Mortgage advice?

[Danny D]

Hi everyone,

Could anyone recommend a good, English speaking independent mortgage broker? My wife and I are looking to buy in France in the next few months and would like to know what our financial options are.

Many thanks in advance!

Danny

[giantpanda]

Hi!

If you are not a French resident, it will be not simple to get a French mortgage ( Main reasons, in case of incidents, they have legal problems )

First in France you will require a Life Insurance to cover incidents, or alternatively a security at least in the value of the mortgage. If the security is outside France, it is likely to be refused.

But certainly you should have a shot, and see what a broker will ask for documents.
I know there exists French based Brtish brokers, but have no address.

As regards French broker I can recommend:

Crédit immobilier, Prêt immobilier, Emprunt : comparaison de taux pour financer vos projets

( they have just been taken over by a French bank - so that does give you a certain security in their methods ).

Yours,

giantpanda

PS. Otherwise I a told that the Crédit Agricole has a pretty good English service ( available also in GB ) - although in some matters as an ex-coop bank, which has not finalised its updating to a standard bank, they can be antiquated in their methods.