House prices have fallen by 3% over the past four years, according to FNAIM, and it looks as though it will deepen in 2012.
The average price of a building plot in France in 2010 was €59m², an increase of 4.3% over 2009.
Despite some divergences amongst French estate agents on the state of the housing market, there is general agreement that it is slowing.
House prices in France outside of the capital fell by 1.6% in the first quarter of the year, according to the notaires.
The price of French rural properties remained broadly stable in 2010, but with significant variations in the movement of prices across the country.
A graphical snapshot of the average price of building land by department, and the movement in 2010, courtesy of the Notaires de France.
A graphical snapshot of the average price of houses by department, and the movement in 2010, courtesy of the Notaires de France.
The new build housing market grew strongly in the first quarter, but new home sales were down.
House prices rose in all regions of France last year say the Notaires de France, and the British are still buying.
There was strong house price growth in the Pays de la Loire in 2010, according to the local notaires.
After two morose years, sales and house prices rose on average last year in the Tarn-et-Garonne.
It was a mixed picture for house prices in the deep South West of France in 2010.
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