Is this your chance to pick up a chateau on the cheap?

Click the photo to see more images of these (relative) bargains. A tech entrepreneur who's rushing to move to California has listed this 5,382-square-foot restored Provençal farmhouse on about 15 acres.Click the photo to see more images of these (relative) bargains. A tech entrepreneur who's rushing to move to California …

The French are fleeing. A spate of proposed tax hikes is leading hundreds of wealthy French to consider leaving the country and putting their homes on the market, real-estate agents say. The result: the best opportunity in years for foreigners to buy a Parisian pied-à-terre or country château.