The rise in property prices continues in Gap. They have now reached 3,067 euros per m², according to the exclusive Bien’Ici barometer for BFM Immo.
Real estate in Gapençais has increased over a month and the average price has now reached 3,067 euros per m² in September (prices displayed in advertisements before negotiations), according to figures from our partner Bien’Ici*. Over a month, prices have increased by 0.4% and, over a year, they have increased by 3.3%.
On the rental side, prices are showing a decrease. Thus, the average price of a rental comes to 14.7 euros per m2. For a studio, it will be necessary to count on an average of 438 euros per month and for a 3-room apartment 750 euros.
In Gap, the population has been slightly increasing in recent years. According to INSEE, the city had 40,111 inhabitants in 2020, compared to 40,225 in 2014 and 39,243 in 2009 (i.e. +2.2% since 2009). Retirees form the most represented socio-professional category (32.7% of the population aged 15 or over). Next come employees (18.8%), people without professional activity (14.7%), intermediate professions (13.6%) and workers (9.9%).
The least common socio-professional category in Gap is farmers (0.3% of the population), followed by artisans, traders, business leaders (3.5%) then executives and higher intellectual professions (6.5%).
The number of primary residences has been generally increasing in recent years (20,082 in 2020, compared to 18,394 in 2009). The number of secondary residences and occasional accommodation is also increasing: there were 755 in 2009, there are now 820. Vacant housing is also increasing, from 1,615 in 2009 to 1,819 in 2020.
>> Here is the breakdown of real estate prices (purchase and rental) city by city:
*As part of this monthly Bienici – BFM Business barometer of real estate prices, the Bienici portal compiles the figures (purchase prices and rents listed on the advertisements published before negotiations) from the 1st to the 25th of each month and published at the beginning of the following month. The prices used are averages on each criterion. 29 cities are analyzed: Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Montpellier, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Lille, Rennes, Saint-Etienne, Le Havre, Toulon, Grenoble, Dijon, Angers, Nîmes, Villeurbanne, Mulhouse, Rouen, Caen, Aix-en-Provence, Reims, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, Colmar, Dunkirk and Gap.
