Latest official property prices in France: new data on house prices in cities

House prices are beginning to rise again in France, new notaire data confirms, although changes vary considerably across the country.

Some areas have seen big rises, such as northern Corsica where house prices have increased by 17.4% between the first quarter of 2024 and that of 2025. Other cities including Poitiers (+8%) and Grenoble (+4.6%) have also performed well.

The most recent data suggests that 2025 has seen the end of the property market slump sparked by the Covid-19 crisis although national increases are low and the market is yet to fully rebound.

The information from notaires covers the price of all non-new build properties sold and is the most complete data available. 

Due to the time it takes to compile the data, full information is only now available for up to the end of March 2025 – however preliminary data is also used to assess current trends. 

The information compares the price of non-new build properties in the first quarter of 2024 (January - March) with the same period in 2025. 

Several major cities such as Lyon, Toulouse, and the capital Île-de-France region saw prices fall over the period, although at a national level property prices did increase during the time period.

Overall, none-new build house prices increased by +0.4% between January/March 2024 and January/March 2025, but outside of the capital region this rose to +0.7%. 

If restricting the data to January - March 2025 alone, the national increase is +1%. 

The information below looks at price changes at a city level in more detail.

Cities including Grenoble, Dijon, and Troyes see prices rise

Unlike in previous reports, price changes are more varied, with several regions seeing prices both rise and fall dependent upon the city.

In general, cities in the centre of France saw prices rise, with those closer to the coast seeing reductions, even if these were in some cases low.

However, prices are not dropping because of locations losing desirability (coastal cities are still some of the most sought after), but rather because they are considerably more expensive than elsewhere and more people are choosing cheaper alternatives.

Haute-Corse saw prices increase by 17.4%, almost 10% more than any other city or area.

The next highest risers were: 

• Poitiers (+8%)

• Troyes (+5.6%)

• Dijon (+5.2%) 

• Grenoble (+4.6%)

• Saint-Etienne (+3.7%) 

Several cities saw prices fall during the period, generally in the north with slight drops also recorded in southern cities. 

The largest reductions were in: 

• Le Havre (-5.9%) 

• Chartres (-5.6%) 

• Bordeaux (-4.7%) 

• Lyon (-4.3%) 

• Rouen (-4.2%) 

Major cities remain most expensive 

The price changes have not resulted in a change in areas where property prices are historically highest. 

Note that Paris is included in the wider Île-de-France region (due to the low number of ‘houses’ as opposed to flats in the city), and other cities that are predominantly filled with flats (such as Nice) are omitted. 

The most expensive cities in which to purchase a house were:

• Corse-du-Sud (median €471,300) 

• Toulon (€459,000)

• Montpellier (€389,000) 

• Marseille/Aix-en-Provence (€383,500)

• Lyon (€382,200) 

• Bordeaux (€331,000)

Smaller cities remain amongst the cheapest areas despite some seeing prices rise in the last year. 

The least expensive areas according to notaires are: 

• Châteauroux: (€130,000)

• Limoges (€164,000)

• Amiens (€165,200)

• Troyes (€173,000)

• Rouen (€182,100)

• Poitiers (€188,000) 

Full data can be seen in the map below.