Rural House Prices by Department 2024
28th May 2025
Rural house prices fell last year, for the second year in succession.
The annual market report from the French national rural land agency 'SAFER' (Sociétés d'aménagement foncier et d'établissement rural) is the only occasion in the year when the spotlight turns on the rural house market.
Due to the limited number of sales in this market and its heterogeneous nature, all other reviews from the notaires and the agents inevitably have a bias towards urban centres where the comparisons are easier.
This year, SAFER report that sales rose by +3.4% over 2023, a significant recovery from the previous year's -24% plunge. There were nevertheless significant geographical disparities with sales highest in the north and east of France (Hauts-de-France, Normandy, Grand Est) as well as to a lesser extent in Brittany and Loire Atlantique. Conversely, sales fell in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Over the 5-year period 2019-2014, sales in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes have decreased by -17%.
In terms of prices, on a national basis SAFER report a decline of -3.4% over 2023, following a -4.1% drop the previous year. The falls over the period 2023/24 follow 6 years of consecutive price increases. The average selling price in 2024 was €195,000.
The graphic below shows average prices across the country. The least expensive areas, with average prices less than €120K, are Central and North East France, the Pyrenees and central Brittany. Highest average prices greater than €310K are around the Paris Basin, Alsace, Haute-Savoie, the Mediterranean coast, and the Atlantic coast.
The Bouches-du-Rhône has the highest average prices (€560,000) followed by the departments of Vaucluse and Var and the departments in the Ile-de-France. Other areas where prices are highest are in parts of the Rhône, Haute Savoie and Savoie, the Basque region and southern Brittany.
Lower prices can be found in Meuse, Cher, Indre and Creuse. The department with the lowest average prices is Haute-Marne (Grand Est) averaging €66,000.
In terms of non-resident international buyers, their purchases totaled 4.9% of all sales, but far larger in certain departments, such as around the Luxembourg/Belgium border, the countryside of Provence, Dordogne, and Limousin. The graphic below shows the percentages by geographic area.
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