The average price per m² in La Queue-en-Brie is 3 567 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 18 transactions are recorded each year.
Mood illustration of La Queue-en-Brie, on the edge of the forêt Notre-Dame.
In La Queue-en-Brie the benchmark price stands at 3 567 €/m² for an apartment. That level reflects a residential suburban market in eastern Paris, where the detached house dominates and where the closeness of vast wooded areas supports the appeal of the town. These values come from the DVF data, that is the transactions actually registered before notaries, and not from listing estimates. They give an order of magnitude: each property still has to be assessed on its condition, its location and its transport links.
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.
The market of La Queue-en-Brie is driven by residential demand in eastern Paris and by the appeal of a green setting close to the conurbation. The scarcity of buildable land, in a municipality where natural spaces dominate, supports the values of houses. The low volume of annual transactions makes each sale sensitive to the specific features of the property, location, condition and transport links, rather than to a mass trend.
Over the longer term, the path of prices depends on several factors. On one side, the lasting appeal of the Grand Paris and the quality of living conditions support demand. On the other, changes in transport in the area and the energy performance of homes will weigh on values: well-located and well-insulated properties gain in value, energy-hungry ones are discounted. The well-off residential profile of the municipality forms an underlying base for this market.
La Queue-en-Brie sits in the middle of its area: its prices are close to those of Le Plessis-Trévise and stand above neighbouring municipalities such as Chennevières-sur-Marne and Sucy-en-Brie.
La Queue-en-Brie lies in the Val-de-Marne, east of Paris, on the Brie plateau. The site has long been occupied: substantial prehistoric and Gallo-Roman remains have been uncovered there during archaeological digs. The Morbras, a small watercourse, is thought to have helped clearers, probably monks, to penetrate the site, giving rise to the long cultivated plots from which the municipality is said to take its name.
Long rural, the municipality was transformed by the spread of the Paris conurbation, becoming a residential town within the métropole du Grand Paris. The suburban fabric developed over the decades, completed by more recent housing schemes. La Queue-en-Brie ranks today among the municipalities where household income is high, a sign of the well-off residential profile of part of its population.
One of the features of the municipality is the place given to nature: green and natural spaces account for around two thirds of its territory, and it takes in a large part of the forêt de Notre-Dame. That forest, which extends over more than two thousand hectares and belonged since the Middle Ages largely to Notre-Dame de Paris, is today managed by the Office national des forêts, the French national forestry office. This wooded setting is a major asset of local living conditions.
According to INSEE, the French national statistics institute, La Queue-en-Brie has around 12 241 inhabitants, a population that has been rising since the end of the 1990s. The market speaks first of all to Île-de-France households looking for a green residential setting east of Paris: families seeking a house or a roomier home, and working people employed in the métropole du Grand Paris. Demand bears mainly on main residences, in a stock where the detached house holds an important place alongside small blocks. The closeness of the forest and the residential profile of the municipality steer the market towards family buying.
The benchmark price in La Queue-en-Brie stands at 3 567 €/m² for an apartment. That figure comes from the DVF data, the sales actually signed before notaries. It is an average: a recent home, a house with a plot or an apartment in need of refreshing can depart markedly from that base, depending on the floor area, the condition, the location and the transport links of the property.
The suburban districts, notably those close to the edge of the forêt Notre-Dame and to the green spaces, are particularly sought after by families for the quiet and the setting. The sectors close to the main roads and to transport towards Paris appeal to working people. The combination of a green environment and access to the conurbation remains the first criterion of value for a property.
La Queue-en-Brie belongs to the métropole du Grand Paris and lies in the east of the Val-de-Marne, served by the main roads towards Paris and by bus lines linking the RER stations of the area. The neighbouring municipalities, from Sucy-en-Brie to Villiers-sur-Marne, complete the transport and services on offer. That position in a residential suburb, close to the capital, is one of its main assets.
The municipality gives a large place to the detached house, a product sought after by families for the space, the plot and the closeness of the forest. The supply of apartments, carried by more recent blocks, suits a first purchase or a more measured budget. The choice depends on the plan: settling as a family often points to the house, a first purchase to the apartment.
The strong presence of natural and forest areas, which cover a large part of the territory, frames what can be built and limits available land. The planning rules of the métropole du Grand Paris and the protection of the forêt Notre-Dame apply. The energy performance of the property is a point to watch. Before any project, it is worth consulting the local planning scheme at the town hall to check the rules applying to a plot.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).