How to find out the price of a property sold near you in France.

On the government platform, you can get information about house sales over the last five years. You can also use this platform to view the cadastral map of France. If your neighbor has recently sold his house, this sale will probably be listed in the DVF database. On the DVF platform, you can find out how much a property in France has sold for in the last five years by searching for its valeur foncière. DVF is a public platform managed by Etalab, the government body responsible for coordinating the exchange of public data. To find out the value of properties sold, select your department and then your commune and click on the locality. You will see properties sold between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2021,' 'highlighted in light blue.

For example, this 260 square meter house in Blaye (Gironde) - highlighted by us in pink - was sold for €400,000 in August 2021. It should be noted that the price of the property is based on the net sale price and does not include the commission of the real estate agent or notary. In addition, there is no public data available for the departments of Baz Rin, Eau Rin, Moselle and Mayotte. This is because they are governed by local laws and the sales data is stored in Livre Foncier, which is not publicly available. Another useful feature on the Etalab website is the ability to view a cadastral map of France, which shows the boundaries of each property. This can be useful if you need to request lost or inaccessible documents o