You would never know it from recent pronouncements by various analysts and research houses, but residential real estate in France is holding its own despite a traumatic financial condition throughout Europe.Analysts warn of a coming slowdown in home prices and lending because of the unresolved Eurozone debt crisis. The National Institute for Statistical and Economic Studies (INSEE) reports a 1.8% increase in French home prices in 2011. That figure is adjusted for inflation. Prices actually rose by 4.3 percent,
Still, the analysts argue, property values and rental yields are not improving even with the country's comparatively low interest rates.
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