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Property prices in Lyon in 2026
Home Select, a prestige property finding firm, reads the real prices of the Lyon market from registered sales: medians by type and room count, the measured correction since 2021, the gaps from the 6th to La Croix-Rousse. Lyon is a sum of micro-markets: the goal is to offer the right price, district by district.
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01Prices
What registered sales say, not listings
France’s second heritage market: Lyon volume is deep, sales numerous, and the published data, sale by sale, dated to the current vintage, says three things. First a clear correction since the 2021 peak, the apartment median has fallen by about a tenth in five years. Then considerable gaps between micro-markets: the 6th and the Presqu’île compare neither to La Croix-Rousse nor to Vieux Lyon. Finally a structural scarcity: houses are only a very small share of sales, Lyon’s stock is overwhelmingly apartments.
What these figures cannot say: no rents, no time-on-market, no building condition. On Lyon’s old stock, traboules and nineteenth-century co-ownerships, the technical audit weighs on the decision as much as the asking price.
02Prices
The median by room count
| Property | Median | sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1 room | €4,800/m² | 1,426 |
| 2 rooms | €4,500/m² | 1,757 |
| 3 rooms | €4,400/m² | 1,881 |
| 4 rooms | €4,100/m² | 1,213 |
| 5+ rooms | €4,100/m² | 674 |
Five years of apartment medians
| Year | Median |
|---|---|
| 2021 | €5,000/m² |
| 2022 | €5,100/m² |
| 2023 | €4,800/m² |
| 2024 | €4,500/m² |
| 2025 | €4,400/m² |
Recent sales, as registered
| Street | Type | m² | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| MTE SAINT BARTHELEMY | Flat | 61 | €3,600/m² |
| QUAI DES ETROITS | Flat | 121 | €7,900/m² |
| RUE JUIVERIE | Flat | 68 | €4,200/m² |
| RUE GILIBERT | Flat | 18 | €3,300/m² |
| CRS BAYARD | Flat | 31 | €6,300/m² |
| GDE RUE DE LA GUILLOTIERE | Flat | 20 | €3,200/m² |
02Prices
Price per square metre depends on size and district
The Lyon square metre costs more small than large, and the table alongside, computed from the current vintage, shows the step down room by room. But the dominant variable is the micro-market: the sector data puts Foch and the Tête d’Or at the top, ahead of the Presqu’île and Ainay, then La Croix-Rousse; Vieux Lyon and the western suburbs read lower.
One practical consequence: the useful comparison happens at constant size and micro-area, against recent sales of the same street. On fine bourgeois surfaces the market moves fast: a through apartment of the 6th, well laid out and without heavy works, finds a taker before the first open viewing.
03Prices
Three markets within one city
Lyon lines up very different micro-markets: the noble floors of Ainay and the Presqu’île, Haussmannian apartments and Lyon’s safe-haven value; the avenues of the 6th around the Tête d’Or park, the families’ district of large bourgeois surfaces; and the reinvented canuts of La Croix-Rousse, plateaus, workshops and terraces, village spirit.
Around the city, the western suburbs, from Sainte-Foy to Écully and Tassin, work as a network: a significant share of houses sells without advertising, between neighbours, notaries and professionals. Lyon’s fine addresses circulate first by word of mouth, a constant of this market.
- 01 The 6th and the Tête d’Or
Foch, the park: the large bourgeois surfaces of the families’ district, at the top of the sector data.
- 02 Presqu’île and Ainay
Haussmannian noble floors, Lyon’s safe-haven value, between Bellecour and the quays.
- 03 La Croix-Rousse
Canut plateaus, workshops and terraces, a village spirit on the slopes, old-building audit in mind.
04Prices
Offering the right price: the method
On a correcting, segmented market, price discipline is decisive: our finders prepare every offer with comparable sales of the micro-area, the full technical condition of the property and the seller’s situation. The median frames, it does not decide.
That is the difference between following a price and building one. In Lyon, where fine addresses trade by word of mouth, this preparation and this watch are what allow a firm offer without overpaying.
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Why a property finder in Lyon?
The best addresses never list
On this market, a share of the sought-after properties sells before publication, between families and through notaires and local networks. Our 15,000-partner network surfaces more than 100 off-market properties every day.
You only view the essential
Every lead is verified and priced for you before you travel: 3 viewings on average instead of 40, and an offer defended by Home Select, complete file in hand (6% obtained on average off the asking price).
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Fees
Two offers, paid on success
- 2.5% of the net purchase price
- Exclusive offer The full service, at every budget. Minimum €10,000 incl. VAT.
- 1.5% of the net purchase price
- Confidential offer The same service, dedicated to off-market properties. Reserved for projects of €2m and above.
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Frequently asked questions
Property prices in Lyon in 2026
What is the price per sqm in Lyon in 2026?
The median of registered apartment sales in Lyon stands at €4,400/sqm on the 2025 vintage, on nearly seven thousand retained sales; houses, very scarce in transactions, stand clearly apart. These benchmarks come from published land registry data; the table on this page details the median by room count, and the sector data puts the 6th at the top.
Why have Lyon prices fallen since 2021?
As on France’s great heritage markets, the rise of rates recalibrated a decade of increases: the apartment median has fallen by about a tenth over five years in the published data, after a 2021 peak. For a buyer, it is a market become negotiable again, where every offer builds on comparable sales rather than on the memory of the peak.
Which is the most expensive district of Lyon?
The sector data puts Foch and the Tête d’Or area, in the 6th, at the top of the Lyon market, ahead of the Presqu’île and Ainay. These gaps read street by street: precisely why a Lyon offer is prepared on comparable sales of the micro-area, never on the citywide average.
Can I buy a house in Lyon?
Yes, but the stock is scarce: houses are only a small share of registered sales, and most of the family offer shifts to the western suburbs, from Sainte-Foy to Écully and Tassin, where a significant share of transactions happens without advertising, between neighbours and notaries. It is a market of watch and network.
What are your fees in Lyon?
Home Select, a property finder in Lyon, charges 2.5% of the net purchase price (minimum €10,000 incl. VAT) on the Exclusive offer, or 1.5% on the Confidential offer for projects of €2m and above. Home Select is paid on success only: nothing is due until you have bought.
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