Doesn't news travel fast! We only started adding property to the French Property 1st site last week. Thanks for the concern about the web site name! We have been in communication with French Property 1st and have no issue about the web site name. As one of your correspondents suggests we(1st for French Property) have been trading for some time (since 2000), and work with French Estate Agents in France. Indeed, we are happy enough to put our property on the web site for extra exposure for our estate agents in France. Their model is similar to French Property (News) and other similar sites offering Immobilier/Notaires in France the opportunity to market French properties to an English clientele for an advertising fee. Changes in status of agent commercials are afoot - already some "agents" cannot re-register. These "agents" will have to become salaried employees of Immobilier in the forthcoming months. I suspect that this change of "law" will be tested in EU courts as it appears to be a restrictive practise. But in the mean time, check that your estate agent contact has a carte professional, and even better is registered with one of the "societies" such as FNAIM and similar. Howard Farmer 1st for French Property
