French Property Price Guide

Some general points (guide-lines only!)
- prices tend to increase as you go further South
- coastal properties are more expensive than inland properties
- properties near Budget air-line airports are more expensive
- chic destinations are expensive: Cannes, Nice, St Raphael, Peter Mayle country (Luberon), Le Touquet, Dordogne, Ski Resorts
- Rural property is cheaper than urban property
- Limousin, Champagne-Ardenne, and Franche-Comte have cheap rural property. Be warned property prices are rising
- Provence, Paris, Vannes (South Brittany), Val d'Isere are expensive

By Region
(most expensive first - even within regions there can be great variation)
Provence / Cote d'Azur
Rhone-Alpes
Languedoc-Roussillon
Ile-de-France
Aquitaine
Brittany
Poitou-Charentes
Midi-Pyrenees
Centre (along Loire: expensive)
Normandy
Burgundy
Western Loire
Nord Pas de Calais
Picardy
Auvergne
Limousin
Champagne-Ardenne
Franche-Comte

[Next Guide: Region Guide]