Real estate: new housing prices still fall in these 5 large cities

After finally stagnating in 2024, the average price of new housing already dates back to the first quarter of 2025, according to the federation of real estate developers. The average price of a three -room part nevertheless drops in half of the 10 largest cities in France, according to the borrowed broker.

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“Emmanuel Macron says that The new accommodation is too expensive In France ? Well, we think the same! ”Grins Pascal Boulanger, president of the Federation of real estate developers (FPI), during a quarterly situation point, this Thursday, May 15. After finally stagnated last year, the average price of a new apartment is already upsetwith an increase of 1.5% in the first quarter of 2025, at 5,197 euros per square meter. This, although sales of new housing continue to collapse, 10.3% in the first quarter, compared to the first three months of 2024.

“The previous governments, before Barnier and Bayrou, parked on a 15% drop in new prices, in the wake of the sales diving caused by the rise in rates of mortgage. But no, prices cannot drop into new, due to the scarcity of land and building permits, standards and more standards, as well as Construction costs !“Rums the president of the FPI.

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Important price disparities depending on cities

The rise in the average price of new housing over the first three months of the year, however “Important local disparities»»specifies the FPI. In fact, out of the 10 largest cities in France, half still has decreased prices, according to the half-yearly borrowing broker barometer, produced in partnership with the Find-a-Neuf website, and published on May 14. Thus, in Lyon, the price of a three rooms, the reference surface in real estate development, has passed below 400,000 euros In the past six months, thanks to a decline of 2.3%. The drop is of the same scale in Nantes, where prices had rose a lot in the wake of the health crisis, and which “Remains today in a depressed market, on which promoters continue to make efforts, with an average price down 2.4%”explain borrowed and find-a-lodge-nine.

Not simple efforts, “”the average margin of promoters being 5% and not 30% as a previous government thought ”annoys Pascal Boulanger, ensuring that “Many operations come out today with negative margins”. In Marseille, the price drop is symbolic and “Watch out for significant price differences depending on the districts and districts »warns the study. If the Marseille city still remains affordable, Toulouse is even more so, with an average price below 300,000 euros for a three rooms, in withdrawal of 3.1%.