“The real estate market has been doing very well since the start of the health crisis a year ago”, analyzes Nicolas Maitrejean, the director of the Century 21 real estate agency, rue Mathurin-Régnier, in Chartres.
40% more buyers than in 2020
According to him, if the City of Chartres benefits, among other things, from this national dynamic, it is “because it is located near Paris, that it offers a very good quality of life, that it has an important economic fabric, numerous shops and all the necessary infrastructures ”.
“Between January 1 and March 15, 2020, we had 340 registered buyers,” says Nicolas Maitrejean. “Between January 1 and March 15, 2021, we had 472, or 40% more. 117 of them, that is to say about a quarter, were Ile-de-France residents who were candidates for the acquisition of individual houses with land ”.
According to Nicolas Maitrejean:
“The average basket is around € 220,000 for buyers from the Chartres region, and € 360,000 for buyers from the Ile-de-France region. Salaries are higher in the Paris region. And if they sell a property there before coming to Chartres, they necessarily have more substantial means. “
Nicolas Maitrejean (director of the Century 21 agency)
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But in Chartres and in the agglomeration, goods are negotiated at much higher prices. Evidenced by this 240 m² mansion for sale at € 780,000, in the heart of Chartres; this 270 m² house offered for 835,000 €, in Lèves; or this exceptional residence offered for sale at 1,350,000 € in the lower town of Chartres.
With the health crisis, Ile-de-France residents are upsetting the real estate market in Chartres
“We currently have in our files 1,340 qualified buyers, that is to say those who are really looking for a property,” says Nicolas Maitrejean. “187 of them, or 14%, have a budget of more than € 400,000”.
Emmanuel De Carvalho, the director of the agency À la petite commission, Place des Halles, in Chartres, sells “a dozen of this type of property per year,” he believes. And not only to Ile-de-France residents.
“Half of our buyers are locals, especially entrepreneurs and farmers. “
Emmanuel de Carvalho
(director of the À la petite commission agency)
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At the moment, Emmanuel De Carvalho offers several properties of this type, in particular a pavilion at 500,000 € in Lèves, “for which we have already had three visits”; a loft for € 550,000 in Mainvilliers; or a house for € 714,000 in Mainvilliers.
At Century 21, 187 buyers have a budget of over € 400,000
But according to him, the high-end market is not just about goods sold for € 500,000 or more. “We have, for example, a client who bought a property for 380,000 € in the lower town, but who carried out work there for 150,000 or 200,000 €. He could now sell it for 550,000 or 600,000 € without any problem. And he is not the only one in this case. “
Frédéric Breton, the new manager of the Guy Hoquet agency, place des Épars, in Chartres, has just sold three high-end properties in two months in Lèves. “But sometimes, we go six months without selling it”.
According to him, the problem, for this market as for the real estate market in general:
“It’s been that for a year, we have had a strong demand. And today, we are starting to have fewer goods to sell. The next few months are likely to be more difficult than the last twelve. “
Frédéric breton (head of the Guy Hoquet agency)
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A glass ceiling at € 1 million
There are psychological thresholds which, whatever one says and whatever one does, are difficult to cross. This is the case for real estate offered for sale at a million euros or more, in Chartres and in the agglomeration. “There is a glass ceiling for these goods,” said Nicolas Maitrejean, director of the Century 21 agency in Chartres. “Whatever the good, we are having a hard time making the sale. For my part, I have been practicing here for 14 years. I made a few for 1.2 or 1.3 M €, but it is quite rare ”. An opinion shared by Frédéric Breton, director of the Guy Hoquet agency: “The problem with these goods is that it’s not just a question of price. It is also and above all a product. At this price, the difficulty is to find a buyer. But the asking price must also be justified, whether in terms of area, location, rarity, etc. “
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Philippe Dubois
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