The average price per m² in Paris is 10 345 €/m² for an apartment, within a range of 8,2 à 11,6 k€ per m², based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. Over the period, the market fell 7,7 % over 5 years and rose 1,1 % over the last 12 months, with about 29,337 transactions per year.
Illustration of the city of Paris.
The average price for apartments in Paris stands at 10 345 €/m², based on DVF data (actual notarised sales), in line with the average published by the Notaires de France. Listing portals generally show asking prices 10 to 20 % higher, which do not reflect the final price negotiated at signing.
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 two years of broad decline, the Paris market is recovering unevenly. The eastern and northern arrondissements, the most affordable, rebound first, while some very expensive western areas remain cautious.
The price per m² for each of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, from the 6th to the 19th. Click an arrondissement to open its detailed page and its valuation.
Paris served as a barometer of the national correction. After a peak reached at the start of the decade, rising interest rates pushed prices down by nearly 10 %, a sharper move than in most regional metropolises, because the Paris price level made buyers particularly sensitive to the cost of credit.
The hierarchy between arrondissements has stayed stable. The Left Bank (6th, 7th, 5th) and the historic centre hold the top of the market, while the north-east (18th, 19th, 20th) remains more affordable, around 8 000 to 9 000 €/m².
The 2026 recovery is gradual and uneven. For a seller, the right price now depends on the trajectory specific to their arrondissement and on the quality of the property: renovated, well-exposed homes sell, those needing work are negotiated down.
Placed on a national scale, Paris remains by far the most expensive market in France, well above the other large metropolises, despite the correction of recent years.
The capital of France since the Middle Ages, Paris took shape around the Seine, from the Île de la Cité to the successive faubourgs absorbed into the city. Its present appearance owes much to the great works of the nineteenth century, which laid out the boulevards and set the scale of the cut-stone buildings.
The twenty arrondissements, arranged in a spiral from the centre, each keep a strong identity inherited from their history: business and government districts in the centre and west, former working-class faubourgs to the east and north, now largely transformed.
A dense city constrained by its administrative limits, Paris has little buildable land. This scarcity, combined with sustained national and international demand, explains prices that remain among the highest in Europe despite the recent correction.
The Paris market brings together very different profiles depending on the arrondissement: first-time buyers and young professionals to the east and north, families seeking floor area in the 15th or 12th, wealth-focused and international buyers on the Left Bank and in the west, and a share of buy-to-let investors. In Paris, budget determines the choice less than the trade-off between floor area, arrondissement and the condition of the property.
The average price in Paris is 10 345 €/m² for an apartment (actual DVF transactions, notarised sales), within a range of 8 192 to 11 558 €/m². Listing portals show asking prices, 10 to 20 % above the prices actually recorded at signing.
The 7th, 6th, 8th and 4th arrondissements form the top of the market, with an average price between 13 300 and 15 400 €/m², driven by the scarcity and prestige of the central districts and the Left Bank.
After a fall of roughly 10 % between 2021 and 2024, the market stabilised and then began a slight recovery, on the order of +1 % over twelve months, as interest rates eased.
The immover estimator cross-references the type, floor area, condition and arrondissement of your property against transactions actually recorded.
Our prices come from the DVF file: transactions actually recorded at the notary. Listing websites show asking prices, generally 10 to 20 % above final sale prices. The detail of our method is set out on our Methodology page.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).