Get you French home out from under the hammer

July 10, 2007 at 10:07 pm · Filed under French Property

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Not everyone who is buying a home in France wants do so by conventional means and some opt to purchase their property in an auction.

There are three types of sale which take place under the hammer in France with either repossessed properties up for grabs, a public auction of state-owned property or one conducted on the instructions of the owner, if they have left it to a number of people, say.

In France homes are often sold ‘by the candle’ when the auctioneer will light a small candle which is burned until the last bid is made. A second …

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