Dan NEWTON - The French Estate Agent

🎄 Merry Christmas everyone 🎄

Just a quick message to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
Thank you for following, watching, commenting, and generally keeping this little corner of the internet lively throughout the year.

I hope the day is filled with good food, good people, and at least one moment where you sit back and think, “that will do nicely.”

See you very soon, and enjoy the festivities 🎅🍷

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Going live at 21:00: “It’s NOT Anti-American — France’s New Healthcare Rule Explained.”
Short version: one rule for everyone using France’s healthcare. No targeting, no drama—facts only.
▶️ Watch at 21:00 and tell me where you’re watching from!
#FranceHealthcare #ExpatFrance

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Dan NEWTON - The French Estate Agent

🚨 Warning: Misleading Practices by Bouygues Telecom 🚨

If Bouygues suggest switching you to a “Pro” contract for better speeds and service, be extremely cautious.

After being a loyal customer for over 20 years, I was encouraged to move to their “Pro” internet offer with promises of improved performance and priority support. No new contract was ever shown or signed.

Around a year later, the connection completely failed for six full weeks — during which customer service was unreachable on weekends, technical support was ineffective, and no follow-up was made despite repeated requests.

I had no choice but to sign up with another supplier, just to be able to continue running my business. The outage resulted in thousands of euros in losses.

Yet instead of acknowledging the failure, Bouygues are now demanding over €1,400 in cancellation fees, and have even passed the matter to a bailiff — despite never providing a working service or valid contract.

This isn’t just poor support — it’s a dishonest and unacceptable practice.

📢 If you’ve experienced similar treatment from Bouygues, speak up.
🔁 Share this to warn others.

#BouyguesTelecom #BouyguesPro #ConsumerWarning #InternetOutage #ContractDispute #BailiffThreats #BusinessInterruption #FrenchTelecom #CustomerSince2000s

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Dan NEWTON - The French Estate Agent

🎉 9,000 Subscribers… Merci à tous 🇫🇷

A small milestone, but one that means a lot.
When I started sharing videos about French property and life here, I never imagined that so many of you would come along for the ride.

Your comments, questions and encouragement genuinely keep this channel moving forward — so thank you. 🙏

If you’re new here, or just passing through, there’s plenty more to come… so feel free to stay a while. 😉

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Dan NEWTON - The French Estate Agent

A call out for this budding YouTubeuse, for all of you who want to start learning French before you get here! youtube.com/@ParlezPals

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Dan NEWTON - The French Estate Agent

Why Are French Estate Agents Ignoring YouTube While Feeding the Giants?

Another post, another sigh on a French RE forum— SeLoger and Leboncoin have raised their prices again. The usual responses followed: frustration, resignation, and the question, “What can we do?”

Here’s a thought: why do we keep investing in platforms that cost more and deliver diminishing returns, while ignoring one that is free, has massive reach, and offers real potential?

Yes, I’m talking about YouTube.

Let’s look at the numbers:

Leboncoin: ~63M clicks/month

SeLoger: ~21M clicks/month

YouTube: 122M visitors/day, each spending ~45 mins on average

In France: 50M+ YouTube users

Despite this, most agencies barely touch YouTube. Meanwhile, they willingly pay increasing fees to the same two platforms, year after year.

So I spent an hour researching estate agencies on YouTube to see how the industry is using it. I looked at 33 agencies — from national chains to independents — and the results were eye-opening:

🔹 #1: Leggett Immobilier – 42.1K subscribers (with a full production team)
🔹 #2: Suzanne in France – 9.9K (independent agency in Normandy)
🔹 #3: My own agency – 9.6K
🔹 #4: My personal channel – 6.3K
🔹 #5: Agence & Co – another Normandy indie

Notably, 4 of the top 5 are English-run. A different mindset? Probably.

Kretz and Stéphane Plaza — both with pro teams — come in 6th and 7th, around 5.7K each. Then Beaux Villages, IAD (5.2K), and Guy Hoquet (5K). After that, it’s a sharp decline — 20th place has just over 1K followers.

Some oddities: Emile Garcin with 464 subscribers… and 3,439 videos. AXO Immo? Just 14 subscribers in 3 years.

Here’s the takeaway:

Most agencies are searching for alternatives to SeLoger and Leboncoin — but aren’t doing anything different. YouTube is a proven model, free to use, and highly effective for building visibility, trust, and mandates.

And no — you don’t need to be a digital influencer. Just be you. These days, people want authenticity. They want to see who they’re dealing with — not just logos and listings.

If you’re an estate agent in France, the question isn’t “Should I be on YouTube?” The question is: Why aren’t you already?

💬 I'd love to hear your thoughts — are you using YouTube in your agency? What’s holding you back?

#Immobilier #MarketingDigital #YouTubeMarketing #RealEstateFrance #InnovationImmobilier #EstateAgency #PersonalBranding

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For all you chateau renovation fans, I would like to give a call-out to a couple that have just started the journey of renovation and YouTube, so if you haven't seen it yet, have a look at youtube.com/@ChateauduVot. Its early days for them, but lets help them reach their goal.

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Potential Voting Restrictions and US Consulate Closures for US Citizens in France
If you're an American living in France, there are a couple of changes on the horizon that could impact you.
First up is the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, H.R. 22. Though it was dismissed by the Senate last year, it has resurfaced and could make voting from abroad far more complicated.
The biggest concern? A proposed requirement to prove US citizenship in person when registering to vote or updating your registration. In other words, no more online registration—meaning overseas voters might have to travel back to the US just to maintain their right to vote.
Another major issue to watch is the possible closure of several US consulates in France. According to Politico, former President Trump’s proposed restructuring of the State Department could lead to the closure of four US consulates: Bordeaux, Lyon, Rennes, and Strasbourg. If this plan moves forward, it would leave only the US Consulate in Marseille and the US Embassy in Paris—significantly reducing access to consular services for Americans in France. This could make everything from passport renewals to emergency assistance far more complicated.

So far, the State Department has neither confirmed nor denied these plans, but it is worrying all the same.

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Thanks to you, one and all...
Merci à toutes et à tous...

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Dan NEWTON - The French Estate Agent

I would just like to thank you all for the progress of my Youtube channel! Just over a year and have gone over the 4,000 subscriber mark !! Merci beaucoup du fond de mon coeur!
@TheFrenchAgent #thefrenchestateagent

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