People often pay far too much for property in France. With a bit of knowledge and a few days work, you can likely halve the amount that you need to spend. We have put together a set of guides aiming at saving you 50% of the list price of your property. Of course, the actual amount of the saving may be higher or lower than this, depending on individual circumstances.

The key areas where you can save money are listed below:

• Purchase Price

• Currency Exchange and Banking costs

• Mortgage Costs

• Renovation Costs

• Insurance

• Taxes

• Assorted other costs

To automatically receive all of our tips on saving money, subscribe to our French Property Newsletter. Following are some examples:

• Save 14.1% on the cost of renovations. For details, click on Renovation - Pay Less.

• Use a 'devis' to protect yourself from being over-charged for renovation, redecoration and other work (click on Renovations & Devis).

• Save up to 33% of your house price through a more competitive French Mortgage.

• Save 4% of your property price with an hour's work, through a Better Currency Exchange Rate and save 10% of your monthly expenses with an hour's work, through a Better Currency Transfer.

To automatically receive information on all of the key ways we've identified for saving money, simply register for our monthly newsletters by clicking on French Property Newsletter. At this location you can:

• Register for the monthly newsletter, or

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