The Viager Briefing.
A short, plain-spoken primer on viager: how the French structure works, what a real Paris listing actually costs, and what can go wrong. Written for buyers outside France. No pitch.
A short, plain-spoken primer on viager: how the French structure works, what a real Paris listing actually costs, and what can go wrong. Written for buyers outside France. No pitch.
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The Viager Briefing · 2026
Paris, priced differently.
A primer for international investors on viager and why it is drawing renewed attention from outside France.
What happens next.
Register and we send you the briefing straight away, together with access to a recorded conversation working through the mechanics, the numbers and the risks end to end.
Work through those and the rest opens up: nine course modules across two parts, and a modelling tool where you set the vacant-possession value, your own growth assumption, the occupant’s age, the bouquet, the rente, the indexation rate and every ongoing cost, then see the position across five longevity scenarios including the ones that go against you.
There is nothing to book at the end of this page, and no call to schedule.
Why it runs in this order.
We do not ask anyone to form a view on viager from a landing page. It is a long-dated commitment governed by French law, the risks are real and specific, and the only sound decision is an informed one.
So the education comes first, and it is free. Nobody is taken on as a client without having worked through it and run their own numbers, which protects them at least as much as it protects us. Some people reach the end and decide it is not for them. That is a good outcome, and we would rather it happened at that point than in year seven.
This page and the briefing it offers contain general information and commentary only. Neither is financial, legal, tax or investment advice, and neither is an offer or invitation to invest. Viager transactions are governed by French law and executed before a notaire, and prospective purchasers must obtain independent legal, tax and financial advice in their own jurisdiction. All figures are indicative and illustrative and are not forecasts. Past performance is not an indicator of future performance. All purchases carry risk, including loss of capital.