“Our fear is customs duties”: why new real estate prices are likely to go back

Guest of the program Le Grand Rendez-vous de l’Emalovences (Capital/Radio Immo), Grégory Monod, president of the Habitat pole of the French Building Federation, already observes the prices of certain building materials starting upwards, in the context of customs duties negotiations between Europe and the United States.

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Good news for aficionados of the new individual house, which remains The ideal accommodation For many French people: its price has finally dropped in 2024! After four years of continuous increase, the average price of a new house fell 4.2% last year, in 207,000 euros On average for an area of ​​113 square meters. A dive all the more spectacular as the prices of new housing are generally quite frozen, insofar as they are not governed only by the law of supply and demand, unlike the old. In order not to work at a loss, promoters and house manufacturers must indeed pass on their sale prices the costs of land, VAT, environmental standards and building materials.

The latter give some concerns to Grégory Monod, president of the Habitat pole of the French Building Federation (FFB), guest of the program Le Grand Rendez-vous de l’Emalmboards de Capital Magazine and Radio Immo this Friday, April 25. “We are starting to see Construction material price Returning up, especially those of steel and PVC ”indicates the manager. As part of the trade war launched by Donald Trump, the American president has declared 25% of customs duties on American imports of steel and aluminum from all countries.

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The prices of certain building materials are going upwards

“Our fear is the customs duties»»replies Grégory Monod, questioned about the prices of new housing in 2025. If they finally dropped in 2024, it is because after two and a half years of real estate crisis, “The demand for building materials has decreased so much that manufacturers have reduced their prices”he underlines. Discounts that the promoters have passed on to the prices of housing last year. In the same way, this year will pass the increase in building materials this year if it is confirmed.

“We will see how negotiations on customs duties are going in the coming weeks between Europe and the United States“Sighs Grégory Monod. “We are not going to hide that we are still far from an agreement»»warned the Minister of Economy Eric Lombard, Thursday, April 24, in Washington, on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

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Your “Your Questions, our answers” section

As every month, experts – notaries, lawyers, real estate agents – of your “your questions, our answers” section answer your questions, in the major real estate meeting. This month, Manon Bellin, tax lawyer at Neora Avocats, looked into the case of Sandra, whose tenant no longer pays his rent and who wonders if she can claim a Property tax relief. She also took stock of the obligations of non -professional furnished rental companies, as part of the 2024 income declaration.

For his part, Arnaud Laudy, founder and managing director of the real estate hunter Mecaza, responds to Jean-Marc, who wonders what amount he must reimburse his tenant, left after 28 years and who had paid him at the time a deposit of 5,000 … francs. He also deals with a worried owner to have to pay the rehousing of his tenant victim of water damage.