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France Property Analyst
Camille covers France for AiMYNDi, where the same apartment can cost thousands more depending on which département it sits in. The focus is frais de notaire, droits de mutation, copropriété charges, and the diagnostics file that arrives late and matters more than most buyers expect.
France charges a British buyer 5.81% to 6.32% in transfer duty, less than an English second home costs at home. Brexit took the days, not the money.
Départements may charge 5% transfer duty until 30 April 2028. First buyers of a main home are outside the rise, and some départements exempt them entirely.
A French second home costs 5.81% to 6.32% in transfer duty, under the 8% the Netherlands now charges. And you get ten days to change your mind, not three.
France charges 5.81% to 6.32% in transfer duty on an existing home. That is above Bavaria's 3.5% and below the 6.5% of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Swedish stämpelskatt is 1.5% plus 825 kronor. A French home costs 5.81% to 6.32% in duty, and buys you ten calendar days to change your mind.
Denmark makes you apply for permission to own a home. France checks the deed, not the buyer. And your six days to withdraw become ten free ones.
You never owned the flat in Finland, only shares in the company. France sells the flat itself, and the duty goes from 1.5 percent to almost six.
An accepted bid binds you in Norway. France gives ten days to withdraw, then charges 5.81 to 6.32 percent transfer duty against your 2.5 percent.
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