Taxes and finance in the realm of luxury real estate Michaël Zingraf Real Estate is at your service to listen to your needs. It seems essential to us to offer comprehensive support, taking all your investments into consideration as a whole. Through our articles about prestigious real estate investments, we aim to introduce the various aspects of taxation for your property. Financial conditions such as varying bank interest rates, credit possibilities, investment schemes and regulations per property type or sector are topics that affect all real estate owners. Drawing on up-to-date information, our articles are written to inform investors owning luxury buildings, private mansions, high-end apartments, chalets, manors… Michaël Zingraf Real Estate wishes to share its knowledge and market observations with its investors: allowances and relief when calculating your heritage for the property wealth tax, deducting real estate debt… We can provide concrete and updated information on tax issues, so you can better manage your heritage. This category of articles also includes advice and specifications regarding the various schemes available for tax reductions. Depending on your type of investment, you can indeed benefit from financial aids thanks to the Malraux law, the Historical Monuments law, or possibly the Denormandie law. These texts grant significant tax advantages, allowing investors to further contribute to safeguarding the country’s real estate heritage. Our advisers are of course available to answer any questions you may have, to ensure you make the best investment decisions.
What is a viager without annuity?
Life Annuity without Rent: An Interesting Option for Some Sellers Life annuity is a type of real estate sale that allows an elderly person to sell their property while continuing to occupy it and potentially receiving an annuity until their death. However, there is a lesser-known variant of life annuity:...
The viager market in Europe.
Comparative Analysis between Countries and Perspectives The viager is a real estate transaction method that consists of selling a property in exchange for an annuity paid to the seller until their death. This type of sale is particularly suitable for elderly people who wish to supplement their retirement income or...
The Viager in France: historical background and market reality
History and Reality of the Market The purchase of real estate through viager has been a practice that has existed for many years in France. This method of real estate acquisition is based on a contract between a seller, usually elderly, and a buyer who commits to paying a regular...
Viager, a solution for seniors
Nowadays, with the increase in life expectancy and the decrease in retirement pensions, many seniors are looking for alternative solutions to supplement their income and maintain their standard of living. One of these options is viager, which allows seniors to sell their property while continuing to live in it or...
Real Estate Investment : How to calculate the rental profitability of a luxury chalet ?
Investing in a mountain chalet is an operation that can be advantageous in many ways. However, in order to secure your investment, it is important to calculate the rental profitability of the chalet beforehand. You don't know how to proceed? Michaël Zingraf Real Estate's professionals can answer all your questions...
Can you benefit from a rent supplement for your luxury apartment?
Article 140 of the Élan Law (passed at the end of 2018) introduces the rent control system for candidate cities, particularly, as an experimental measure, for Paris, for a period of 5 years. Rent control in Paris has been in effect again since the end of July 2019, regardless of...
Real Estate: Why Invest in France as a Foreigner
Since the election of Emmanuel Macron in May 2017, many foreigners have been investing in real estate in France. If you also wish to invest in France, it's now or never, and we'll tell you why. A highly attractive French real estate market for foreign investors Since 2017, transactions have...
The Rent Control in Lyon
Since November 2021, the Lyon Metropolis has implemented a new rent control system in the cities of Lyon and Villeurbanne, which will be in place until November 2026. These cities have been experiencing high rental tension in recent years, which is why the law of November 23, 2018 was passed...
What is the tax regime applicable to luxury buildings and mansions?
Investing in prestigious real estate in France not only allows you to increase your wealth and enjoy an exceptional environment, but also, under certain conditions, benefit from tax reduction schemes. Taxation of occupied prestigious properties When prestigious properties are occupied by their owners, the tax regime that applies is the...
Why does the French tax system attract foreign clientele?
Investing in luxury French real estate has become a very profitable and attractive action for foreign buyers. If the French real estate market is booming, it is because France has a very favorable tax regime for rental investments. However, the tax benefits depend on the status of foreign investors in...
Foreign residents: what are the tax implications for renting out your luxury property?
Foreign residents who have acquired an exceptional property in France (villa on the French Riviera, luxury chalet in Megève, mansion in Paris) may be tempted to rent out their property. If you are domiciled in France, there are specific tax rules for renting luxury properties. Michael Zingraf Real Estate helps...