How quickly do homes near you go under offer in France?
68 days in Paris, 86 in Bordeaux: the average time is falling across much of the country
Properties are selling slightly faster in much of France now, compared to January
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The average time it takes to find a buyer for older properties in France is dropping in 32 of the country鈥檚 largest 51 cities, including in popular hotspots such as Nice, new figures suggest.
The latest (May 2025) from property listing portal SeLoger and the valuation website Meilleursagents defines 鈥渇inding a buyer鈥� as the average time between a property listing being published and being removed after the signing of a purchase agreement. It calls this the 鈥�D茅lai de Vente M茅dian (顿痴惭)鈥�.
It shows that:
There has been a 鈥渟hortening of selling times鈥� since the beginning of the year
This trend accelerated in April, with the average selling time falling by four days.
The average selling time is falling in 32 of France's 51 cities, including the 11 largest.
The changes are being partly driven by improved financial conditions, mortgage rates falling back to around 3%, and slightly fewer negotiations on price, said Guillaume Martinaud, president of the Orpi estate agency cooperative, .
鈥淥nce you have got the price right, you sell [quickly],鈥� he said.
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Where is selling the quickest?
Properties are selling fastest in Dunkirk and Calais, with an average time on the market of 37 days. The slowest place to sell is Tourcoing, with an average of 131 days.
Some cities have seen notable changes since January. For example:
狈卯尘别蝉: The average selling time has fallen by 18 days since the beginning of the year to 77 days (with a 4% drop in prices)
Colmar: Average selling time is down by 25 days, to fewer 50 days to sell compared with 75 at the start of the year (with a drop of nearly 3% in prices)
Nantes: Average selling time down 12 days compared to January, to 81 days, down from 93 (with a 3.3% drop in prices)
Nice saw a drop of four days to find a buyer on average in April alone (for a drop of 11 days since the beginning of the year, and an average price drop of 2% since January). Similar figures are being seen in Aix-en-Provence, where selling times have dropped by 16 days, the report shows.
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On average, sellers and buyers can negotiate a margin of around 4.72% on the asking price, said Yann Jehanno, head of the Lafor锚t network, .
Finding a buyer is not the same as actually making the transaction, however, SeLoger warned, saying: 鈥淚n general, it still takes around two and a half months for a property to change hands.鈥�
