http://www.harmonyownership.com/blog Fractional ownership villas and apartments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:38:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why is it that when people set about setting up the structure for a fractional property in france, they tend to speak to foreign lawyers rather than French natve lawyers? Ski chalets in France are often fractionally owned by French families, this is nothing new. There is a simple structure that ... http://www.harmonyownership.com/blog/2008/fractional-ownership-in-france-the-facts/ Today back to simple fare - slightly cheating as the Goats cheese is from Spain, but as all this region was once part of Spain and this is a Catalan cheese than I feel this is OK especially as the wine is a good simple Vin de Pays d'Oc - ... http://www.harmonyownership.com/blog/2008/catalan-cheese-and-cathar-wine/ I am a simple soul, I still find it amazing that I can casually hop on a train after lunch and be in Paris in just over three hours - not only that I am travelling at nearly 200 miles per hour and can plug my laptop in, work on ... http://www.harmonyownership.com/blog/2008/oh-to-be-in-paris/ The hot topic at the moment seems to be buying and selling shares in French property. The usual French structure for this is a SCI (societe civile immobiliere) which is a simple company specifically designed so that two or more people can own shares in a freehold property. In ... http://www.harmonyownership.com/blog/2008/selling-property-shares-in-france/ For two years I have been working hard on putting together information on Fractional Ownership in France - it has taken a lot longer than I first thought as sorting through the hurdles and pitfalls of French legislation, the tax and legal systems is not simple. During the next week I ... http://www.harmonyownership.com/blog/2008/fractional-ownership-in-france-update/ A popular question I get is “where is the best place to buy property in France” - there is of course no simple answer apart from “wherever you like and whatever makes you happy”. With predictions of falling property prices in the UK and USA, looming recession and a credit crunch ... http://www.harmonyownership.com/blog/2008/hot-property-locations-in-france/ I have been writing about Fractional Ownership for nearly two years. The idea appeals to me and I believe it is a good and sensible way to have the use of a luxury property. I do not believe it is an investment to give income, nor do I see it ... http://www.harmonyownership.com/blog/2008/fractional-ownership-taxes-in-france/ I have been researching and writing about Fractional Ownership in France for the last eighteen months - there are not many examples of properties sold in France in this way and I thought we would set up a new website to offer this so we created www.HarmonyOwnership.com to offer properties ... http://www.harmonyownership.com/blog/2008/fractional-ownership-in-france-problems/ I have been involved in the marketing of property in fractional ownership in France and started the first information website www.harmonyownership.com about this interesting way of sharing the real freehold of a property in France early last year. However, I decided not to jump in the deep end until I had ... http://www.harmonyownership.com/blog/2008/fractional-ownership-in-paris/ For over a year now I have been working on the structure for a specialist Internet community for people wanting to buy Fractional Ownership property in France - as ever, delays and frustrations have hindered the work, but this is proving to be a strong advantage as we are benefitting ... http://www.harmonyownership.com/blog/2008/fractional-ownership-in-france-and-rentals/