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Informations Rapides · 23 March 2021 · n° 072
Informations rapidesIn Q4 2020, rents increased by 0.8% Housing rent indices - fourth quarter 2020

In metropolitan France, rents for principal residences (rented empty, whose main use is habitation) rose by +0.8% in Q4 2020, after +0.1 in the previous quarter.

Over one year, the variation was +0.9%, after +0.3% in the previous quarter. Rents in the private sector increased by 0.6%. In the social sector, they increased by 1.7%.

Informations rapides
No 072
Paru le :Paru le23/03/2021
Warnings:

This publication, released quarterly, presents changes in housing rent indices, calculated from the results of two surveys, Rents and charges survey (L&C) and the survey on the rents of the social sector (ELBS).

As for the L&C survey, after a collection in the third quarter of 2020 marked by a return to the usual face-to-face protocol for the first and last waves of interviews, the fourth quarter collection was once again conducted entirely by telephone. These special collection conditions may have had an impact on the quality of the data collected. However, the usual adjustment methods have satisfactorily overcome these difficulties.

In metropolitan France, rents for principal residences (rented empty, whose main use is habitation) rose by +0.8% in Q4 2020, after +0.1 in the previous quarter.

Over one year, the variation was +0.9%, after +0.3% in the previous quarter. Rents in the private sector increased by 0.6%. In the social sector, they increased by 1.7%.

Annual variation in rents by sector

Annual variation in rents by sector
Private sector (including 1948 law) Social sector Total
2010-Q1 1.5 2.3 1.7
2010-Q2 1.2 1.7 1.4
2010-Q3 1.2 1.6 1.3
2010-Q4 1.0 1.3 1.1
2011-Q1 0.8 1.1 0.9
2011-Q2 0.7 0.9 0.8
2011-Q3 0.8 1.0 0.9
2011-Q4 1.1 1.8 1.3
2012-Q1 1.4 1.8 1.5
2012-Q2 1.7 1.8 1.7
2012-Q3 1.8 1.7 1.7
2012-Q4 1.6 1.9 1.7
2013-Q1 1.3 2.0 1.5
2013-Q2 1.4 2.1 1.6
2013-Q3 1.1 2.1 1.4
2013-Q4 1.0 1.3 1.2
2014-Q1 1.0 1.4 1.1
2014-Q2 0.8 1.2 0.9
2014-Q3 0.9 1.4 1.1
2014-Q4 0.7 0.7 0.7
2015-Q1 0.7 0.6 0.7
2015-Q2 0.6 0.9 0.7
2015-Q3 0.4 0.5 0.4
2015-Q4 0.2 0.4 0.3
2016-Q1 0.2 0.4 0.3
2016-Q2 0.2 0.1 0.2
2016-Q3 0.2 0.5 0.3
2016-Q4 0.2 0.3 0.2
2017-Q1 0.2 0.2 0.2
2017-Q2 0.2 0.1 0.2
2017-Q3 0.2 0.1 0.2
2017-Q4 0.4 0.5 0.4
2018-Q1 0.4 0.6 0.5
2018-Q2 0.5 -3.4 -0.8
2018-Q3 0.6 -3.5 -0.7
2018-Q4 0.7 -2.5 -0.3
2019-Q1 0.9 -2.8 -0.3
2019-Q2 0.9 1.4 1.1
2019-Q3 0.9 1.3 1.1
2019-Q4 1.0 -0.4 0.5
2020-Q1 0.8 -0.6 0.3
2020-Q2 0.7 -0.7 0.3
2020-Q3 0.7 -0.6 0.3
2020-Q4 0.6 1.7 0.9

Annual variation in rents by sector

  • Scope: metropolitan France
  • Sources: INSEe, Rents and Charges survey and survey on the rents of the social sector

