With credit rates exceeding 4 % at the start of the year, 2024 did not start under the best auspices. Fortunately, over the months, the rates have relaxed, allowing a slight return of buyers and in particular first-time buyers. Thus, there was an increase of 7.12 % of the number of potential buyers in the third quarter of 2024, in comparison with the same period of the past year, throughout the department.
“If we are still far from the scope years where borrowing money was almost free, the year 2024 ended on a much more encouraging note than it had started,” said Thierry Benedic, president of the eponymous real estate group, who To an agency in Thionville, another in Hayange. It gives us a good indication of the market, established according to its own statistics.
The withdrawal in the face of the uncertainties of 2024
“We know that, investment in stone requires confidence and a certain visibility on the future, which is logical since it is a purchase led in the long term, very often made to the Help of a credit in fifteen, twenty, even thirty years. However, the year 2024 was not most reassuring for households, especially in the highest spheres of the State, leading them to a certain withdrawal in their consumption, including housing. »»
Metz remains the most attractive sector in the region, therefore bringing its prices per square meter to fairly high levels. Thus, the apartments display an average price of € 2,506/m² while the houses stand at € 2,498/m².
The more expensive houses in Thionville than in Metz
The average budget is € 186,496 for an apartment of 74 m² and around € 351,206 for a house of 141 m². It is in Moselle Nord that negotiations are the strongest with, around 6.85 % for apartments and 5.5 % for houses. “Houses, historically the most popular goods, owe their rarity to their rarity on the sales market. However, with a significant increase in their number, they now represent up to 63 % of the goods available in North Moselle, becoming the dominant typology. This abundance naturally influenced price negotiations, testifying to an adjustment of the well -known principle: what is rare is expensive, ”explains Thierry Benedic.
-Still on the side of the North Moselle, the prices are much more moderate than in Metz with houses displayed at around € 2,000/m² and apartments at € 1,938/m². Thus, it takes an average budget of € 242,708 to have a house of 121 m² and € 128,393 for an apartment of 66 m² on average.
Thierry Benedict to underline: “If the Moselle Nord displays attractive prices, Thionville is particularly distinguished. Very popular, the city offers prices per square meter close to those practiced in Metz concerning the apartments, or around € 2,348. On the other hand, houses reach € 2,656 per m², 6 % more than comparable goods in Metz! »»
