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A Good Time to Buy in Paris As it turned out, our landlord’s timing wasn’t bad. Now is a pretty good time to buy. Thanks to a weak economy and the flight of the wealthy to tax-friendlier countries, housing prices in most parts of Paris were (and continue to be) on their way down for the first time in over a decade. According to a recent Bloomberg news report, Paris prices fell by 2% in the last quarter of 2012 and sales volume is down by 20%. What’s more, prices are likely to f all further over the next year. We saw plenty of evidence of the change in the real-estate atmosphere during our four-month search for an apartment. Although we had been warned by friends that Parisian owners don’t negotiate, we were happily surprised to find many owners open to negotiation. We also noticed that apartments that lingered on the market for more than a few months often dropped their prices, sometime by as much as 10%. Another boon for us, timing-wise, was the record low interest rates. We were able to score a 2.95% interest rate on our 25- year loan (I’ll tell you how later), which is, as one banker friend put it, practically like getting an interest-free loan. All this is great news if you are a prospective buyer here. But, of course, Paris is still expensive. Property prices in Paris are assessed by square-meter price, which varies by neighborhood or arrondissement (district). In the most glamorous neighborhoods, like the Boulevard Saint-Germain in the 6th arrondissement, the average price ranges between a head-spinning $13,000 and $16,000 per square meter. (That’s about $1,208 to $1,487 per square foot.) In less-swank parts of the city, such as the 19th and 20th arrondissements or the outskirts of the 12th arrondissement, average prices are more reasonable, at $6,500 to $8,500 per square meter (or about $604 to $790 per square foot). If you’re patient, you can probably find apartments in almost any neighborhood for less than their average per-square-meter price. Some owners are looking to sell quickly and are willing to negotiate. Or the building may have less-than-ideal features, such as no elevator, which usually brings the price down. To figure out approximately how much a particular property is worth in Paris, consult the website MeilleursAgents.com. On this site, you can enter the address of the building, give apartment details such as the size, number of rooms, and so forth, and it will calculate the estimated worth of the apartment. At the very least, it can give you a good idea as to whether the asking price is reasonable or overinflated. The Trick to Finding an Apartment During our four-month search, we visited more than 40 apartments. Like most people, we started our search online through real-estate sites such as Seloger.com and Immostreet.com, on which you can define your search by price, square-meter size, and arrondissements.
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