Existing-home sales across 35 mainland French seaside resorts were broadly flat year on year in the year to the end of March 2026, according to Notaires de France. The study covered a little over 21,000 sales, while national transaction activity increased by roughly 8% over the comparison period.
Apartment-price movements in most resorts were between a 5% fall and a 5% rise. House-price movements varied more sharply between resorts, making a single coastal-market direction less useful than the local results.
The notaires caution that local house medians can change with the mix of properties sold. Location, use, size, condition, outdoor space and sea views can all differ between one period’s completed sales and the next, so a median movement is not necessarily a like-for-like price index.
The wider Notaires de France report projects broadly stable existing-home prices in the near term and describes the national market as moving towards a more consolidated equilibrium. It does not provide a separate forecast for coastal resorts.
Overall, coastal transactions held steady while national activity recovered — though individual resorts followed different paths.
References
Notaires de France — Tendances et évolutions des prix de l’immobilier au 1er trimestre 2026
