Pau Property Prices, Rents & Rental Yields

About Pau

Pau sits in southwestern France, where its Pyrénées-Atlantiques setting places the city between the Pyrenees and the Atlantic coast. Its historic streets, château and mountain outlook give this location a distinct identity beyond the figures in any monthly apartment snapshot.

In October 2026, the clearest signal for Pau apartments is the sharp monthly rise in average rent, up 12.7%. That move contrasts with the longer view of sale prices: the average sale price is down 4.5% year over year. These changes describe different time windows, so they should not be read as a direct measure of how quickly investment returns have improved. They do, however, put rental income and purchase pricing on different trajectories in this month’s data.

The average apartment sale price stands at €152,500, while the stated yield is 6.4%. Taken together with the rent and price movements, those figures make the income side worth examining, but the yield is a snapshot rather than a promise of future returns. The monthly rent shift should remain separate from the annual price decline: neither alone establishes a lasting trend. The figures offer a starting point for assessing the relationship between purchase cost and rent, not a complete account of costs, individual properties or future performance. For this October reading, the question is whether the rent increase persists while sale prices follow their own path.