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No. To benefit from the capital gains exemption when selling a home other than your principal residence, you must : the seller must not have owned his or her principal residence, directly or through an intermediary, during the four years preceding the sale; the seller must undertake to use the…

Yes, provided that the local council has not yet exercised its right of pre-emption (art. L.213-7 of the French town planning code). Indeed, the seller of a property subject to this right of pre-emption and having filed a DIA may unilaterally retract his offer to sell until it has been…

Yes, you can claim late delivery penalties or damages from your developer, if the delay causes you prejudice (e.g., rental of a storage unit for your furniture, accommodation costs, etc.). However, your promoter may not be held liable if there is a legitimate reason (bad weather, late delivery of materials…

No, the new owners cannot destroy these graves. When they are located on private property, they have a perpetual character and are outside the scope of the sale (Cass. civ., April 11, 1938). Purchasers are not only prohibited from destroying them, but must also allow you access to them. Only…

Yes. As part of your father's estate, you inherited the property he had purchased as a life annuity, as well as the related debts. It is therefore your responsibility to continue paying the annuities until the death of the seller.

Do we also need to obtain the agreement of our mother-in-law, who has opted for usufruct in our father's estate? Yes, your mother-in-law (your father's surviving spouse) has a successive or contingent usufruct on the bare property you inherited from your father. Therefore, in the event of the sale of…

No. Article 1094-1 of the French Civil Code states in its 1st paragraph that "In the event that a spouse leaves children or descendants, whether or not from the marriage, he or she may dispose in favor of the other spouse either of the property he or she could dispose…

[...] leading the judge to decide that the property should be sold by auction. Is there any way to prevent the property from being sold at auction? Yes, article 815-17 of the French Civil Code stipulates that when the personal creditors of an undivided co-owner initiate partition, " the co-owners…

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I want to sell the studio I bought 10 years ago, which was my main residence until 3 years ago. My banker tells me that I still benefit from the capital gains exemption. Is this correct?

I've put my property up for sale and it seems that Paris City Hall intends to use its right of pre-emption. Can I withdraw my declaration of intent to sell?

I bought a VEFA property. My apartment was to be delivered at the end of October 2019. Delivery has been pushed back to the end of October 2020. Can I ask him to pay me compensation for this delay?

My cousins and I are selling a plot of land on which certain members of our family are buried. Will the purchasers become the owners of these graves, and will they be able to destroy them? Can we recover the bodies of our ancestors?

Our father (debirentier) predeceased the sellers (crédirentiers) of the property he bought as a life annuity. As the deceased's heir, do I have to continue paying the annuities until the sellers die?

My grandmother wants to sell her property, which she had given in bare ownership to her only son, from whom my brother and I are descended. My father died 2 years ago. We have given our consent to this sale.

My father and mother-in-law made a last living gift to each other. When my father died, she chose the option ¼ in full ownership, ¾ in usufruct. As my hereditary reserve is subject to this usufruct, can I bring an action for reduction?

Following the death of our mother, my brothers and I found ourselves in joint ownership of a property. As one of them had debts, his creditor applied to the courts for the property to be divided up, [...]