La Réunion department Property Prices, Rents & Rental Yields

About La Réunion department

La Réunion is a French department in the Indian Ocean, where volcanic highlands rise above coastal settlements. That contrast between steep inland terrain and the shoreline gives the island a distinctive setting for property, regardless of short-term price movements.

In October 2026, the clearest signal for houses is the split between sale prices and rents. Average sale prices rose 0.6% from the previous month, while average rents fell 11.0%. For an investor, the tension is not simply that one measure rose and another declined: the latest increase in the purchase-price measure was not matched by an increase in the rent measure. These are department-wide averages, so they describe the monthly direction without showing how any particular town or house performed.

The average house sale price is €382,000, and the stated yield is 5.65%. Both are useful reference points, but neither removes the need to examine the income side of an individual purchase. The yield offers a snapshot of the current market calculation; the monthly rent decline is a reminder that rental assumptions should be checked rather than carried forward unchanged. When comparing houses in La Réunion, it is worth keeping the broad departmental figures separate from a property's own expected rent and purchase price. That distinction helps frame the investment question without treating one month's movement as a lasting trend.