When looking on the internet for the latest French mortgage rates, there are many sites offering this service. The temptation for most sites is to only give the lowest rates, perhaps for short durations such as fifteen years, which look attractive on the page, but leave some people disappointed when the realization hits that in fact the rate for the duration they are looking for is in fact much higher. In fairness to many of these sites the average cost per month for a €100,000 or €250,000 mortgage is also often displayed. However, many French banks still operate with an very low initial rate designed to attract customers, which distorts the figures for comparison and also the amount of the monthly payment. This initial rate or ‘taux initiale’ is usually fixed for 3 months, reverting afterwards...
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