French property market powers ahead: The Times

The Dordogne features among the most popular areas for french property in 2008.

According to this article in The Times the property market in France is "buzzing" at the same time as the Spanish and Irish markets are in free fall.

Despite the love-hate relationship between the British and the French, people feel at home there.

In the Dordogne it's a bit like a 700 year old marriage.

It would seem that French property is the safest option in these times of economic uncertainty and the speculators are thin on the ground in less familiar territory.

The article, somewhat gratingly, refers to the Dordogne as "Little Britain" but a point is made that the agencies in the area are heavily dependant on the British market.

For those agencies, the future will be tough. There are apparantly fewer British buyers this year due sterling's underperformance against the euro.

Premier French Property see as many French as British buyers with Belgian and Dutch buying property for sale in the Dordogne in increasing numbers.