The high -end Barnes High -end real estate agencies has observed a force return from Americans since January. A return that coincides with the arrival of Donald Trump in power.
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– The life arrondissement of Paris has always made American customers dream, with its buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries.
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The desires ofExpatriation of Americans Worried about Donald Trump’s economic and geopolitical strategy are not a simple view of the mind. The Barnes agency network, a specialist in high -end real estate, observes “A return in force of American customers” In Paris since January 2025 and the start of the trade war declared by the President of the United States to many countries, without forgetting his positions of the most conservative in terms of internal policy.
“It is very reassuring for the Americans ofBuy in the French capital Because it is difficult to imagine that the value ofParisian real estate could one day collapse. Many disappointed with Trumpism want a pied-à-terre in Paris to live there at least six months a year ”explains Richard Tzipine, Managing Director of Barnes. Others intend to expatriate for good, the network of real estate agencies also constantly a growing appetite for Americans for family apartments.
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The districts that benefit the most from this American exodus are the Life, 7th, 4 and, more recently, the 18th. Symbolized by the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district, life has always made American customers dream, with its 18th and 18th centuries buildings. Ditto for the marsh with the presence of Notre-Dame cathedral and the Saint-Louis islands and the city. The average price of the square meter in high -end real estate amounting to approximately 18,000 euros In life and 4th arrondissements, the Americans are satisfied with small areas: “In these districts, they are looking for an emotion, not functionality”decrypts Richard Tzipine.
In the 7th, American families are attracted to The excellent schools in the Gros-Caillou districtnestled between the Champs-de-Mars and the Invalides. For those who could not afford a family apartment at more than 20,000 euros per square meter, head to the 18th arrondissement, with the Butte Montmartrenew target of a wealthy family clientele, where, despite its jump of 35% since January, the average price of the square meter in the high -end is still “only” of 16,500 euros.
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While the average price of the square meter in life, VII, IVE and XVIIIe has at worst stagnated and at best jumped 35% in the first quarter, in the Barnes network, it dropped by 9% in the Viiie. A district where 60% of real estate purchases are however the result of foreign investors, especially Anglo-Saxon. “Since Manifestations of yellow vests in 2018 “in the district of the Elysée and the Ministry of the Interior, with corollary a feeling of insecurity, “Foreigners prefer to buy in the 7th rather than in the 8th”explains Richard Tzipine.
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