The luxury property market in France

In central Paris, luxury apartments sell for between €18,000 and €25,000 per square metre and ultra-luxury exceeds €25,000, according to Challenges (April 2025). Le Point (April 2026) puts the Triangle d’Or, in the 8th arrondissement, at €30,000 to €40,000 per square metre, and some exceptional properties at up to €53,000. For reference, the Notaires-Insee indices give an average of €9,470 per square metre in Paris in Q4 2024.

International buyers weigh heavily in luxury property in France. According to Le Nouvel Économiste (September 2025), foreigners accounted in 2024 for a third of Engel & Völkers’ luxury sales in France, and half on the Côte d’Azur, and 27% of Century 21’s clientele in this segment. Americans dominate in Paris: their average budget there rose from €558,000 to €715,000 between 2018 and 2023, according to Challenges (April 2026).

Outside Paris, the Côte d’Azur remains the leading luxury property market in France: Challenges (April 2026) cites sales at €14.2 million in Cannes, €27.5 million in Mougins and €27 million in Cap-d’Ail. According to Le Point (April 2026), hôtels particuliers (urban mansions) in Neuilly-sur-Seine sell for between €8 and €25 million. The Arcachon basin escaped the 2024 decline, with a house in Pyla sold for €10.5 million, according to Les Echos.

Paris ranks sixth among the cities most sought after by wealthy buyers in the Barnes City Index, behind Madrid, according to Les Echos (January 2026) and Le Nouvel Économiste (April 2025). Political instability in 2024 slowed luxury sales in France in the second and third quarters. London is falling further: according to Savills, cited by Les Echos, sales of properties above £5 million there dropped by 18% over the first three quarters of 2025.

The luxury property market in France is driven by prestige networks, Barnes, Engel & Völkers, Daniel Féau and Kretz, and by the upmarket subsidiaries of major networks such as Century 21. Engel & Völkers makes half of its French revenue in the south of France, against a third in Paris, according to Le Nouvel Économiste (April 2025). In 2025, Kretz sold a 490 sq m apartment on rue Saint-Honoré for €33.85 million, according to Challenges.

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