Residential real estate rents in France declined slightly in 2023. Bedrooms for rent and houses made an exception, with the average rent for a bedroom rising to 453 euros per month, and the average rent for a house rising to 1,044 euros per month. A two-room apartment in 2023 cost on average 555 euros, down from 725 euros in 2022.

In 2023, the average price per square meter for rental apartments in France was the highest in Paris. In the French capital, the average price per square meter for rental flats reached almost 31 euros, compared to 16 euros in the second-largest French city, Marseille. Not only is Paris the most expensive city in France for renting an accommodation, it is also one of the most expensive in Europe.
Paris housing crisis The Paris region is the most populated area of France. It is also the most densely populated region of the country. In a very centralized country like France, the capital appears to be the center of the majority of economic and cultural activities, as well as the home of an important number of universities. Finding accommodation is becoming more and more difficult in a city which also attracts millions of tourists every year. The average cost of an apartment in Paris amounted to more than 10,000 euros per square meter, compared to nearly 3,900 euros per square meter in the French second-largest agglomeration: Lyon. The consequences of high prices in housing In Paris, renting a two-bedroom apartment costed more than 2,000 US dollars in 2018, making the city one of the most expensive worldwide. To cope with this price boom, residents of the Paris metropolitan area often live in one of the many suburbs of the city. Furthermore, the pollution of the French capital, as well as its traffic jams and congested public transports, often lead Parisians to change their lives and move elsewhere after a few years. In 2015, Bordeaux was named most attractive city to live in France. Paris was only ranked eighth.

In December 2023, the average rent per square meter of an apartment in the first arrondissement of Paris amounted to 34 euros. This arrondissement, situated in the center of the French capital, is the smallest by area and yet, one of the most expensive ones for renters. Paris appears to have some of the highest rents in Europe. The housing crisis in France Although France had the highest number of completed housing units per 1,000 citizens in Europe in 2022, demand in the capital far outweighs supply. The lack of affordable housing for purchase increases competition in the rental market, leading to rents soaring in the past decade. Residential prices in capital cities in Europe are usually higher than the national average, but in France, this trend is even more pronounced. In 2022, homebuyers in Paris paid more than three times higher than the national average - a price gap only Lisbon comes close to. The cost of living in the French capital Paris counts some of the world’s most incredible historical sites, as well as a vibrant culture. But living in the City of Lights is becoming more expensive every year. In 2019, The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide named Paris the second city with the highest cost of living worldwide. Even though the average cost for public transport is surprisingly low in Paris, compared to other European cities, real estate prices and the costs of food or entertainment can make Parisian life less romantic than expected.

The average rent per square meter of houses in Périer was higher than in any other district in Marseille, France in December 2023. Tenants paid on average 19 euros per square meter for rental houses, while apartments cost on average 18 euros per square meter monthly. In France, many cities fetched notably higher rents.

General description: File containing the results of the study produced by Yanport in August 2020 on the rental and capital yield of car parks in cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants of metropolitan France. If you use this data please quote Yanport: https://www.yanport.com/ Corresponding Article: https://www.yanport.com/blog/posts/investir-parking-france-2020?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=parking2020 ** Tabs**: Cities: contains results for the 40 cities of Metropolitan France Variables: N_price_medium: number of properties used to calculate the average displayed price (year 2019 Q2 to 2020 Q1 included). price_medium: average price displayed in EUR (year 2019 Q2 to 2020 Q1 included). N_loyer_medium: number of properties used to calculate the average rent (year 2019 Q2 to 2020 Q1 included). rent_medium: average rent in EUR (year 2019 Q2 to 2020 Q1 included). yield_loc: rental yield in % (rent_medium*12/medium price*100) N_prix_2019: number of goods used to calculate the average displayed price in 2019. price_2019: average price displayed in 2019 in EUR. N_prix_2017: number of goods used to calculate the average displayed price in 2017. price_2017: price shown average in 2017 in EUR. yield_cap: annualised return on capital between 2017 and 2019 in %: ((price_2019/price_2017)^(1/2)-1)*100 N_pub_med: number of properties used to calculate the median publication period for rentals (including Q2 to 2020 Q1) pub_med: median publication duration for rentals in days (including Q2 to 2020 Q1). License: Open license version 2.0: https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ETALAB-Licence-Ouverte-v2.0.pdf

This bar chart shows the average rent for student accommodation in France in 2022, by type of accommodation. It reveals that the average rent for a studio apartment amounted to *** euros, compared to *** for a one-room apartment.

