this seems to be a popular option.”

He finishes, “Properties in the South of France remain good value and for longer term investment we are recommending that clients look at the Var at the top of Haute Provence. Also Marseilles, which is benefiting from French government investment, so that inner city Haussmann apartments will be very attractive to investors.”

Buyers interested in finding out more about buying in France should visit thefrenchpropertyagents.com.