Since then, the demand for small properties such as city apartments without balconies or access to green areas has dropped. “There is a big increase in French people looking for holiday homes at home,” Leggett said. The trends differ when looking at French and international buyers, Leggett said. French property hunters are ditching big cities for the suburbs, where they might be able to afford a house with a garden. Internationals have changed their behaviour less following the pandemic, but Leggett said they rarely tended to look for property in French cities either way – except in Paris.

Source: The Local March 30, 2021 08:33 UTC