Presentation by Caroline Cayeux of the first real estate barometer for the small towns of tomorrow

This barometer was born from the common desire of the Ministry in charge of local authorities and the Higher Council of Notaries to develop a tool to better understand the developments in real estate in the Small towns of tomorrow, throughout the duration of the program, 2020 to 2026.

Four indicators in particular were chosen for the development of this annual barometer: the number of transfers, the selling prices, the origin of the buyers and the energy diagnosis. They will thus make it possible to deliver a photograph of real estate in small towns, according to their characteristics, and thus to have a dynamic approach from one year to the next.

Main lessons from the 1st barometer:

• A dynamic market, witnessing renewed attractiveness, characterized by a significant increase in house volumes and apartment prices;
• An increase in volume of sales of old houses in intermediate centers of 11,3% between 2020 and 2021;
• An increase in apartment prices of 7% over one year in 2021;
• An increase in the share of buyers from metropolitan areas of +3,2% between 2018 and 2021.
  
  

“This first barometer of the real estate market in the municipalities of tomorrow's small towns provides us with valuable information on sales volumes and property prices, which testify to the dynamism and attractiveness of these territories. It also shows the diversity of the trajectories of the municipalities Small towns of tomorrow, further consolidating the strong territorialization of the program and more broadly of the action of the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion., said Caroline Cayeux, Minister for Local Authorities.

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