The third-largest city in France, Lyon, had one of the highest prices for rental apartments. Apartment tenants expected to pay on average almost 24.3 euros per square meter for a furnished one-bedroom apartment and 20.7 euros per square meter for an unfurnished apartment of the same size in December 2023. The average rent of bigger apartments was lower: For example, a furnished four-bedroom apartment cost 16.1 euros per square meter. Prices also varied across the different city districts, with Vieux Lyon fetching the highest apartment rent.

The average monthly rent per square meter of rental apartments in Paris, France, was the highest for furnished one-bedroom apartments or studios in 2025. In April that year, the square meter rent in such an apartment cost approximately **** euros per square meter. In comparison, the monthly rent of unfurnished three-bedroom apartments was **** euros per square meter. Unsurprisingly, Paris is the most expensive rental market in France, with some of the city's arrondissements fetching prices of ** euros per square meter.

France FR: Standardised Price-Rent Ratio: sa data was reported at 133.213 Ratio in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 142.118 Ratio for 2023. France FR: Standardised Price-Rent Ratio: sa data is updated yearly, averaging 85.029 Ratio from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2024, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 146.056 Ratio in 2022 and a record low of 65.689 Ratio in 1997. France FR: Standardised Price-Rent Ratio: sa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.OECD.AHPI: House Price Index: Seasonally Adjusted: OECD Member: Annual. Nominal house prices divided by rent price indices. The long-term average is calculated over the whole period available when the indicator begins after 1980 or after 1980 if the indicator is longer. This value is used as a reference value. The ratio is calculated by dividing the indicator source on this long-term average, and indexed to a reference value equal to 100.

The average monthly rent for rental residential properties in Lyon in 2023 was the highest in Point du Jour-Ménival. In December that year, the average square meter rent of a house was ** euros, while an apartment cost ** euros. In Lyon, renting an apartment cost about half the average price in Paris.

Context of the project Knowledge of the level of rents is important to ensure the proper functioning of the rental market and the conduct of national and local housing policies. In 2018, the Directorate-General for Planning, Housing and Nature (DGALN) launched the “rent map” project by partnering with a research team in economics from Agrosup Dijon and the Institut national de la recherche en agronomique (INRAE) and SeLoger and leboncoin. In 2020, the project was taken over by the National Agency for Housing Information (ANIL), which published, in 2022 and 2023, new versions of the map. This innovative partnership has made it possible to rebuild a database with 8 million rental ads. Based on these data, the research team and ANIL have developed a methodology for estimating indicators, at the municipal level, of rent (including charges) per m² for apartments and houses. These experimental indicators are put online in order to be usable by all: State services, local authorities, real estate professionals, private landlords and tenants. Starting in 2022, the maps are updated and published annually by ANIL. This project provides additional information to that offered by the Local Observatories of Homes (OLL), deployed since 2013 and reinforced since 2018 by the Elan Law. Today, this associative network of about thirty OLL publishes each year precise information on rents charged in about fifty French agglomerations. Presentation of the dataset The data disseminated are indicators of ad rents, at the municipal level. The field covered is the entire France, outside of Mayotte. The geography of the municipalities is the one in force on January 1, 2023. Rent indicators are calculated through the use of ad data published on the Leboncoin and SeLoger Group platforms over the period 2018-2023. Rent indicators are provided inclusive of standard leased property leased empty and leased in Q3 2023 with the following reference characteristics: — For an apartment (all types): area of 52 m² and average area per room of 22.2 m² — For apartment type T1-T2: area of 37 m² and average area per room of 23.0 m² — For apartment type T3 and more: area of 72 m² and average area per room of 21.2 m² — For a house: surface area of 92 m² and average area per room of 22.4 m² Conditions for use of data These indicators are freely usable, provided that the source is mentioned in the following form: “Anil estimates, based on data from the SeLoger Group and leboncoin”. Precautions for use The rent indicators are calculated charges included, on unfurnished ad data. The data were duplicated but without being able to rely on highly discriminatory photos and features. The mesh size method implies, for municipalities without rented accommodation via an advertisement on at least one of the two platforms over the period in question, that the rent indicator is that estimated for a larger mesh comprising neighbouring municipalities with similar characteristics. Users are advised to consider with caution rent indicators in municipalities where the coefficient of determination (R2) is less than 0.5, the number of observations in the municipality is less than 30 or the prediction interval is very wide. Moreover, compared to the previous version of the indicators published in 2022, this new map makes it possible to compare rents only in cases where indicators are calculated at municipal level in both 2022 and 2023.

