Brittany Property Market

• Brittany is located in the north-west of France and very close to the United Kingdom by its long and beautiful coastline.
• Brittany property market is very popular with the British due to this country's proximity and multiple easily access.
• Brittany has effectively ferry links in Roscoff and St-Malo, as airline connections in Brest and Rennes with England, Ireland and Channels Islands. Train and road networks are also well-developped with others French destinations.
• Brittany is particularly attractive for second home buyers or permanent home buyers, who are looking for welcoming and typical seaside towns or quiet and characterful villages.
• They can choose to relocate in places of touristic interest like: Quiberon, Vannes, Carnac or Saint Malo.
• Today the Morbihan coast is the most popular area and also the most expensive including a majority of newly-built seaside appartments. The rest of the region is dominated by inland properties, easily recognizable to its local stones and traditionnal grey slate roofs houses, where competitive price and renovation projects can be found.
• Brittany accounts for an pleasant, sunny, close and affordable region for those British looking for a countryside family house to renovate and to stay for short or more or less long term.

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		Property Market Facts in Brittany
Property ownership		Brittany accounts for one of the biggest regional housing stock of belonging to British people. An equivalent to 11000 habitations. Less than 1/3 of these habitations (3600) consists of British buyers primary home, the rest being their seconds homes.
Second home ownership		In Brittany about 8000 second homes belong to British people, mainly those living permanently in United -Kingdom or in an other part of France.
Most popular departments		Majority of British property buyers in France choose to buy an house the Côtes-d’Armor department. Important towns and villages where foreign people already live or intend to purchase: Finistère : Brest, Quimper, Concarneau, Morlaix, Landerneau, Plougastel, Fouesnant, Quimperlé,Guipavas Côtes d’Armor:St Brieuc, Lannion, Dinan, Paimpol, Perros guirec, Rostrenen, Loudéac. Morbihan:Lorient, Vannes, Lanester, Pontivy, Ploërmel, Quiberon, Carnac. Ille et Vilaine : Rennes, St Malot, Fougères, Vitré, Cesson-Sévigné, Dinard, Cancale.

	Key Property Price Data* for Brittany
	Finistère (29)	Côtes d’Armor(22)	Morbihan (56)	Ille et Vilaine (35)
Average Prices
Sales(€/m²)	1 836	2 079	2 181	2 789
Rental(€/m²/month)	8,27	7,22	9,63	10,8
Apartment(€/m2)	1 714	1 778	3 037	2 199
House (€)	163 052	173 175	208 546	217 138
Land(€/m2)	66	67	72	96

	Key Housing Data* in Brittany
	Finistère (29)	Côtes d’Armor(22)	Morbihan (56)	Ille et Vilaine (35)
Total Property
Housing stock	439 539	294 469	349 860	408 749
Property usage
Primary residence	84,23%	81,07%	82,14%	88,3%
Second home	10,07%	12,67%	12,33%	6,46%
Vacant home	5,71%	6,26%	5,54%	5,24%
Property type
Detached house	73,62%	82,83%	76,51%	66,16%
Flats	23,8%	13,49%	20,24%	31,37%
Others	2,59%	3,68%	3,25%	2,47%
Ownership
Owner	67,82%	68,47%	66,43%	58,18%
Renter	28,65%	28%	30,14%	38,94%
Free	3,53%	3,54%	3,42%	2,88%
Property size
Studio	4,36%	4,57%	4,9%	6,96%
2 rooms home	9,46%	9,21%	10,71%	13,32%
3 rooms	16,3%	17,77%	17,81%	19,62%
4 rooms	22,94%	24,8%	23,8%	23,35%
5 rooms or more	46,94%	43,65%	42,79%	36,74%

* n/a (non applicable = non communiqué)

* according to statistics from Journal du Net, Notaires de France, La Vie Immo.

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