Will new TGV line boost house prices?
The opening of the new high speed rail connection between Paris, Strasbourg and beyond has dramatically cut journey times. But will it also result in a housing boom in the region?
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Stumble it!Nicolas Sarkozy's election as French president is helping to drive a surge in the country's property market, website holidaylettings.co.uk has reported.Trevor Leggett, executive director of real estate firm Leggett Immobilier, commented to the site that new reforms by the incoming administration are helping to drive interest from overseas investors. Buy-to-let.....click title for details
France had the strongest housing market of the 15 European countries tracked by the London-based Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors last year, with house prices increasing 15.5 percent, after an 11 percent gain the year before. French housing starts rose 15 percent in the last three months of 2004 from.....click title for details
