Real estate: prices go upwards in major cities

Capital invites you to discover the updated prices of housing in the 10 largest French cities. Good news for owners, buyers are back and prices are increasing again.

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Real estate prices are gradually leaving up. According to the latest LPI/IAD barometer, in February 2025, the real prices of the houses, i.e. the prices indicated on the compromises of sale of transactions, have indeed increased by 0.3% over the last three months at the national level, while they further fell by 4.5% in annual shift in April 2024. Apartments prices fell by only 0.8% over the last three months A year last April. “”Overall and for the entire market, recent developments therefore announce the return of the general increase in prices of the old by next spring“Indicates Michel Mouillart, professor of economics and spokesperson for the LPI/IAD barometer.

On the national level, the average price “signed” per square meter, houses and apartments combined, now reaches 3,254 euros (-0.1% over the last three months). “”From last summer, a slow price trend has been strengthened. And under these conditions, the sellers clearly revised their ambitions upwards during the second half of 2024“, Continues Michel Mouillart. As proof, the rise in prices for old apartments now concerns 42% of French cities with more than 40,000 inhabitants, compared to only 16% last June. Nevertheless, in an evolving market, territorial inequalities remain very marked.

Buyers’ return supports the price increase

In Paris, in February 2025, the average price of housing thus reached 10,454 euros per square meter, a decrease which remains significant over an year (-3.7% over one year), even if the trend begins to reverse with an increase of 1.1% over the last three months in the capital. Note that prices vary strongly depending on the districts and can reach up to 14,792 euros per square meter in the prestigious 7th arrondissement of the capital. In Lille (+2% over a year),, Rennes (+0.4%) or Montpellier (+0.7%), the price increase is already started and should continue in the coming months. “”On a market that has taken up colors, price increases are spreading and strengthening in most metropolises, over the monthsAdds Michel Mouillart.

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This increase in generalized prices over the past few months is explained by a return of buyers to the market. As proof, the number of sales compromises signed in the second half of 2024 increased by 5.4% compared to the previous year. This significant rebound in the number of transactions coincides with the drop in mortgage rates, which fell more than one point on average since the start of 2024.