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Rural House Prices in France 2018

Thursday 06 June 2019

The average sale price of a rural French property rose by 2.1% last year to €168,200, but with significant variations between departments.

The annual review of the housing market for country properties in 2018 has recently been published by the French rural land agency SAFER.

Although the notaires regularly report on the state of the housing market in France, as most transactions from which the figures are derived are based on sales in urban areas their reports are only of limited value to international buyers seeking information on the state of the market for rural properties.

The gap left by the notaires is partially filled by the annual report from SAFER, which focuses entirely on this market.

Their data is obtained from the notaires, who are legally obliged to notify them of prospective rural land and property sales, on which they then have a right of pre-emption. 

However, caution is needed in the interpretation of the figures due to the low number of transactions in most departments and the heterogeneous nature of the market. In some cases, the figures are based on no more than a few hundred transactions that have occurred.

On a national basis SAFER state that the average sale price of a 'maison de campagne' in 2017 was €168,200. The average amount of land in each sale was 5,600m2.

The definition of a 'maison de campagne' used in the study is 'un bâtiment résidentiel vendu avec un terrain agricole ou naturel libre de moins de 5 hectares, acquis par des non-agriculteurs.'

As can be seen from the graphic below, prices varies substantially between the regions; the least expensive areas, with average prices around €100K, are Central and North East France, the Pyrenees and Brittany, as well as parts of some other regions.

Highest average prices greater than €230K are around the Paris Basin, Alsace, Haute-Savoie, the Mediterranean coast, the Atlantic coast, and around the cities of Lyon, Toulouse and Bordeaux.

The table below provides the actual figures for each department, showing the average sales prices for 2018 compared to 2017, and the minimum and maximum sales prices. The analysis excludes the lowest priced 10% and highest priced 10% of sales.

Due to the low number of transactions it would be imprudent to regard the movement in average prices between 2017 and 2018 as being particularly significant; it is as likely to be a change in the structure of sales as a price change.

Nevertheless, of the 91 departments for which figures are provided, prices have increased in 63 of them, reflecting the general national increase that has occurred. The ups and downs of the market are spread right across the country, with the exception of Brittany, the only region where prices rose in all departments.

Where average prices have fallen over 2017 they are shown in bold. Stand out figures are a fall in prices in the Alps, and a incredible €57,000 average price for a property in Creuse.

