In brief
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, Paris shows a median price of €9,800/sqm (€10,300 on average), up 1.7% on a year, on 31,415 apartment sales, about 10% more than over the previous 12 months. The volume rebound dates from the second half of 2025; since then, prices and sales have levelled off. Home Select, a prestige property hunter in Paris since 2011, values every property on these real sales.
Key takeaways
- Paris median price: €9,800/sqm over the 12 months to end of June 2026 (€10,300 on average), up 1.7% on a year.
- 31,415 apartment sales over the period, about 10% more than over the previous 12 months.
- The volume rebound dates from the second half of 2025 (+21%); the first half of 2026 is barely above that of 2025 (+1%).
- Since summer 2025, the quarterly median has held between €9,700 and €9,800/sqm: a plateau, not a sloping recovery.
- Since mid-2022, the median price remains about 9% lower (€10,800/sqm then), with a low of €9,600 in mid-2025.
- Home Select, a prestige property hunter in Paris, values every property on real DVF sales (12 months to end of June 2026, Paris median €9,800/sqm), not on asking prices.
The Paris property market enters the second half of 2026 on a plateau: the median price stands at €9,800/sqm over the 12 months to end of June 2026, up 1.7% on a year, and the number of sales is up about 10%. But these two figures do not tell the same story as their annual average: most of the rebound dates from summer 2025, and the first half of 2026 looks a lot like the previous one.
Home Select, a prestige property hunter in Paris since 2011, reads every half-year the sales actually recorded by the tax administration. This article draws on the latest delivery of the official file (DVF, October 2026, sales up to end of June 2026) to answer three questions: where do prices stand, have sales really restarted, and what should we expect through the end of 2026.
Where do Paris property prices stand in the second half of 2026?
The median price of apartments sold in Paris is €9,800/sqm over the 12 months to end of June 2026 (€10,300 on average, the average being pulled up by prestige sales). That is 1.7% more than over the 12 months to end of June 2025, and about 9% less than in mid-2022.
| 12 months to end of June | Median price | Sales | Price change on a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | €10,800/sqm | 35,342 | n/a |
| 2023 | €10,500/sqm | 33,584 | -2.4% |
| 2024 | €9,800/sqm | 27,054 | -6.7% |
| 2025 | €9,600/sqm | 28,499 | -2.2% |
| 2026 | €9,800/sqm | 31,415 | +1.7% |
The reading is clear: three years of decline (from €10,800 to €9,600/sqm, or -11%), then a first gain in 2026. The mid-2025 low therefore looks to be behind us, but the median price remains well below its mid-2022 level. Credit rates, stable between 3.2% and 3.5% over 20 years in 2026, contribute to a recovery without excess.
Have sales really restarted in Paris?
Yes, but mostly in the second half of 2025: the DVF file counts 16,257 apartment sales between July and December 2025, against 13,491 a year earlier (+21%). The first half of 2026 (15,158 sales) gains only 1% on that of 2025 (15,008).
| Half-year | Sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| H1 2024 | 13,216 | €9,600/sqm |
| H2 2024 | 13,491 | €9,600/sqm |
| H1 2025 | 15,008 | €9,600/sqm |
| H2 2025 | 16,257 | €9,800/sqm |
| H1 2026 | 15,158 | €9,800/sqm |
This table explains the +10% over 12 months: it adds a very strong second half of 2025 to a stable first half of 2026. The rebound coincides with the stabilisation of credit rates, which probably brought back some of the buyers who had postponed their plans; since then, the market has been breathing at its own pace, with no further acceleration.
Are prices still rising in Paris?
Not really: the quarterly median took a step between spring and summer 2025 (from €9,600 to €9,800/sqm), then held between €9,700 and €9,800/sqm for four quarters in a row.
A plateau of this kind generally signals a market that has found its balance: sellers adjust their expectations, buyers have built current rates into their financing plans, and neither side forces the other’s hand. It is a healthy context for buying, provided a price plateau is not mistaken for an easy market: on a sought-after address, competition between buyers remains strong.
Which Paris arrondissements moved over a year?
Price gaps between arrondissements remain considerable (from €8,100/sqm in the 19th to €14,400/sqm in the 6th, at median prices), but changes over one year are narrow.
