Paris property prices hit all-time record

The French capital’s real estate market has become even more pricey in 2018 as the property costs reached another historic peak and are not going to go down, paving the way for another record this year. Purchasing a place in the heart of the City of Light cost buyers 5.7 percent more in 2018 than a year before, according to the data released by the Chamber of Notaries of Greater Paris. Those who wanted to live in the city center had to spend €9,750 ($11,100) on the average per meter. As such, a small one bedroom apartment could be sold for more than $444,000. More than $11,000 per meter is hardly the most expensive offering, as the price in Paris’s Odeon Area was €17,410 ($19,800), having risen 28.3 percent. Apartment prices in the capital’s suburbs are nearly 40 percent lower than in the city center, but they still saw a 4.5 percent growth in one year.