Figure 2 : Variation in rents

Figure 2 : Variation in rents
Change in ( %)
3 months 12 months
2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4
All sectors 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.9
- Paris conurbation 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.4 0.4 1.1
- Province 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.9
Private sector (including 1948 law) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.6
- Paris conurbation 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.7
- Province 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.5
Social sector 0.0 0.0 2.1 -0.7 -0.6 1.7
- Paris conurbation 0.1 -0.1 2.2 -0.4 -0.1 1.8
- Province -0.1 0.1 2.0 -0.9 -0.7 1.7
  • Scope: metropolitan France
  • Sources: INSEE, Rents and Charges survey and survey on the rents of the social sector

Rent index

Rent index
Private sector (including 1948 law) Social sector Total
1990-Q1 56.4 54.8 55.8
1990-Q2 56.8 55.3 56.3
1990-Q3 57.5 55.6 56.8
1990-Q4 58.4 56.7 57.8
1991-Q1 59.0 56.9 58.2
1991-Q2 59.6 57.6 58.9
1991-Q3 60.4 57.9 59.5
1991-Q4 61.0 59.1 60.3
1992-Q1 61.8 59.3 60.9
1992-Q2 62.7 60.4 61.9
1992-Q3 63.5 60.8 62.5
1992-Q4 64.0 62.2 63.3
1993-Q1 64.5 62.4 63.7
1993-Q2 64.8 63.2 64.2
1993-Q3 65.3 63.5 64.6
1993-Q4 65.7 64.5 65.2
1994-Q1 66.0 64.7 65.5
1994-Q2 66.3 65.5 66.0
1994-Q3 66.7 65.7 66.3
1994-Q4 67.0 66.8 66.8
1995-Q1 67.3 67.0 67.1
1995-Q2 67.7 67.5 67.5
1995-Q3 68.1 67.7 67.9
1995-Q4 68.4 68.6 68.4
1996-Q1 68.6 68.7 68.6
1996-Q2 68.7 69.4 68.9
1996-Q3 68.9 69.5 69.0
1996-Q4 69.2 70.0 69.4
1997-Q1 69.2 70.2 69.5
1997-Q2 69.5 70.8 69.8
1997-Q3 69.8 70.9 70.1
1997-Q4 70.1 71.7 70.5
1998-Q1 70.4 71.9 70.8
1998-Q2 70.8 72.4 71.2
1998-Q3 71.2 72.5 71.6
1998-Q4 71.5 73.1 72.0
1999-Q1 71.8 73.2 72.2
1999-Q2 71.9 73.4 72.3
1999-Q3 72.1 73.5 72.5
1999-Q4 72.3 73.6 72.7
2000-Q1 72.7 73.6 72.9
2000-Q2 73.0 73.7 73.1
2000-Q3 73.2 73.8 73.3
2000-Q4 73.4 73.9 73.5
2001-Q1 73.7 74.0 73.7
2001-Q2 74.1 74.2 74.0
2001-Q3 74.5 74.4 74.4
2001-Q4 75.0 75.3 75.1
2002-Q1 75.7 75.5 75.6
2002-Q2 76.1 76.3 76.1
2002-Q3 76.8 76.5 76.6
2002-Q4 77.3 77.8 77.4
2003-Q1 77.6 77.9 77.7
2003-Q2 78.0 78.7 78.2
2003-Q3 78.6 78.8 78.6
2003-Q4 79.1 79.9 79.3
2004-Q1 79.6 80.1 79.7
2004-Q2 80.2 81.0 80.4
2004-Q3 81.1 81.0 81.0
2004-Q4 82.0 82.3 82.0
2005-Q1 82.6 82.4 82.5
2005-Q2 83.3 83.2 83.2
2005-Q3 84.2 83.5 84.0
2005-Q4 85.1 84.9 85.0
2006-Q1 85.8 85.0 85.5
2006-Q2 86.3 86.0 86.1
2006-Q3 86.9 86.4 86.7
2006-Q4 87.7 87.5 87.6
2007-Q1 88.7 87.7 88.3
2007-Q2 89.2 88.4 88.9
2007-Q3 89.9 88.6 89.4
2007-Q4 90.3 89.7 90.1
2008-Q1 90.7 90.0 90.4
2008-Q2 91.0 90.7 90.9
2008-Q3 91.5 90.8 91.2
2008-Q4 91.8 92.4 92.0
2009-Q1 92.3 92.7 92.4
2009-Q2 92.6 93.4 92.9
2009-Q3 92.9 93.6 93.1
2009-Q4 93.3 94.5 93.7
2010-Q1 93.6 94.8 94.0
2010-Q2 93.8 95.0 94.2
2010-Q3 94.1 95.0 94.4
2010-Q4 94.3 95.8 94.7
2011-Q1 94.4 95.8 94.9
2011-Q2 94.5 95.9 94.9
2011-Q3 94.8 95.9 95.2
2011-Q4 95.3 97.5 96.0
2012-Q1 95.7 97.5 96.3
2012-Q2 96.0 97.6 96.5
2012-Q3 96.5 97.6 96.8
2012-Q4 96.8 99.4 97.6
2013-Q1 97.0 99.5 97.8
2013-Q2 97.4 99.7 98.1
2013-Q3 97.5 99.6 98.2
2013-Q4 97.8 100.7 98.7
2014-Q1 97.9 100.9 98.9
2014-Q2 98.1 100.9 99.0
2014-Q3 98.3 101.0 99.2
2014-Q4 98.5 101.3 99.4
2015-Q1 98.7 101.5 99.6
2015-Q2 98.7 101.8 99.7
2015-Q3 98.7 101.5 99.6
2015-Q4 98.7 101.7 99.7
2016-Q1 98.8 101.9 99.8
2016-Q2 98.9 101.9 99.9
2016-Q3 98.9 102.0 99.9
2016-Q4 98.9 102.0 99.9
2017-Q1 99.0 102.1 100.0
2017-Q2 99.1 102.1 100.0
2017-Q3 99.2 102.1 100.1
2017-Q4 99.3 102.5 100.3
2018-Q1 99.4 102.7 100.5
2018-Q2 99.5 98.6 99.2
2018-Q3 99.8 98.5 99.4
2018-Q4 100.0 100.0 100.0
2019-Q1 100.3 99.9 100.2
2019-Q2 100.5 99.9 100.3
2019-Q3 100.7 99.8 100.4
2019-Q4 101.0 99.6 100.5
2020-Q1 101.1 99.2 100.5
2020-Q2 101.2 99.2 100.6
2020-Q3 101.4 99.2 100.7
2020-Q4 101.5 101.3 101.5

