Homes in Caen sell for a median €2,954/m²
From 5,533 sales of houses and apartments from July 2023 to June 2026; the median of compared French towns is €2,430/m². The median rose 5% from 2022 to 2025. Rents, property tax and the Cost of living Grade are on the cost of living page.
85% of the homes sold in Caen were apartments
5,533 sales from July 2023 to June 2026: 825 houses and 4,708 apartments. Houses sold for 22% more per m² than apartments.
median price per m² · 825 sold in three years
- 70 m² at this price
- €245,000
- 2025 median
- €3,513/m² 302 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +3.2%
- Median of compared French towns
- €2,502/m²
median price per m² · 4,708 sold in three years
- 70 m² at this price
- €201,600
- 2025 median
- €2,972/m² 1,724 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +4.7%
- Median of compared French towns
- €2,750/m²
Houses are 15% of Caen’s homes and 15% of its sales
DVF: sales of houses and apartments with a price and a living area. Price per m² of living area. A median needs 30 sales; no single sale is shown. Housing stock: INSEE, census 2023.
The median price rose 5% from 2022 to 2025
From €2,921/m² in 2022 to €3,055/m² in 2025.
Sales held steady
2,026 homes sold in 2025; the busiest year was 2022 with 2,285. In the first half of 2026, 744 sold at a median €3,036/m².
Caen is dearer than the median compared town
Each line is a median of the towns’ own medians that year: compared French towns, and compared towns in Calvados.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,404/m² | €3,425/m² | €3,544/m² | €3,513/m² |
| Apartments | €2,839/m² | €2,810/m² | €2,778/m² | €2,972/m² |
A dash: fewer than 30 sales of that type that year.
DVF reaches back five and a half years: July 2021 to June 2026. The half years at each end are left out of the charts.
Caen is the 17th dearest of 53 towns in Calvados
Towns of 2,500 or more with 30+ sales, by median price per m²: Caen is in the middle of the département’s towns.
Each links to that town’s property prices.
Property prices around Caen
Cheaper per m² nearby: Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Cormelles-le-Royal and Mondeville.
| Town | Miles | Median per m² | Sales, 3 years | 2022–25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caen | — | €2,954/m² | 5,533 | +4.6% |
| Hérouville-Saint-Clair | 2.1 | €2,109/m² | 699 | +10% |
| Louvigny | 2.2 | €2,846/m² | 56 | — |
| Fleury-sur-Orne | 2.3 | €2,889/m² | 181 | −3.5% |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon | 2.3 | €3,044/m² | 135 | +3.4% |
| Cormelles-le-Royal | 2.4 | €2,542/m² | 166 | +4.7% |
| Mondeville | 2.4 | €2,583/m² | 429 | −1% |
A dash: fewer than 30 sales, or no DVF file (Alsace-Moselle). Distances center to center.
Questions about property in Caen
What is the average house price in Caen?
The median price was €2,954/m² from July 2023 to June 2026, over 5,533 sales (houses: €3,500/m²; apartments: €2,880/m²). We give the median, the middle price, rather than the average, which a few large sales can pull up.
Are prices going up in Caen?
The median per m² was €3,055/m² in 2025 against €2,868/m² in 2024 (+6.5%).
How many homes sell in Caen a year?
2,026 houses and apartments sold in 2025.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Not here. The decree that publishes France’s property sales (DVF) forbids putting them where search engines can index them, so we show medians and counts only, each built on 30 or more sales. The full file is on the government’s own site, app.dvf.etalab.gouv.fr.
Sources: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated version), Jul 2023–Jun 2026 · INSEE, census 2023. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.