The average price per m² in Villeneuve-le-Roi is 3 252 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 71 transactions are recorded each year.
Mood illustration of Villeneuve-le-Roi, on the left bank of the Seine, in the Val-de-Marne.
The average price for apartments in Villeneuve-le-Roi stands at 3 252 €/m², based on the DVF transactions actually registered before notaries. That average covers a varied stock: small blocks of flats and residences around the station, detached houses and town houses in the residential districts, and more recent buildings close to the main roads. Closeness to the Seine, the RER C service, the storey, the condition of the property and the distance to the station make the value of a home vary noticeably. The municipality, set on the left bank of the Seine some fifteen kilometres south-east of Paris, holds a position in the inner suburbs of Paris while keeping a large share of low-rise detached fabric, which sets its market apart from that of the denser towns of the Val-de-Marne.
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 Villeneuve-le-Roi market stays regular for a municipality of this size, with around seventy apartment sales recorded each year in the DVF data. That turnover owes to the position of the municipality in the inner suburbs of Paris and to the continuous demand from the Paris region for homes more affordable than in the denser towns of the Val-de-Marne. New supply stays contained: the footprint of Orly airport and the low-rise detached character of a large part of the territory limit the land available, and transactions are concentrated on resales within the existing fabric.
Several factors support this price level. The direct service to Paris by the RER C, closeness to the employment areas of south-eastern Paris and of Orly, and the appeal of the low-rise detached districts bordered by the Seine keep residential demand solid. Conversely, the nuisance tied to airport activity, a density below that of the neighbouring poles and a stock marked by the detached house cap the rise in prices and explain more moderate levels than in the best rated municipalities of the department.
Villeneuve-le-Roi sits below its immediate neighbour Choisy-le-Roi, on the other bank of the river, and above Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, facing it across the Seine. The municipality stays more moderate than Vitry-sur-Seine, closer to Paris and denser.
The name of the municipality comes from the Latin villa nova, the new town, attested as early as 1113, then Villanove Regis in 1197, the word regis pointing to the king. In the 12th century, clearing monks settled on this then heavily wooded site and founded the village, whose land belonged to the abbaye Saint-Victor in Paris. Long rural and turned towards the Seine that borders its territory, Villeneuve-le-Roi remained a farming market town until the 19th century.
In the early 17th century, the magistrate Guillaume du Vair, keeper of the seals of France, undertook the building of a chateau in the municipality. That building, reworked several times under its successive owners, has since disappeared. The territory then kept a farming and wine-growing character, before the arrival of the railway lastingly changed the municipality.
The opening of the station in 1914, on the Paris to Bordeaux line now used by the RER C, sped up the growth of Villeneuve-le-Roi. From 1918, the State requisitioned land in the western part of the territory to lay out the Orly-Villeneuve airfield, the origin of today's Orly airport, opened to traffic in the 1930s. The inter-war years and the following decades saw the municipality covered with estates and densified, while keeping a marked residential identity along the Seine.
Villeneuve-le-Roi has around 21 000 inhabitants. A municipality of the inner suburbs of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine, it has a density clearly below the average of the Val-de-Marne, because of the large share of its territory taken up by Orly airport and of an extended low-rise detached fabric. Buyers are above all Paris region households: first-time buyers and families looking for a house with a garden more affordable than in the denser neighbouring municipalities, and working people drawn by the direct RER C service to Paris-Austerlitz. The detached houses of the residential districts and the apartments close to the station concentrate most of the demand.
The average price for apartments in Villeneuve-le-Roi is 3 252 €/m², based on the DVF transactions actually completed before notaries. That average covers wide gaps depending on the sector, the storey, the presence of outside space or of parking, the condition of the property and its distance to the station. A recent apartment close to the RER C and an older home set apart do not trade at the same level.
The municipality sets very different fabrics side by side: the surroundings of the station and small blocks of flats, residential low-rise detached districts, and sectors close to the main roads and to Orly airport. Closeness to the Seine, the RER C service, quiet and aspect change the value from one street to the next. Properties close to the station and to local services remain among the most sought after.
The gare de Villeneuve-le-Roi, opened in 1914, is served by the RER C, with trains towards Paris-Austerlitz on one side and towards Juvisy on the other. By car, the municipality is reached by the roads linking Paris to the south-eastern suburbs and by the immediate closeness of Orly airport. This direct service to the centre of Paris is an important factor for the local market.
The benchmark price of 3 252 €/m² covers apartments, found above all around the station and in the more recent residences. The municipality nevertheless keeps a large share of detached houses and town houses in its residential districts, sought after by families for their gardens. Houses generally trade at levels distinct from apartments, depending on floor area, condition and land.
The western part of the municipal territory is taken up by Orly airport, which limits the buildable land and exposes some sectors to the nuisance tied to airport activity. Conversely, the airport and the neighbouring employment areas support demand for housing from people working in the area. The effect on the value of a property therefore depends heavily on its precise location within the municipality.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).