Buying a property in France has been an attractive option for some time now, particularly amongst the English but also to a lesser extent the Americans, Dutch, Germans and others. But the influx of foreign buyers has been huge (around 100,000 each year) so have all the bargains been bought up or is there still cheap French property for sale?
The answer you get will depend on who you talk to and where in France you are. Talk to a property agent from anywhere on the south coast and they’ll probably tell you that cheap French property is a thing of the past. Talk to a farmer from the centre of the country and he’ll tell you the same.
The thing is, it’s a question of perspective. The agent probably mostly sees people looking for somewhere with sea views or maybe just a short walk from the beach. That’s going to be expensive. Yet friends of mine bought a two bedroom town house not 15 minutes from the south coast at a bargain