The average price per m² in Brest is 2 305 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 1,8 to 2,6 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market rose 19 % over 5 years and rose 3,7 % over the last 12 months, with about 1,795 transactions per year.
Illustration of Brest, the second city of Brittany, a naval port rebuilt after 1944 at the entrance to its roadstead.
Apartments in Brest sell at an average price of around 2 305 €/m², based on transactions actually recorded in deeds (DVF data, the French database of notarised property sales). It is an affordable market by the standards of large French cities, carried by a clear rebound since 2020. Differences between districts run from around 1 576 €/m² at Bellevue, the most affordable university area in the north-west, to close to 2 774 €/m² on Siam, the shopping street of the centre and the most sought-after address. The market for houses sits higher, at around 2 483 €/m². Over five years, prices have gained in the order of 16 %, a marked rebound, and the city records around 1 795 apartment sales a year.
Prices from the DVF file (Demandes de valeurs foncières, published by the DGFiP), transactions actually recorded at the notary at municipality level. Cross-referenced with the Notaires de France - INSEE indices. Learn more about our methodology.
After 1 942 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Brest reaches 2 305 €/m² in 2026, roughly +19 % over the period.
Change in the average price per m² over twelve months, district by district, based on the most recent DVF sales.
The average price per m² for an apartment in each district of Brest covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Brest market remains affordable among large French cities, while posting one of the strongest recent gains. With an average price of around 2 305 €/m² for an apartment, it sits below the major metropolitan areas and below Rennes. Over five years, prices have gained in the order of 16 %, a marked rebound that breaks with the long stability that came before, and the city records around 1 795 apartment sales a year, the sign of an active market.
Its geography shapes the differences in price. The centre, around rue de Siam and Saint-Martin, concentrates the most highly rated areas, above 2 500 €/m². The former villages in the east, such as Le Guelmeur and Saint-Marc, and the northern districts of Lambézellec form a residential core of the market at around 2 000 to 2 700 €/m². The right bank of Recouvrance, long left behind, is climbing back thanks to the urban renewal around the Capucins. The university north-west, around Bellevue, remains the most affordable and carries part of the student rental demand.
With an average price of around 2 305 €/m², Brest is among the affordable large cities covered by Immover. The second city of Brittany, a rebuilt naval port and a university metropolis, it offers a market more affordable than the major metropolitan areas and than Rennes, while posting a marked rebound since 2020, which makes it both attainable and dynamic for buying a main residence or investing.
Brest is a sub-prefecture of the Finistère department, in Brittany, at the western tip of France. With around 139 600 inhabitants, it is the second city of Brittany after Rennes and the heart of Brest métropole. It is built around its roadstead, one of the largest in Europe, and around the Penfeld, the river that cuts the city in two and separates the left bank, where the centre lies, from the right bank of Recouvrance. The centre is organised around rue de Siam, which runs down from place de la Liberté and the town hall to the château and the commercial port.
The city built its identity on the sea and the navy. The château of Brest, one of the oldest in France, and the Tour Tanguy guard the mouth of the Penfeld, where the naval base and the arsenal remain a major employer, alongside the Ecole navale. Destroyed by more than 90 % in the bombing of 1944, Brest was rebuilt in the 1950s on a regular plan drawn up by the town planner Jean-Baptiste Mathon, which gives the centre its broad avenues and its stone buildings. That reconstruction largely explains the face of the city today.
Brest today draws on the University of Western Brittany and its campuses, on Océanopolis and its science centre devoted to the ocean, and on modern transport infrastructure: a tram line opened in 2012, an urban cable car inaugurated in 2016, the first in France, linking the centre to the plateau des Capucins, and a station connected to Paris in about 3 h 30. The international maritime festival is a reminder, every four years, of the city's port vocation. That fabric of amenities, combined with affordable prices, shapes a dynamic property market.
The Brest market attracts first-time buyers, families and investors drawn by affordable prices for a large city with a full range of services and a university. Demand focuses on apartments in the centre, around Siam and Saint-Martin, on property close to the campuses and the beaches in the east, and on houses in the former residential villages such as Lambézellec or Saint-Marc. Price levels, sharply up since 2020 but still moderate, make it both a market for buying a home and sought-after ground for buy-to-let, carried by the student population.
The average price in Brest is 2 305 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 1 761 to 2 622 €/m² depending on the district. Property portals display asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded in deeds.
No. The differences are marked: Siam, the shopping street of the centre, goes above 2 770 €/m², while Bellevue, the university district in the north-west, stays at around 1 580 €/m². Between the two, the wider centre (Jaurès, Saint-Martin, Sanquer), the former villages in the east and the right bank of Recouvrance sit in an intermediate band, in the order of 2 000 to 2 600 €/m².
Brest remains affordable by the standards of large French cities. With an average price of around 2 305 €/m² for an apartment, the city sits below the major metropolitan areas and below Rennes, the leading city of Brittany. It is a market for owner-occupiers, where buying a main residence remains within reach, doubled with a buy-to-let market supported by the university.
Yes, clearly. Over five years, prices have gained in the order of 16 %, a marked rebound after a long period of stability. The Brest market has benefited from the appeal of the cities of western France and the Atlantic coast since 2020. The central districts and the right bank of Recouvrance, being regenerated around the plateau des Capucins, carry part of that momentum.
The city-wide average price is not enough: you have to start from the price in your district, then adjust for the floor, the view over the roadstead, the condition of the property and how close it is to the tram, the campuses or the centre. The Immover valuation tool draws on the actual sales closest to your address.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).