Advantages to financing your French buy to let with a French mortgage :

• your French buy to let will serve as security so you don't have to place a charge on property in your home country
• interest paid on your French mortgage will reduce the taxable rental income from your French buy to let
• by financing with a low interest French mortgage, you increase the internal rate of return on your investment
• avoid currency exchange loss by borrowing the maximum in euros
• match your debt payment currency to the rental income currency you will receive

French euro mortgages for buy to lets are currently available for 70% to 90% of the purchase price. Also :

• interest rates can be variable, fixed for a limited period or fixed for the entire duration
• interest only mortgages are available in certain cases
• French life insurance is required to cover your French mortgage
• you will need to open a French bank account from which your mortgage payments will be debited