The average price per m² in Palaiseau is 3 832 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 3,1 to 4,4 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market fell 3 % over 5 years and fell 4,6 % over the last 12 months, with about 235 transactions per year.
Illustration of Palaiseau, from the Yvette valley to the Saclay plateau.
Apartments in Palaiseau sell at an average price of around 3 832 €/m², based on prices actually recorded (DVF data, the French notarised sales database). Set between the Yvette valley and the Saclay plateau, 18 km south-west of Paris and served by three RER B stations, the town shows clear gaps from one district to the next. Prices run from around 3 263 €/m² in Lozère to 4 699 €/m² on Le Plateau, where the Camille Claudel eco-district and the Paris-Saclay campus have brought new-build schemes out of the ground. Houses trade at around 4 684 €/m².
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 3 936 €/m² in 2021, the average price in Palaiseau reaches 3 832 €/m² in 2026, around -3 % 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 Palaiseau covered by Immover, ranked from the most expensive to the most affordable.
The Palaiseau market is that of an outer-suburb town transformed by the Paris-Saclay cluster. With an average price of around 3 832 €/m² for an apartment, Palaiseau sits above the average for the Essonne department, on a par with Massy, and clearly above the neighbouring towns of the Orge valley. Volume is solid, at 235 apartment sales a year, a fifth of them in the station area alone.
The gap between districts comes down to the nature of the housing stock: 44 % separate Le Plateau, where new build dominates, from Lozère, where the flats are older. The town falls by 4,6 % over twelve months, a broad movement affecting five districts out of seven. Two exceptions: the station area, up 4,5 %, and Les Terres Rouges, up 3,3 %. Lozère is the weakest district, down 11 % over five years.
With an average price of around 3 832 €/m², Palaiseau sits at the level of the major French regional cities, far behind Paris but above most provincial towns. The Paris-Saclay research cluster and the three RER B stations explain that position.
Palaiseau was built on two levels. Below, the Yvette valley and the line of the old road to Chartres, now the rue de Paris, which still carries the shopping centre of the town. Above, at 159 metres, the Saclay plateau, farmland for a long time and kept apart from the town until the twentieth century.
The town went through three waves. The railway and summer residence first, which produced Lozère and the slopes of the Yvette, where Parisians came to spend the summer. Then the large housing estates of the 1960s, with the Hautes and Basses Garennes to the east. The plateau last: the École polytechnique settled there, joined by Télécom Paris, ENSTA Paris and ENSAE, and the Camille Claudel eco-district opened in 2016.
The geography of prices follows that relief. Le Plateau holds the top of the market at 4 699 €/m², carried by new build and by demand from the research cluster. The town centre follows at 4 128 €/m², then the station area and Ardenay at around 3 730 to 3 830 €/m². Les Terres Rouges, Les Garennes and Lozère make up the lower end of the scale, between 3 263 and 3 528 €/m². The gap between the most expensive and the most affordable district reaches 44 %.
The Palaiseau market is carried by higher education and research. Researchers, teachers, professionals and doctoral students from the Paris-Saclay cluster look for housing within cycling or bus distance of the campus, which supports new build on the plateau and feeds steady rental demand. To them are added families from the Paris region drawn by the three RER B stations and by the setting of the Yvette valley, and investors targeting student demand. The detached house remains the reference property on the hillside areas, while apartments dominate on the plateau and in the centre.
The average price in Palaiseau is 3 832 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 3 123 to 4 356 €/m² depending on the district. Property portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded.
No, the gap reaches 44 %. Le Plateau, with the Camille Claudel eco-district and the Paris-Saclay campus, shows the highest average price, at around 4 699 €/m², while Lozère sits at around 3 263 €/m². The town centre stands at 4 128 €/m².
The town combines three RER B stations, immediate proximity to the Paris-Saclay research and higher education cluster, and a valley setting between the Yvette and the plateau. The rental market is supported by students and researchers, which interests investors as much as residents.
Over five years the average price is down by around 3 %, after a high reached in 2022. Over the last twelve months the town loses 4,6 %. The movement is not uniform: the station area and Les Terres Rouges are rising while Ardenay, Lozère and the town centre fall back.
The town-wide average price is not enough: you have to start from the price in your own district, then adjust for the year of construction, the condition, the energy rating, the floor, whether there is parking and the walking distance to the nearest RER B station. 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).