Antibes Real Estate Market Report — October 2026

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Antibes residential real estate market report for October 2026. Nationally, house prices in France were easing, down 0.8% from a year earlier in Q2 2026 (-0.8% quarter on quarter). Annual growth is slowing compared with the previous quarter. The European Central Bank’s policy rate stood at 2.50% in September 2026, up from 2.00% a year earlier.

October 2026 at a Glance

House prices · France

-0.8% YoY

-0.8% QoQ · Q2 2026

Momentum

Slowing

-0.8% now vs 0.0% a quarter earlier

Policy rate

2.50%

Rising over 12 months · September 2026

New mortgage rate

3.20%

3.01% a year earlier · August 2026

House Prices and Trends

No free, official monthly price series is published for Antibes specifically, so this section uses the national index for France as the reference; local asking-price movements typically follow the national direction with a lag of one to two quarters.

The national house price index for France fell 0.8% year on year in Q2 2026 and was -0.8% against the previous quarter, according to Eurostat, House price index (prc_hpi_q). A year earlier the annual rate was +0.7%, so growth has cooled over twelve months. More recently, though, the annual rate has eased from the previous quarter, which suggests the market is losing some steam even as prices stay well above year-ago levels.

Quarter	Prices YoY	Prices QoQ
Q1 2025	+0.5%	+0.2%
Q2 2025	+0.7%	0.0%
Q3 2025	+0.7%	+1.5%
Q4 2025	+0.9%	-0.8%
Q1 2026	0.0%	-0.7%
Q2 2026	-0.8%	-0.8%

House price index, % change year on yearQ3 2024-3.5%Q4 2024-1.9%Q1 2025+0.5%Q2 2025+0.7%Q3 2025+0.7%Q4 2025+0.9%Q1 20260.0%Q2 2026-0.8%

Financing and Interest Rates

The European Central Bank’s policy rate was 2.50% in September 2026 (BIS, Central bank policy rates). That is a rise of 0.25 points from 2.25% the month before. Rates are 0.50 points higher than a year ago, which raises the cost of borrowing and tends to cool price growth with a lag of two to four quarters. The average rate on new mortgages to households in France was 3.20% in August 2026 (ECB, Bank interest rates — loans to households for house purchase (MIR)), compared with 3.01% a year earlier.

Reading the Trend

Flat

A sideways market: neither side has a clear upper hand. Time on market lengthens and negotiation matters more than timing.

What to watch next month

The next quarterly release of the house price index for France (Q2 2026 is the latest) — whether annual growth keeps slowing.
Upcoming decisions by the European Central Bank — any move from 2.50% feeds through to mortgage pricing within weeks.

What This Means for Buyers, Sellers and Investors

קונים

Time is on your side — offers below asking are normal in a flat market, especially on stock listed for more than 90 days.

Sellers

The first two weeks on the market matter most — price to the last comparable sale, not the highest asking price in the street.

משקיעים

Rising financing costs narrow the gap between yield and mortgage rate; model returns at today's rate plus one point.

Sources

Previous edition: Antibes Real Estate Market Report — September 2026

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Cover photo: Antibesbordmer by Gilbert Bochenek via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.

Methodology: all figures are taken directly from the free public statistical sources linked above, for the periods stated; official statistics are published with a lag, so the latest available release is used. Commentary is generated from those figures by rule and reviewed before publication. Nothing here is financial advice.

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