Brittany Property Market and Trends

• Brittany is located in the north-west of France and very close to the UK by its long and beautiful coastline.
• Brittany property market is very popular within the British due to this country's proximity and multiple access.
• Brittany has ferry links in Roscoff and St-Malo, airline connections in Brest and Rennes with England, Ireland and Channels Islands. Train and road networks are also well-developed with other French destinations.
• Brittany is particularly attractive for second home buyers or permanent home buyers, who are looking for welcoming and typical seaside towns or quiet and characterful villages.
• They can choose to relocate in places of touristic interest like: Quiberon, Vannes, Carnac or Saint Malo.
• Today the Morbihan coast is the most popular area and also the most expensive including a majority of newly-built seaside appartments. The rest of the region is dominated by inland properties, easily recognizable to its local stones and traditionnal grey slate roofs houses, where competitive prices and renovation projects can be found.
• Brittany accounts for a pleasant, sunny, close and affordable region for the British looking for a countryside family house to renovate and to stay for short or long term.

		Property Market Facts in Brittany
Property ownership		Brittany is one of the places where you will find the most British people. There's approximately 11,000 habitations. Less than 1/3 of these habitations (3600) consists of British buyers' primary home, the rest being their second homes.
Second home ownership		In Brittany about 8,000 second homes belong to British people, mainly those living permanently in the United Kingdom or in another part of France.
Most popular departments		The majority of British property buyers in France choose to buy a house the Côtes-d’Armor department. Important towns and villages where foreign people already live or intend to purchase: Finistère: Brest, Quimper, Concarneau, Morlaix, Landerneau, Plougastel, Fouesnant, Quimperlé, Guipavas. Côtes d’Armor: St Brieuc, Lannion, Dinan, Paimpol, Perros guirec, Rostrenen, Loudéac. Morbihan: Lorient, Vannes, Lanester, Pontivy, Ploërmel, Quiberon, Carnac. Ille et Vilaine: Rennes, St Malo, Fougères, Vitré, Cesson-Sévigné, Dinard, Cancale.

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