french lifestyle

More talk of Dordogne property, the flu and the British fascination with sofas.

PROPERTY in the Dordogne is somewhat of an obsession with us and, I suppose, most of my compatriates in the real estate business. Even when we're off-duty it's a bit of a busman's holiday.

Over dinner at friends' the topic of conversation invariably comes around to the state of the French housing market when we're asked to take out the crystal ball and make our forecasts for 2009 almost as payment for the sumptuous meal.