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Housing

France · 20 indicators

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Housing

France — Property price index

Primary KPI: one of the key indicators tracked first for this country.House price index (Notaires-INSEE); tracks property prices, base 100 at a reference year.
125index
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: INSEE· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 09/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — House price change (YoY)

Year-on-year change in existing-dwellings prices.
-4.1%
2024
Frequency
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026
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Housing

France — Actual rents YoY

Annual change in actual rents paid by households (HICP CP041).
1.6%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Eurostat· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 11/2026
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Housing

France — Housing cost burden

Share of income households spend on housing (rent or loan plus costs); above 40% is considered overburden.
18.5%
2024
Source: Eurostat· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Home ownership rate

Share of households owning their home; a marker of wealth and residential stability.
61.2%
2024
Source: Eurostat· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Overcrowding

Share of overcrowded dwellings (too many people per room); an indicator of inadequate housing.
10.4%
2024
Source: Eurostat· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Housing cost overburden

Share of population spending >40% of disposable income on housing.
3%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — New dwellings price index

Quarterly price index of new dwellings, base 2015=100.
129index
2024
Frequency
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Building permits — single-dwelling

Monthly index (2021=100) of one-dwelling permits.
55.58index
2024
Frequency
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Building permits — multi-dwelling

Monthly index (2021=100) of 2+ dwelling permits.
76.87index
2024
Frequency
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Severe housing deprivation

Share in overcrowded households with leaks/no bath/dark dwelling.
2.9%
2023
Source: BIS· Data 2023
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Owner-occupier share

Share of population owning their dwelling (with or without mortgage).
67.2%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Owners with mortgage

Share owning with outstanding mortgage.
34.9%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Outright owners

Share owning outright (no mortgage).
32.3%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Tenant share

Share renting (market + reduced/free).
32.8%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Tenant — market price

Share renting at market price.
16.9%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Tenant — reduced/free

Share renting at reduced price or for free (social housing, in kind).
21.9%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Rooms per person — flat

Average number of rooms per person living in a flat — overcrowding proxy.
1.5ratio
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Cost overburden — poverty

Cost-overburden rate among population below 60% of median equivalised income.
27.9%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

France — Household credit

Outstanding credit to households as % of GDP. Measures structural household leverage.
60.5% GDP
2024
Frequency
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 06/2025 · Y-axis truncated
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