Informations rapides
26 November 2015
2015- n° 289
In Q3 2015, prices of second hand dwelling rose slightly, and the upswing of transactions strengthened Indexes of prices of second-hand dwellings - 3rd Quarter 2015

During the third quarter of 2015, prices of second-hand dwellings were slightly increasing (+0.5% quarter-on-quarter according to provisional results, s.a. data), after an equivalent reduction in the previous quarter.

Informations rapides
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Paru le :Paru le26/11/2015
Prochaine parution le : 28/11/2024 at 08:45 - third quarter 2024

During the third quarter of 2015, prices of second-hand dwellings were slightly increasing (+0.5% quarter-on-quarter according to provisional results, s.a. data), after an equivalent reduction in the previous quarter.

However, year-on-year, prices of second-hand dwellings were decreasing (–1.5% compared to the third quarter of 2014). As since the beginning of 2015, the price fall is somewhat sharper for flats (–1.7%) than for houses (–1.4%). Between the middle of 2012 and the end of 2014, on the contrary, prices of houses had fallen more than prices of flats.

In Île-de-France, prices of second-hand dwellings picked up

In Ile-de-France, prices of second-hand dwellings picked up out in Q3 2015 (+0.8%, after –0.4%).

Year-on-year, prices were still decreasing, but the pace of decrease eased: –1.2% compared with Q3 2014, against –2.5% in the second quarter. This fall was hardly more important for flats (–1.3%) than for houses (–1.1%).

In provincial France, prices were sligtly increasing

In provincial France, prices of second-hand dwellings rose slightly in the third quarter 2015: +0.3% q-o-q, after –0.5%. As in Île-de-France, the annual decline eased: –1.7% compared with Q3 2014, against –2.8% in the second quarter. It remained more marked for flats (–2.1% y-o-y) than for houses (–1.4%).

Graphique1aPrices of second-hand dwellings

  • Sources: INSEE, French notaries - Database Bien, Perval society

Graphique2aPrices of second-hand dwellings in Île-de-France

  • Sources: INSEE, French notaries - Database Bien, Perval society

Tableau1aVariation in prices of second-hand dwellings in metropolitan France

Variation in prices of second-hand dwellings in metropolitan France
change in
3 months (S.A.) 12 months
2015 Q1 2015 Q2 (sd) 2015 Q3 (p) 2015 Q1 2015 Q2 (sd) 2015 Q3 (p)
France -0.3 -0.5 0.5 -2.4 -2.7 -1.5
Flats -0.6 -0.6 0.4 -2.8 -3.0 -1.7
Houses 0.0 -0.4 0.5 -2.2 -2.4 -1.4
  • (p) : provisional
  • (sd) : semi-definitive
  • Sources: INSEE, French notaries - Database Bien, Perval society

Resumption of the annual volumes of transactions confirmed

The resumption of the annual volume of transactions, started in the beginning of 2015, was confirmed in the the third quarter: in September, it was estimated at 753,000 over the last 12 months, against 713,000 in June. This volume of transaction becomed higher than its level one year before (723,000 in September 2014, that is +4.2%).

This volume of transactions had sharply decreased in the second semester of 2014.

Graphique3aVolume of transactions of second-hand dwellings over the last 12 months

  • Sources: CGEDD, based on notarial databases and DGFiP (MEDOC)

Revisions 

The index is revised to include transactions recorded after the last publication. Furthermore, for this publication, the seasonal factors for Ile-de-France have been revised. This could marginally change the figures since the beginning of 2008. In comparison to the results released on 6th October, the change in prices in the second quarter of 2015 has been revised upwards (+0.1 points): +0.1 for houses, +0.2 for flats. The overall change in prices in Q2 2015 stands at –0.5%, instead of –0.6% (figure estimated on September 10th and not modified by the update on 6th October).

Tableau2aVariation in prices of second-hand dwellings in metropolitan France

Variation in prices of second-hand dwellings in metropolitan France
Change in
3 months (S.A.) 12 months
2015 Q1 2015 Q2 (sd) 2015 Q3 (p) 2015 Q1 2015 Q2 (sd) 2015 Q3 (p)
Metropolitan France -0.3 -0.5 0.5 -2.4 -2.7 -1.5
- Flats -0.6 -0.6 0.4 -2.8 -3.0 -1.7
- Houses 0.0 -0.4 0.5 -2.2 -2.4 -1.4
Île-de-France -0.9 -0.4 0.8 -2.5 -2.5 -1.2
Provincial France 0.0 -0.5 0.3 -2.4 -2.8 -1.7
Flats
Île-de-France -1.2 -0.5 0.7 -2.7 -2.8 -1.3
- Paris -0.9 -0.4 0.9 -2.8 -2.9 -0.9
- Seine-et-Marne -1.1 0.1 -0.2 -3.3 -2.2 -2.5
- Yvelines -2.6 -0.9 0.9 -3.1 -3.8 -2.2
- Essonne -0.7 -0.4 0.2 -3.8 -3.6 -2.4
- Hauts-de-Seine -1.7 -0.7 0.9 -2.1 -2.3 -1.0
- Seine-Saint-Denis -1.3 -0.3 0.2 -2.3 -1.8 -1.2
- Val-de-Marne -0.9 -0.5 0.3 -2.4 -2.4 -1.5
- Val-d'Oise -0.6 -0.5 -0.3 -3.4 -3.4 -2.9
Provincial France -0.1 -0.8 0.1 -2.9 -3.2 -2.1
- Conurbation > 10 000 inhabitants -0.1 -0.8 ** -2.9 -3.2 **
- Central town 0.1 -0.9 ** -2.9 -3.3 **
- Suburb -0.5 -0.6 ** -3.0 -3.0 **
- Conurbation < 10 000 inhabitants 0.1 -0.4 ** -2.6 -2.8 **
Houses
Île-de-France -0.2 -0.3 1.0 -2.1 -1.9 -1.1
- Seine-et-Marne 0.4 -0.2 0.5 -1.9 -1.7 -1.2
- Yvelines -0.2 0.1 0.9 -1.7 -1.4 -0.7
- Essonne 0.5 -0.6 0.8 -1.6 -1.9 -0.9
- Hauts-de-Seine -2.5 0.8 2.0 -2.7 -1.5 -0.8
- Seine-Saint-Denis 1.1 -2.3 1.5 -2.6 -3.6 -1.7
- Val-de-Marne -0.5 -0.6 1.1 -2.5 -2.3 -1.2
- Val-d'Oise -0.2 -0.2 0.6 -2.4 -1.8 -1.2
Provincial France 0.1 -0.4 0.4 -2.2 -2.5 -1.4
Nord-Pas de Calais 1.3 -1.4 ** -2.6 -3.2 **
- Flats 0.3 0.0 ** -5.5 -4.9 **
- Houses 1.5 -1.7 ** -2.0 -2.8 **

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