A "well-balanced" property portfolio should have some "stable" French assets in it to counterbalance the risks taken in investing in new markets, it has been suggested.
Trisha Mason, the founder of French property firm VEF, recommended this course of action, noting that while the stability of France means that it has "rarely been exceptionally interesting for hardcore investors", the alternative approach of investment in emerging international markets to seek greater gain involved taking more of a chance.
For this reason, she suggested: "We believe that property in France remains an essential part of any well balanced property investment portfolio."
Ms Mason also said investment in France was often done partly for lifestyle purposes.
Figures from the French National Association of Estate Agents have shown that in the year to the end of March 2008 house prices in France rose by 3.1 per cent.
The highest increase in the country was 13.1 per cent in Le Havre.
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