According to a report published earlier this month by the French estate agents' body FNAIM, property transactions during 2010 are likely to reach 700,000 - and by mid-year had already exceeded 650,000, representing an 18% growth over 2009.
These are encouraging figures after the decline in the number of transactions to less than 600,000 in 2008/2009, which had been preceded by six years (2003 - 2008) when the number of transactions exceeded 800,000 annually.