Despite a slight recovery in its real estate market’s activity, gaps between geographic areas are widening in Aix en Provence. While property in the city center continues to attract buyers, larger villas on the outskirts are increasingly difficult to sell. With over 140,000 inhabitants, the former capital of Provence is now France’s 23rd largest city. […]

Real estate prices have been falling steadily for the past three years in northeastern French city Metz. “It’s time to buy,” according to professionals, advice increasingly heeded by first-time buyers and property investors. With prices rarely exceeding 2,100 euros per square meter and still dropping, the property market is seeing the return of first-time buyers. […]

Sales are increasing slightly in Nancy, while property prices continue their fall. The real estate sector had been declining since 2008 despite some geographical exceptions. Smaller property in the city center remains pricey and sought after. Nancy’s real estate sector has not yet recovered its pre-economic crisis performance, but the number of transactions in the […]

In Avignon’s city center prices remain stable while sales volumes experience continued decline. However, the opposite is true in the periphery where falling prices attract more buyers. Avignon’s real estate market’s performance is evolving at two contrasting speeds. On the one hand, the city center sees prices remain stable yet transactions slowly decline. Beyond the […]

After four slow years, Nîmes real estate is steadily recovering. The city center is attracting first time buyers and rental investors once again, however, villas on the outskirts of town are still struggling to find buyers. The property market in Nîmes is slowly returning to form after suffering from low sales volumes since 2011. In […]

Strasbourg’s real estate is recovering this year after sales volumes hitting record lows in 2014. Stable prices and low interest rates are attracting property buyers once again. Sales have picked up since the beginning of 2015 in the capital of the Alsace region, with property purchases increasing especially in the city center and close periphery, where […]

Falling real estate prices in La Rochelle have led to a slight swell in sales volumes in the center and around the city’s parks. Nonetheless, the Rochelais market has still not recovered its high performance of 2012. Suffering from a drop in real estate transactions the past three years, La Rochelle’s property sector has been […]

The difference between the price a property is advertised for and the final transaction amount remains at an all time low of 4.5% since October, new study finds. The Orpi real estate network recently published a price gap barometer in conjunction with Le Figaro and Explorimmo. It revealed that after months of continuous decline, the […]

After two years of relatively poor performance, Orléans has seen its real estate recover in recent months. Despite relatively high prices, property in the city center is attracting multiple buyers; in the periphery, prices are dropping and there are bargains to be found. Capital of the Loiret department and of the Centre region, Orléans has experienced a […]

There are more and more bargains to be had in Brest, with prices remaining low in most areas of town. After three years of falling prices and dropping sales volumes, the slight reboot experienced during the spring seems to be settling in. In Brest, Brittany — a historic city lying close to France’s westernmost point […]