Rules for buying in France The will-they-won’t-they drama over relaxing visa rules for British-passport holders who own French properties was settled, at least for the foreseeable future, in January with a firm non from France’s constitutional court. As it stands, non-EU residents can spend only 90 days in every 180 in the 27 Schengen Area countries without a visa.
What’s in a name? Dubai has 103, London has 20 and even Panama has five. The numbers of branded residences have grown by more than 160 per cent in the past decade, yet Paris remains an outlier with not one scheme among its grand boulevards and cobbled streets. It’s not for want of trying, says Riyan Itani, founder of Global Branded Residences Ltd, who has conducted feasibility studies on several projects.