Archive for August, 2008

The most expensive villa in the world is on the French Riviera !

Where is located the  most  expensive villa in the world ? Yesterday, the most expensive villa was located in London. The owner is Lashmi Mittal. Its price is close to € 120,000,00. Today, the most expensive villa is on the French Riviera and its price is € 500,000,000. Amazing !     

The most expensive villa is the world was bought by the King of Belgium in 1906 for just 1 franc (less than 1 euro !). The name of the villa is Villa Leopolda. Villa Leopolda is located on Saint Jean Cap Ferrat. The new owner is a Russian billionaire. We dont’ know yet who he is exactly. The contract will be concluded on September.     

14 new districts in Montpellier

Montpellier is nowadays the 8th city in France. After Nice and Marseille, Montpellier is the biggest city of the French Riviera. Is it a good place to invest in the French Riviera ? What is going on ? Your propertyfinder on the French Riviera will give you some clue about Montpellier and its potential on the French Riviera

To begin with, Montpellier is undoubtfully one of the most dynamic cities on the French Riviera. Montpellier is well known to welcome every year many students from France and other countries. More over, Montpellier has an access to the sea with big beaches compared to Nice or Marseille. That’s why the city has decided to set up 14 town-planning projects.

Currently, there are 260000 inhabitants in Montpellier. Within 25 years, there will be 300000 inhabitants. So th city hall decided to create or to change 14 districts. This is good reason to invest in Montpellier. The objectives are clear : each district will welcome offices, accomodation and shops. Each district will be eco-friendly with very good and cheap trolley line.

The City Hall of Montpellier is obviously the main project. It will cost € 116,000,000 !