Your Questions

Can you renegotiate equity release loan rates if levels drop? J.B.

WHAT are the criteria to benefit from a reduction or exemption from the taxe foncière? G.S.

I understand that the reimbursement of hearing aids is due to improve this year – has it happened yet? L.B.

Why are there so many Portuguese people in France? P.S.

With Brexit approaching, can Britons still travel around the Schengen area with a British passport? Can residents in France use a carte de séjour? R.C.

I am keen to get fibre broadband as soon as possible but there seem to be obstacles in my way!  I am told Orange is installing fibre in my road but that I cannot get access using my existing supplier. A friend lives in an apartment and has been told she cannot use the company of her choice. It seems unnecessarily complicated – can you give some insight? I.F.

My wife and I, both 76, were charged social charges last year.

My UK government (teacher’s) pension and my UK state pension are both taxed in the UK at source. 

I have learned that householders do not have to pay taxe foncière after 75 and can be entitled to a reduction after the age of 65 if their income is “modest”. 

What is the limit that I may now earn as a micro-entrepreneur?