Rural House Prices 2018
Region/Dept
Average Price
2017
Average Price
2018
Minimum Price
Maximum Price
AUVERGNE-RHONE-ALPES
Ain €180,000
€179,000
€60,000
€371,000
Allier €88,000
€91,000€25,000
€195,000
Ardèche €163,000
€165,000
€47,000
€323,000
Cantal €87,000
€90,000€26,000
€188,000
Drôme €232,000
€242,000€96,000
€450,000
Isère €218,000
€217,000€95,000
€383,000
Haute-Loire €104,000
€109,000€33,000
€225,000
Loire €142,000
€151,000€45,000
€295,000
Puy-de-Dôme€95,000
€104,000€27,000
€232,000
Rhône €250,000
€270,000€95,000
€585,000
Haute-Savoie €314,000
€309,000€74,000
€690,000
Savoie€196,000€191,000€49,000
€430,000
BRITTANY
Côte d'Amour€113,000
€122,000€36,000
€250,000
Finistère€137,000
€141,000
€45,000
€280,000
IIe-et-Vilaine €143,000
€145,000
€45,000
€286,000
Morbihan
€140,000
€149,000€35,000
€350,000
BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE
Belfort
€143,000
€206,000€65,000
€340,000
Côte-d'Or€143,000
€155,000€40,000
€375,000
Doubs
€149,000
€141,000€25,000
€315,000
Haute-Saône€113,000
€104,000€28,000
€238,000
Jura
€122,000
€138,000€51,000
€261,000
Nièvre€78,000
€79,000€23,000
€182,000
Saône-et-Loire€117,000
€122,000€40,000
€242,000
Yonne
€125,000
€119,000
€40,000
€250,000
CENTRE-VAL DE LOIRE
Cher
€86,000
€85,000€18,000
€192,000
Eure-et-Loir
€151,000
€141,000€40,000
€283,000
Indre
€68,000
€72,000€15,000
€164,000
Indre-et-Loire
€144,000
€148,000€37,000
€300,000
Loir-et-Cher
€119,000
€116,000€34,000
€238,000
Loiret
€150,000
€151,000€56,000
€292,000
GRAND EST
Ardennes
€100,000
€125,000€50,000
€230,000
Aube
€120,000
€114,000
€37,000
€230,000
Haute-Marne
€75,000
€78,000€10,000
€176,000
Marne
€143,000
€159,000€50,000
€220,000
Meurthe-et-Moselle
€128,000
€151,000€45,000
€297,000
Meuse
€100,000
€98,000€27,000
€185,000
Moselle
€138,000
€144,000€38,000
€315,000
Bas-Rhin
€192,000
€192,000€69,000
€370,000
Haut-Rhin
€176,000
€196,000€63,000
€395,000
Vosges
€116,000
€117,000€36,000
€230,000
HAUTS DE FRANCE
Aisne €115,000
€120,000€36,000
€232,000
Nord €191,000
€201,000€60,000
€420,000
Oise €201,000
€201,000€84,000
€415,000
Pas-de-Calais€171,000
€167,000€75,000
€300,000
Somme €136,000
€147,000€53,000
€315,000
ILE-DE-FRANCE
Paris-
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Seine-Saint-Denis-
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Haute-de-Seine-
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Val-de-Marne ---
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Val d'Oise €295,000
€295,000€129,000
€580,000
Yvelines€333,000
€350,000€131,000
€720,000
Essonne €260,000
€252,000€110,000
€460,000
Seine-et-Marne€204,000
€218,000€88,000
€430,000
NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE
Charente €110,000
€111,000€30,000
€240,000
Charente-Maritime €146,000
€151,000€50,000
€316,000
Corrèze €102,000
€105,000€30,000
€225,000
Creuse €64,000
€57,000€16,000
€131,000
Deux-Sèvres €106,000
€108,000€30,000
€215,000
Dordogne €147,000
€147,000€53,000
€300,000
Gironde €182,000
€198,000€78,000
€393,000
Landes €188,000
€186,000€80,000
€355,000
Lot-et-Garonne €153,000
€158,000
€62,000
€315,000
Pyrénées-Atlantiques€222,000
€228,000€83,000
€525,000
Haute-Vienne €90,000
€93,000
€24,000
€193,000
Vienne
€105,000
€103,000
€27,000
€193,000
OCCITANIE
Ariège €105,000
€113,000€36,000
€225,000
Aude €135,000
€131,000€30,000
€327,000
Aveyron €111,000
€110,000€26,000
€240,000
Gard €235,000
€238,000€74,000
€505,000
Gers €159,000
€159,000€55,000
€332,000
Haute-Garonne €209,000
€206,000€70,000
€403,000
Hautes-Pyrénées €126,000
€125,000€35,000
€230,000
Hérault €223,000
€231,000€56,000
€535,000
Lot€146,000
€148,000€50,000
€293,000
Lozère €122,000
€118,000€40,000
€241,000
Pyrénées-Orientales€210,000
€228,000€60,000
€535,000
Tarn €158,000
€157,000€42,000
€306,000
Tarn-et-Garonne €161,000
€169,000€70,000
€300,000
NORMANDY
Calvados
€167,000
€164,000€55,000
€360,000
Manche
€114,000
€118,000€38,000
€225,000
Orne
€107,000
€109,000€35,000
€223,000
Eure
€159,000
€164,000€80,000
€299,000
Seine-Maritime
€176,000
€175,000€78,000
€310,000
PAYS DE LA LOIRE
Loire-Atlantique
€163,000
€169,000€58,000
€320,000
Maine-et-Loire
€143,000
€147,000€48,000
€280,000
Mayenne
€108,000
€103,000€23,000
€210,000
Sarthe
€117,000
€116,000€30,000
€230,000
Vendée€131,00
€136,000€45,000
€260,000
PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
€186,000
€197,000€50,000
€399,000
Alpes-Maritimes€324,000
€329,000€63,000
€855,000
Bouches-du-Rhône
€425,000
€441,000€145,000
€900,000
Hautes-Alpes
€169,000
€173,000€40,000
€390,000
Var€323,000
€325,000
€95,000
€700,000
Vaucluse
€336,000
€356,000€125,000
€790,000


International Buyers

The authors state that 5.1% of the sales were to non-residents, stable with 2017.

As can be seen from the graphic below, sales to non-residents were over 15% of total sales in some areas, notably the centre west of France, popular with British buyers.

The favourite areas remain the Central West of the country and also parts of Midi-Pyrénées, Burgundy and Languedoc-Roussillon.

Source:Terres d’Europe-Scafr d’après Safer.

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