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REAL ESTATE ON THE ATLANTIC COAST: SALES TAKE OFF AND PRICES FOLLOW SUIT
3 July 2017
The market which had previously been sluggish woke up at the start of the year with prices rising by about 5%.With the lack of supply pushing more and more buyers to accept that they must move further away from the ocean, a 31 sqm studio apartment on the fourth floor of a late 1970’s building located in the Saint-Martin district sold for 115,000 euro.In the city centre it was not uncommon to see a...
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HOSSEGOR-CAPBRETON-SEIGNOSSE: THE SOUTH OF THE LANDES DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO DRAW BUYERS
29 May 2017
As far as prices are concerned, Hossegor retains the pole position. For a more restricted budget buyers head toward Seignosse.Hossegor, Capbreton, Seignosse: three keenly sought-after towns on the Landes coast at the start of 2017. This southern portion of the Landes department is particularly popular thanks to its proximity to the nearby Basque coast.“Clients are drawn by the environment, the cal...
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Saint-Jean-de-Luz: on the basque coast, assets are rare
20 April 2017
Along with Guéthary and Biarritz, Saint-Jean-de-Luz remains one of the most expensive towns on the Basque coast. The real estate market in the resort is one of the most active in the Basque Country, with the pulling power of Saint-Jean-de-Luz Bay a constant magnet. The resort has not only managed to preserve its village atmosphere with its typical old houses and fishing port, it has also succeed...
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2016, an exceptional year for real estate
3 January 2017
With falling interest rates, the number of real estate transactions hit a record high, leaving real estate agents with fond memories of 2016."Our network of 840 agencies witnessed an all-time record for the number of transactions, up 15% compared to 2015 which was already a very good year" Laurent Vimont stated during his economic update on Tuesday January 3rd.Notaries confirmed at their quarterly...
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Tourism: the Basque Coast's wake-up call
9 June 2016
Known for years by many as Sleeping Beauty, Biarritz once had a reputation of being a seaside resort like many others, somewhat lacking in peps and rather senior-citizen.This is however no longer the case, for over the past decades the “city of sovereigns” dear to Empress Eugenie, King Edward VII and the Duke of Windsor, as well as Russian aristocrats and artists such as Chekhov and Stravinsky, ha...