Advantages to financing your French rental property with a French mortgage :

• your French property will serve as security so you don't have to place a charge on property in your home country
• interest paid on your French mortgage will reduce the taxable rental income from your French buy to let
• by financing with a low interest French mortgage, you increase the internal rate of return on your investment
• avoid currency exchange loss by borrowing the maximum in euros
• match your debt payment currency to the rental income currency you will receive

French euro mortgages for rental property are currently available for 70% to 100% of the purchase price. Also :

• interest rates can be variable, fixed for a limited period or fixed for the entire duration
• interest only mortgages are available in certain cases
• French life insurance is required to cover your French mortgage
• you will need to open a French bank account from which your mortgage payments will be debited

Please note that French banks do not use the same rules to determine eligibility to borrow as the well known UK Buy to Let Mortgage product.