Rent index

  • Scope: metropolitan France
  • Sources: INSEE, Rents and Charges survey and survey on the rents of the social sector

For further information

The data are calculated from the results of the Rents and charges survey and the survey on the rents of the social sector (ELBS). The field covers all principal residences, rented empty, whose main use is habitation. The index is calculated according to the Laspeyres formula applied to rents per square metre. We measure variations at a constant quality by comparing the rents observed in the Q-quarter to the rents observed in the Q-1-quarter. These indices are then chained, from the 1st month of a quarter to the 1st month of the previous quarter.

These data differ from the Housing Rent Reference Index (IRL), which is the reference for the revision of rents during the lease term in the private rental stock, because the change in rents presented here is the one actually recorded. While the real change in rents is correlated with the evolution of the IRL, the two indices are not identical.

Next publication: 22 june 2021 at 12:00

Pour en savoir plus

The data are calculated from the results of the Rents and charges survey and the survey on the rents of the social sector (ELBS). The field covers all principal residences, rented empty, whose main use is habitation. The index is calculated according to the Laspeyres formula applied to rents per square metre. We measure variations at a constant quality by comparing the rents observed in the Q-quarter to the rents observed in the Q-1-quarter. These indices are then chained, from the 1st month of a quarter to the 1st month of the previous quarter.

These data differ from the Housing Rent Reference Index (IRL), which is the reference for the revision of rents during the lease term in the private rental stock, because the change in rents presented here is the one actually recorded. While the real change in rents is correlated with the evolution of the IRL, the two indices are not identical.

Next publication: 22 june 2021 at 12:00

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