Nicholas Wallwork
Editor-in-Chief
Staff member
Premium Member
From 1 January 2010, companies and trustees managing investment funds in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British Virgin Islands will be able to invest in French properties free of the French annual 3% tax on their open market value.
This will radically alter the flow of funds within Europe and represents a genuine threat to any recovery in the UK property market while boosting the French market, it is claimed.