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The municipal rate in Levallois-Perret has been frozen at 22,93 % since 2021 and the inter-municipal line is zero. Yet your notice keeps climbing, by about 18 % since 2020, while the price of a Levallois apartment has fallen 8 % over five years. The scissor effect, the heaviest debt in the Hauts-de-Seine (92), and what it means for your property.

Change of use, compensation in Le Suquet, quotas announced for autumn 2026, the loi Le Meur: in Cannes, a town of second homes, the furnished tourist rental is being tightened. Analysis and four scenarios to help you decide.

The municipal property tax rate in Toulouse has been frozen for ten years, yet your notice climbs anyway. The revaluation of the tax bases, the 2026 update of the cadastral records, the amounts by profile and the simulator of the extra cost.

Aix-les-Bains has 15,3 % second homes and sits in a tight housing market: it could surcharge them by up to 60 %, as Chambéry and Annecy do. It never has. The 2026 municipal rate, amounts by profile, a comparison across the Alpine corridor and a simulator of the extra cost avoided.

Bordeaux applies one of the strictest frameworks in France after Paris: 90 days for a main home, and for a second home a change of use with compensation, doubled in the city centre. What every Bordeaux owner should know before letting or selling.

Property tax in Arles in 2026: a municipal rate of 44,95 % unchanged, a campaign argument for Patrick de Carolis, but a notice that climbs through the household waste collection tax and the revaluation of the bases. Calculation, amounts by profile and simulator.

Letting on Airbnb in Annecy in 2026: the stock of furnished tourist rentals has grown sixfold, quotas by zone are capped at 2 660, authorisation runs for 4 years and there is a waiting list. Unlike Nice, the local framework has survived the courts. Registration, taxation under the loi Le Meur and the choice between selling and letting.

In Draguignan, the municipal property tax rate has been frozen at 37,79 % since 2021. Your notice still goes up: the rise comes from the revaluation of the bases and from the inter-municipal authority, not from the town. Amounts by profile, comparison across the Var, the paradox of the tight-market zone and a simulator.

The City of Montpellier has not raised its rate, but the metropolitan authority voted a new property tax share, up from 0,167 % to 5,8 %, on 28 April 2026. What this increase changes for owners, the amounts by profile and a calculator for the new share.

Short-term rentals in Biarritz: the Basque Country imposes offsetting, one of the strictest schemes in France, reinforced or even impossible in the town centre. Change of use, 120 days, taxation under the loi Le Meur, 2026 checks and how to decide.

In Hyères, a coastal town of the Var, the property tax comes on top of a residence tax on second homes surcharged by 30 %. Municipal share, TPM metropolitan authority, surcharge in an area under housing pressure and the end of the Giran era: what your 2026 notice really covers and what it means for the value of your property.

In La Rochelle, the property tax is almost entirely municipal: 54,42 % at town level, 0,26 % for the urban community. One of the highest rates in France, stable since 2021, whose lever passes to the new municipality of Olivier Falorni. Calculation, profiles by district, second-home surcharge and calculator.

Airbnb and furnished tourist rentals in Aix-en-Provence in 2026: a temporary change-of-use permit (3 years, renewable), no compensation but a protected heritage area that all but blocks the centre, a main-home ceiling of 90 days, a registration number and the taxation of the Le Meur act.

Property tax in Cagnes-sur-Mer: one of the highest rates in the Alpes-Maritimes (30,95 %) and a second-home surcharge doubled in 2026, from 20 to 40 %. Calculation, amounts by profile, calculator and impact on value.

The municipal property tax rate in Lyon went from 29,26 % to 31,89 % in 2023, and still applies in 2026. What that rise costs you by profile, the extra-cost simulator, and what the municipal elections of March 2026 could change.

In Annecy, the property tax rate is frozen in 2026 after the 14 % rise of 2024. But it still differs depending on your former municipality: from 32,31 % in Pringy to 35,44 % in Cran-Gevrier. Rates, history, profiles and a territorial simulator.

In Toulon, the municipal property tax rate stays at 39,39 % in 2026, one of the lowest among large cities and stable for more than 20 years. Why your notice rises anyway, what you pay by profile, and the simulator of the effect of the cadastral tax bases.

With a municipal rate of 44,54 %, Marseille has one of the highest property taxes of the large French cities, the legacy of the 14 % rise voted in 2022. What you pay by profile, the extra-cost simulator, and the peculiarity of rental values frozen at 1970.

In Avignon, the property tax does not rise in 2026: the municipal rate stays at 42,44 %, one of the highest in France, frozen since 2014. The last act of the Cécile Helle era before the arrival of Olivier Galzi. Amounts by profile, how the revaluation of the bases works and the impact on the value of your property.

In Fréjus, the municipal property tax rate has not moved for more than ten years and the 2026 budget renews it. But this frozen rate, at 38,73 %, remains higher than that of its neighbour Saint-Raphaël, and the revenue collected has jumped by nearly 45 % in ten years. Amounts by profile, comparison with Saint-Raphaël and simulator.

The municipal property tax rate in Saint-Raphaël has been fixed at 32,79 % for more than ten years, and the 2026 budget voted on 27 April renews it with no rise. Yet the municipal share of your notice has risen by about 14 % since 2022, through the sole effect of the national revaluation of the tax bases. Amounts by profile, a drift simulator and the case of second homes.

Bordeaux has one of the highest municipal property tax rates among large cities, inherited from the 2023 rise, on a declining property market. The double penalty for owners, amounts by profile and the tax-weight simulator.

The municipal property tax rate in Aix-en-Provence is 32,69 % in 2026, unchanged since 2021 and renewed after the re-election of Sophie Joissains. Why a moderate rate does not prevent a high bill, what you pay by profile, the simulator of the rising bases, and the context of a metropolitan area under state supervision.

90-day cap, registration number, change of use with compensation, Le Meur law and taxation: what every Paris owner must know before letting or selling a furnished tourist rental.

Property tax in Menton in 2026: a municipal rate around 39 %, a housing stock 43 % dominated by second homes and a residence tax surcharge that weighs on pied-a-terre bills. Calculation, amounts by profile, simulator and impact on value.

Cannes has one of the lowest property tax rates among large French cities: 27,12 % after the one-point cut of 2025, eleven years with no rise. Amounts by profile, calculation and impact on the value of your property.

Le Meur law, 90-day cap, change of use, suspended quotas: what every Nice owner must know before letting or selling.

Property tax in Paris in 2026: rate held at 20,5 %, a look back at the historic 2023 rise, amounts by profile, calculation and official sources.

Antibes has not moved its municipal property tax rate since 2021: 28,07 %. What has risen is the second-home residence tax surcharge, up from 20 % to 40 % then 50 % in two years, in a town where one home in three is a second home. Calculation, amounts by profile, simulator and comparison with neighbouring towns.

On 24 April 2026 the city council adopted the 4,4-point cut in the municipal rate, returning 33,2 million euros to Nice property owners. Amounts by profile, application schedule and real impact on the value of your property.