French Property Prices: How to Read a DVF Median

This guide concerns French sale records

France's DVF data records past real-estate transactions reported by the French tax administration. These are completed sales, not asking prices. Coverage excludes some areas, including Alsace-Moselle and Mayotte. The figures on this site describe French municipalities; they are not US home-price data.

The calculator reads a prepared local import rather than searching raw records each time a page loads. Check the data period and import date shown with a result.

Why use a median?

The median divides ordered observations into two equally sized groups. For five prices per square meter of €2,000, €2,500, €3,000, €3,500, and €10,000, the median is €3,000. The unusually high price affects the mean more than the median.

A median still cannot adjust for neighborhood, condition, property size, or the mix of homes sold. It is not an appraisal of an individual property.

A DVF row is not always a separate home

One transaction may include several properties or parcels. Dividing the entire transaction price by the area on just one row would be misleading. This site's initial method retains only house and apartment sales represented by a single transaction row.

It also excludes areas below 9 m² or above 500 m² and prices outside €100–€50,000 per m². These are methodological filters, not market rules. They make the sample more cautious while reducing its coverage.

Read the sample size alongside the price

The result appears only when at least ten sales meet the filters. Ten observations do not guarantee a representative sample. Compare property types and periods before comparing municipalities.

Geolocation identifies a municipality only. An “around me” result is therefore municipality-level information, not an estimate for your street or home.