Context of the project Knowledge of the level of rents is important to ensure the proper functioning of the rental market and the conduct of national and local housing policies. The Directorate-General for Planning, Housing and Nature (DGALN) launched in 2018 the “rent map” project by partnering on the one hand with a research team in economics of Agrosup Dijon and the National Institute of Research in Agronomics (INRAE), and on the other hand with SeLoger and leboncoin. In 2020, the project was taken over by the National Agency for Housing Information (ANIL), which published a new version of the map in 2022. This innovative partnership has rebuilt a database with more than 7 million rental ads. On the basis of these data, the research team and ANIL have developed a methodology for estimating indicators, at the communal scale, of rent (including charges) per m² for apartments and houses. These experimental indicators are put online in order to be usable by all: state services, local authorities, real estate professionals, private donors and tenants. From 2022, the maps are updated and published annually by ANIL. This project provides additional information to that offered by the Local Land Observatorys (OLL), deployed since 2013 and reinforced since 2018 by the Elan law. Today, this associative network of around thirty OLs publishes precise information every year on rents in some 50 French agglomerations. Presentation of the dataset The data disseminated are indicators of ad rents, at the level of the municipality. The field covered is the whole of France, outside of Mayotte. The geography of the municipalities is that in force on 1 January 2022. Rent indicators are calculated through the use of ad data published on the platforms of leboncoin and Groupe SeLoger over the period -2018-2022. Rent indicators are provided including charges for empty leased standard properties and leased in Q3 2022 with the following reference characteristics: — For an apartment (all types combined): 52 m² and average area per room of 22.2 m² — For apartment type T1-T2: surface area of 37 m² and average area per room of 22.9 m² — For apartment type T3 or more: area of 72 m² and average area per room of 21.2 m² — For a house: area of 92 m² and average area per room of 22.3 m² Conditions for data use These indicators can be freely used, provided that the source is indicated as follows: ANIL estimates, based on data from the SeLoger Group and leboncoin. Precautions of employment Rent indicators are calculated on unfurnished property and expenses included, on ad data. The data were duplicated but could not rely on very discriminating photos and characteristics. The method of meshing implies, for municipalities with no dwellings rented via an advertisement on at least one of the two sites during the period considered, which rent indicator is that estimated for a larger mesh comprising neighbouring municipalities with similar characteristics. Users are advised to consider rent indicators with caution in municipalities where the coefficient of determination (R2) is less than 0.5, the number of observations in the municipality is less than 30 or the prediction interval is very wide. **In addition, compared to the previous version of the indicators published in 2020, this new map does not allow to measure changes in rent, due to differences in the communal mesh size and changes in methodology. **

A more recent version of these indicators can be found on this page: https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/carte-des-loyers-indicateurs-de-loyers-dannonce-par-commune-en-2022/ Due to the evolution of the methodology and the communal mesh size, successive versions of the indicators cannot be compared to provide information on the evolution of rents. ### Context of the project Knowledge of the level of rents is important to ensure the proper functioning of the rental market and the conduct of national and local housing policies. The Directorate-General for Planning, Housing and Nature (DGALN) launched in 2018 the “rent map” project by partnering on the one hand with a research team in economics of Agrosup Dijon and the National Institute of Research in Agronomics (INRAE), and on the other hand with SeLoger, leboncoin and PAP. This innovative partnership has rebuilt a database with more than 9 million rental ads. On the basis of these data, the research team developed a methodology for estimating indicators, at the communal scale, of rent (including charges) per m² for apartments and houses. These experimental indicators are put online in order to be usable by all: state services, local authorities, real estate professionals, private donors and tenants. In a second phase of the project, the methodology will need to be consolidated and sustained, in order to provide for a regular update of these indicators. This project provides additional information to that offered by the Local Land Observatorys (OLL), deployed since 2013 and reinforced since 2018 by the Elan law. Today, this associative network of 30 OLL publishes every year precise information on the rents practiced in 51 of the main French agglomerations. ### Presentation of the dataset The data disseminated are indicators of ad rents, at the level of the municipality. The field covered is the whole of France, outside of Mayotte. The geography of the municipalities is the one in force on 1 January 2017. Rent indicators are calculated using ad data published on leboncoin, SeLoger and PAP over the period 2015-2019. Rent indicators are provided including charges for standard properties leased in the 3 rd quarter of 2018 with the following reference characteristics: — For an apartment: 49 m² and average area per room of 22.1 m² — For a house: 92 m² area and average area per room of 22.5 m² ### Data terms and conditions These indicators can be freely used, provided that the source is indicated as follows: “UMR 1041 CESAER estimates (AgroSup Dijon-INRAE) from SeLoger, leboncoin, PAP”. ### Precautions for use Rent indicators are calculated including charges, on ad data, so measure flow rents only. The data were duplicated but could not rely on very discriminating photos and characteristics. For municipalities with no housing leased through an advertisement on at least one of the three sites during the period considered, the rent indicator is that estimated for a larger grid comprising neighbouring municipalities with similar characteristics. Moreover, since the data do not make it possible to distinguish with certainty furnished and tourist rentals, biases in the rent indicators can be observed locally. Users are advised to consider rent indicators with caution in municipalities where the coefficient of determination (R2) is less than 0.5, the number of observations in the municipality is less than 30 or the prediction interval is very wide.