- The clearest rises: the 4th (+4.1%, €12,800/sqm), the 2nd (+3.6%, €11,300/sqm), the 19th (+3.0%), then the 9th and 12th (+2.6%), the 18th and 20th (+2.5%), the 6th and 14th (+2.3%).
- The declines: the 8th (-1.2%, €12,000/sqm) and the 7th (-0.4%, €14,200/sqm).
- Stability: the 10th (+0.2%, €9,300/sqm), then the 1st, 3rd, 11th, 13th and 15th at under 1%.
These changes should be read with caution: an arrondissement counts from 331 sales (the 1st) to 3,306 (the 15th) over the period, and a 2% change is only worth anything as a trend. To assess a specific property, Home Select relies on comparable sales in the same building or street, not on the arrondissement median.
What should we expect for the second half of 2026?
Recorded sales stop at the end of June: they say where the market is starting from, not where it is heading. The starting point is a plateau, and the simplest assumption is that it continues: median prices close to €9,800/sqm, volumes comparable to those of the first half, and a market that segments.
- Well-located, well-presented, well-priced properties sell fast, often with little negotiation, because quality stock remains scarce.
- Properties priced too high linger, then end up selling below the asking price: on its mandates, Home Select obtains an average of 6% negotiation off the seller’s price.
- Energy performance keeps widening the gaps: the price difference between a B-rated and an F-rated property reaches 15 to 20% in some neighbourhoods.
Three factors could shift this assumption: an easing or a rise in credit rates, a flow of properties coming to market at year end, or international buyers returning to the top of the market. None is visible at this stage in recorded sales. Waiting for a hypothetical low makes no more sense today than in 2024.
How to read these DVF figures
The figures in this article come from the official land-value file of the DGFiP, October 2026 delivery, which covers sales up to end of June 2026. Home Select counts one sale per transaction (the surfaces of the lots are added together), keeps prices between €500 and €50,000/sqm, and calculates medians over rolling 12-month windows, rounded to the nearest hundred euros.
This method is not comparable with the figures published before October 2026 (April 2026 release, calendar year 2025), which counted each lot of a multi-lot sale as a separate sale and thereby inflated prices: the former benchmarks of €9,900/sqm median and €11,100 average cannot be compared with today’s €9,800 and €10,300. To go further, see how to read DVF data and the evolution of prices per sqm over ten years.
Home Select calculated the figures in this article from the DGFiP DVF file (apartments, central Paris). Forecasts are indicative and do not constitute investment advice.
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Frequently asked questions
01 What is the price per sqm in Paris in the second half of 2026?
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, the median price of apartments sold in Paris stands at €9,800/sqm (€10,300 on average), up 1.7% on a year. The gap between arrondissements remains very wide: from €8,100/sqm in the 19th to €14,400/sqm in the 6th, at median prices. Home Select, a prestige property hunter in Paris, benchmarks every property against these real sales in the DVF database rather than against asking prices.
02 Will Paris property prices rise in the second half of 2026?
Recorded sales draw a plateau rather than a slope: the quarterly median has held between €9,700 and €9,800/sqm since summer 2025, after two quarters at €9,600. Sales stop at the end of June and do not prejudge what follows, but extending this plateau is the simplest assumption for the second half of 2026, with a widening gap between well-located, well-priced properties, which sell, and the others, which linger.
03 How many apartments were sold in Paris over the 12 months to end of June 2026?
The DVF file counts 31,415 apartment sales in Paris over the 12 months to end of June 2026, against 28,499 over the previous 12 months, about +10%. The rebound came in the second half of 2025 (16,257 sales, +21% on a year); the first half of 2026 (15,158 sales) stays close to that of 2025 (+1%).
04 Which Paris arrondissements rose the most over one year?
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, the 4th arrondissement (+4.1%) and the 2nd (+3.6%) show the strongest rises in the median price, ahead of the 19th (+3.0%) and then the 9th and 12th (+2.6%). Conversely, the 8th falls by 1.2% and the 7th by 0.4%. These changes rest on samples that are sometimes narrow (416 sales in the 2nd) and should be read as trends, not as exact figures.
