The Sunday
Notebook
Home Select's weekly reading of the Paris property market. Every Sunday at 9am.
The Marais, Paris's first protected district: what one really buys
One thinks one is buying in the 3rd or the 4th. In reality one is buying within 126 hectares governed by a planning document of its own, which replaces the Pa…
Three months to negotiate: the discreet window opening before 1 January 2027
A decree published in late August alters the DPE calculation from 1 January 2027. For a buyer signing this autumn, two things change: how to read a label disp…
The 6th is rising, but not in the way you think
The 6th arrondissement is rising nearly six times faster than Paris in Q2 2026. Behind that striking gap lies a market far more fragmented than it appears, wh…
Buyers watch the rate, vendors watch the calendar
The ECB raised its rates on 10 September. Mortgage rates edged up by a few hundredths. In Paris, the real variable of adjustment lies elsewhere.
The 16e, three villages on a hill
Entry to the 16th arrondissement is never made through a price-per-square-metre analysis; it is made through the choice of a street, the quality of a school c…
Autumn 2026: the average lies, the Paris market sorts
One per cent up over a year, a mortgage rate of 3.30%: the official autumn figures sketch a Paris market that would appear to have found its balance. On the g…
Reopening your search in early September: the Sunday check-list
You paused your search in July. You will reopen it in eight days. Here is what shifted this summer, what did not, and the three questions to settle before boo…
Waiting to buy in Paris: the calculation has changed
For two years, deferring a Paris purchase rested on an implicit thesis: rates would fall, prices too. The summer of 2026 undermines both assumptions at once. …
Zinc: UNESCO-listed, and 80 degrees in the sun
Eight months after UNESCO inscribed the craft of the Paris zinc roofer, the summer of 2026 is a reminder that a top-floor apartment under zinc is also a therm…
The Paris summer read backwards: who really sells in August
It is said every year that Paris comes to a standstill in August. The reality is more interesting. The city does not stop, it empties of half its buyers while…
Mortgages: the gap that will not last
3.44% over twenty years. The rate on display in August 2026 is holding firm, even as the French OAT, the benchmark for bank refinancing, breaks through the fo…
Buying an F or G in Paris in 2026: three steps to take before signing
The timetable on energy-inefficient homes shifts in early 2026. For the Paris buyer weighing up a poorly rated property, three precise checks matter more than…
Rent controls in Paris: the end of the political gamble
Many landlords still treat rent controls as a transitional constraint, tied to a political debate that could yet turn. A recent decree and a retroactive rulin…
Is it really worth waiting for the Senate vote before buying in Paris?
The idea is doing the rounds in meetings: postpone the acquisition until December, long enough to know. An apparent prudence which, on closer inspection, cost…
A Paris summer: the seasonal mechanics of an imbalance
July and August quietly reshuffle the deck in Paris. Demand withdraws, supply remains, the room for negotiation widens. Not to seize mythical bargains, but to…
Vacancy in Paris: why the new tax will not bring prices down
Paris will double its tax on vacant dwellings in 2027. To many, the measure heralds a breath of fresh air for buyers. The mechanism is real, its effect on pri…
Before signing: the three documents that reveal a co-ownership's trajectory
A preliminary contract is signed on an apartment. It ought to be signed on a co-ownership. Here are the three documents that allow one to read its ten-year tr…
Batignolles, anatomy of a €10,100 per square metre average
The neighbourhood average stands at €10,089 per square metre as of 1 May 2026. That figure, accurate as it is, teaches almost nothing. Here is what it conceals.
What a quarter of a point really changes
On 11 June, the ECB is expected to raise its deposit rate after a year of immobility. For the Paris buyer, the mechanics are less spectacular than the headlin…
Paris market: the negotiation window may close this summer
The Notaires du Grand Paris have published their figures for the first quarter of 2026. The Paris market is stabilising, prices are holding. But the balance i…
Paris short-term rentals: what the Le Meur law changes
Since 20 May 2026, every furnished short-term rental let in France must carry a thirteen-character registration number. In Paris, this administrative seal com…
