Refinance & Cash Out

Take advantage of the current low interest rates in France to refinance your existing mortgage or borrow against your equity to take cash out.


French remortgage
Take advantage of the current low interest rates in France. You can refinance your French mortgage to get a better interest rate or lower your monthly payments or switch to an interest only loan in certain situations.
In France you can refinance up to 80% of the value of your French property with a minimum loan amount of 100,000 euros. Please note we are not able to offer remortgage for leaseback properties.

Equity release in France or Refinance with Cash Out
In France you can release up to 50% of the value of your French property in cash to use for other projects.
The minimum amount for equity release or a refinance with cash out mortgages is 300,000 euros. Please note we are not able to offer equity release for leaseback properties.
You will need to justify what you will do with the funds released. There is a very limited list of approved projects and different rules apply for residents and non-residents.

To qualify for a French Equity Release mortgage, you must meet the usual borrowing requirements in terms of debt to revenue ratio.
Further, you must have a minimum of 100 000 euros annual revenue and minimum of 500 000 euros net assets.

We will be happy to confirm if you are eligible in principle. Please click on the "Apply Now" button below to provide your financial information.

The first step is to have a local estate agent provide a conservative estimate for the resale value of your French property.
Even if the new mortgage payments are less than the previous payments, you must still financially qualify for the mortgage.

Note : Equity Release in France is not the same product as in the UK. The French product allows you to release funds from your French property that you will then pay back with monthly payments. It is not possible in France as a non resident to have a mortgage without monthly repayments until your death or the sale of your home, like in the UK.


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Resources

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French Interest Rate Indices

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Case Studies

Buying a Piece of France - Tax and Legal Need to Know, November 2015

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