French for the property market
Real estate
Whether you're selling property in Provence or working with clients in Paris, the type of vocabulary you'll need isn't going to vary much from place to place.
A comprehensive set of classes for property professionals
This section on French for estate agents is very much the result of personal experience. As an estate agent working in northern Spain, almost 80% of my potential clients were from France, so learning how to talk about properties in French became a real priority for me. I lost count of the times when a new client would open the door and directly ask "Vous Parlez Francais?'
While property requires its own specific vocabulary, the work of an estate agent can be fairly repetitive: You talk to clients about their needs, email clients with the latest properties and then take clients on visits, before, hopefully, entering into negotiations about the price.
In this series of 3 free classes, we'll take you through the French you'll need for each of those typical scenarios you'll face as an Estate Agent. Alongside this section, make sure you also check out our course on Telephone French.
Estate agents: Getting started
This first class in our section on English for Estate Agents looks at some of the most important questions which you'll want to ask a new client. We'll also take you through the most usual responses you'll hear from clients.
Estate agents: Getting startedTalking about properties
How to describe the main characteristics of a property and its location.
Talking about propertiesArranging Property Viewings
Need to organise a viewing, meeting or other business engagement with a French-speaking client? This article forms part of our course on French for (Real) Estate Agents, but it should also prove useful for professionals in other sectors too.
Arranging Property ViewingsTalking about Offers
Who doesn't like receiving an offer for a property? Unfortunately, we'll probably have to do quite a bit of work before we get an offer, or at least one which is likely to be accepted. So, in this class, let's look at different ways of talking about, making, and reacting to, offers.
Talking about OffersThe property search
Understanding what the client is looking for is an absolutely essential part of being a successful estate agent. With French-speaking clients there are a serious of fairly standard questions which you'll need to use in order to find out what type of property the client wants.
The property searchLocation, location, location...
How can we talk about the location of a property in French? What's the best way to describe the area, and talk about it's pros and cons. How can we talk about the distance to a town centre, shopping centre or beach?
Location, location, location...Installations
Don't you just hate it when potential start asking technical questions about the heating system or electric wiring? However, it's inevitable that clients will have quite a few questions about the installations of a house, from the plumbing to the hot water, and lots else besides.
InstallationsThe property market
It's not just estate agents, but a whole range of professionals, who will find themselves having to explain aspects of the property market to clients, colleagues or suppliers.
The property market