Expert Insight, Breaking News, and Insider Stories on Real Estate in Paris

While sales fell in the last quarter of 2021, volumes still remain high. On the price side, houses, which are still highly sought after, are seeing their prices soar… The Greater Paris Chamber of Notaries has just published its economic report for the end of January 2022 (before the war in Ukraine). An observation: the […]

According to the Notaries of France, the share of non-resident foreign buyers continues to decline, falling to its lowest level for the past ten years. A trend that is not new, but that Covid has amplified. If Metropolitan France has always attracted foreign buyers, their presence seems to be dwindling. Whether in Paris, Périgord, the […]

As a result of the rise in the cost of living and a surge in the price of materials, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will undoubtedly have consequences on real estate transactions, rental and investment markets, but also on that of real estate credit. In the face of war, real estate issues inevitably take second place. […]

A beautiful but cool start to spring Although the revival of activity traditionally observed with the return of fine weather is already being felt, the real estate market is still hesitating between phases of thinning and new cold snaps. While the end of winter fully benefits rural towns which, after 3 months of stability, see […]

Among the presidential debates, real estate remained absent in the discussions. And yet, the health crisis did not fail to raise, among other things, the difficulties of students during successive confinements. Accommodation in particular is a complicated issue to manage every year in the face of often tight budgets. In this context, Meilleurs Agents, has […]

In 2021, sales of existing homes in the Paris region jumped 12% in one year despite a somewhat sluggish fourth quarter. With prices falling slightly in Paris and rising more moderately in the inner and outer suburbs, the Ile-de-France real estate market could return to more moderate rates in 2022. The Chamber of Notaries of […]

The fall in prices is now widespread in the capital and stocks are increasing. Small spaces are the dwellings that fall the most. According to the latest study published by the real estate valuation platform Meilleurs Agents, there is a general 1.7% drop in Parisian prices in all arrondissements, over the year 2021. Only the […]

In this changing world, the rising property rates are no longer balanced out by lower borrowing rates. The record setting year of 2020, excepting the 8 weeks of confinement, has continued on in strength, with 2021 setting records with almost 1.2 million sales, which is comparable to 2019. Everywhere in France, prices are rising, even […]

In these times of crisis, our relationship with housing continues to evolve. Purchasing power, lack of supply, energy transition, quality of housing… so many issues that constantly raise questions for the population. Find out how the French feel about the real estate market in the Elabe survey commissioned by the Federation of Property Developers (FPI). […]

In Paris, rental investments represented 32.3% of transactions in the first half of the year Paris real estate still attracts those who wish to buy rental property, despite an average square meter price that exceeds 10,000€. Because, in the capital, the purchase has other advantages than profitability. Paris, city of investments and pied-à-terres… This […]