Prime office rents in Central Paris are some of the highest in Europe. In 2024, the square meter rent of office space in Paris was ***** euros per year, up from ***** euros per square meter in 2023. In comparison, in 2013, office rents were *** euros per square meter.

Paris, Lyon, and Bordeaux are the most expensive cities for residential real estate in France. In Paris, the average square meter price of an apartment was over 9,000 euros in October 2024, while the price for a house was even higher. Apartment prices in Paris went as high as 15,000 euros, depending on the arrondissement.

The sixth arrondissement of Paris was the area with the highest residential real estate price in the French capital as of May 2025. In this arrondissement, which includes several historical sites like Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Académie Française, and the Jardin du Luxembourg, the average price per square meter amounted to over ****** euros. Paris is known for being one of the most expensive European cities to rent an apartment. The price difference in the twenty arrondissements of Paris The French capital is divided into twenty arrondissements, which correspond to administrative districts. Because of their geographical situations in regards with the economic centers of the city of Paris, as well as their environments and the living conditions they offer, arrondissements do not have the same average price per square meter. For example, the average square meter price for an apartment in cosmopolitan districts like the 19th and the 20th arrondissements, located in the northeastern part of the city, amounted to around ***** euros, compared to close to ****** euros in Le Marais (4th arrondissement). Paris was by far the most expensive city in France, regardless of the location of the accommodation. In 2023, the average price per square meter for rental flats reached ** euros in Paris and ** euros in Marseille, France’s second-largest city. The rise in rental prices in European cities It appears cities in Europe have seen their rental prices increasing over the past years. In Germany, for instance, if Berlin used to be described as “poor but sexy” (to quote Berlin’s former mayor Klaus Wowereit), it appears that the German capital is not unaffected by the rise in rents. From 2016 to 2022, the average rent price of residential property in Berlin went from *** euros per square meter to **** euros five years later.

Rents paid for housing in France have increased year-on-year between 2011 and 2023. Nevertheless, the inflation-adjusted change was negative between 2018 and 2023, suggesting that rents grew at a slower rate than inflation. In 2023, the nominal increase in rents paid for housing amounted to 2.13 percent, while the real change (adjusted for inflation) was recorded at a negative 2.75 percent.

During 2018, Paris was the most expensive European city to rent an Apartment, at 2.85 thousand U.S. dollars per month. London had an average rental cost of over 300 U.S. dollars less than the Capital of France. Cities within Western Europe have a higher rental price than their Eastern counterparts with Moscow seeing the average cost of rent over one thousand U.S. dollars per month lower than Paris.

Supply and demand

One of the main factors driving high rents across European cities is the same as any other consumer driven business. If demand outweighs supply, prices will inflate. The drive for high paid professionals to be located centrally in prime locations, mixed with the low levels of available space, high land and, construction costs all help keep rental prices increasing.

Renters now outweigh home owners

In London, the number of private renters has increased dramatically from 2008. Increasing house prices as well as standard costs of living have seen more and more people unable to get on to the property ladder, and are therefore forced onto the rental markets for longer. This being said 2019 has become a great time for first-time buyers as interest rates remained historically low.

The majority of guests on Airbnb are women. Most Airbnb guests are aged 25 to 34.

Listings per region on Airbnb declined from 2020 to 2021. Globally in 2021, there were a total of 12.7 million listings.