More and more Americans are purchasing property in Paris, and while they have traditionally focused on the trendy Left Bank neighborhoods of the 5th, 6th and 7th arrondissements, now they are headed to the 17th.  The 17th has what some consider a more authentically Parisian feel to it (i.e. you don’t hear a lot of English while buying your baguette), and while it is remote in the Right Bank it is still close enough to be a short metro ride away from the center of town.  And an added plus, the costs are much lower in the 17th than in the 7th, for example.

You can read about one couple’s purchase of a French property, how they did it and why so many others are doing it, in this article from the New York Times.