Laval Property Prices, Rents & Rental Yields

About Laval

Laval, in the Mayenne department of France, combines a compact urban setting with a historic riverside backdrop and an established role as the area’s administrative centre. For apartment investors, it is a city where local housing trends can be read clearly through price and rent movements.

August 2026 brings the clearest signal: rents are rising faster than sale values, tightening the arithmetic for apartment investors. The average rent now stands at €560, up 5.7% month over month and 13.1% year over year, while the average sale price is €165,100, up 3.2% on the month but still down 7.2% from a year ago.

That split leaves the market in a notable tension. The average price per square metre is €2,950, only 0.2% higher than last year, which suggests that recent monthly gains in transaction values have not yet changed the broader annual picture. With a yield of 4.41%, Laval currently presents a return profile that remains measurable, but one that is being shaped by firmer rents and a sale market that has not fully recovered to its prior level.

For apartment-focused investment analysis, August’s reading points to a city where income has strengthened more quickly than capital values. The result is a market note defined less by a surge in prices than by a gradual squeeze between rental growth and still-tempered sale prices.