Mayenne department Property Prices, Rents & Rental Yields

About Mayenne department

Mayenne brings together Laval, smaller towns and a rural landscape shaped by the Mayenne River. For apartment investors, the department offers a setting that cannot be summed up by one town alone; its wider geography matters when reading department-level figures.

In October 2026, the clearest signal for Mayenne apartments is the contrast between rents and sale prices. Average rent rose 21.8% month over month, while the average sale price fell 2.9% over the same period. The rent movement is the sharper of the two, putting rental income at the centre of this month’s reading. It does not, by itself, show whether the increase will continue.

At €166,500, the average sale price provides a reference point for the purchase side of an investment. Its monthly decline alongside the rent increase may improve the relationship between average rent and acquisition cost. That is an interpretation of the reported averages, not a projection of what an individual apartment will earn or sell for.

The reported yield of 4.56% offers a snapshot of that relationship, but it is not a guaranteed return. Department-wide averages can differ from the price and rent of a particular property. The useful question for an October 2026 assessment is whether the contrast between rising rent and falling sale prices also appears in the apartment under consideration, rather than assuming the department-level pattern applies unchanged.