Rouen Property Prices, Rents & Rental Yields

About Rouen

Rouen, the historic capital of Normandy in the Seine-Maritime department, blends a compact city centre with a strong riverside identity, Gothic landmarks and a broad apartment stock. Its central streets, university presence and transport links make it a location where local housing values often reflect both heritage and everyday urban use.

August 2026 brings the main signal clearly into focus: apartment prices are easing, even as rental levels edge higher. The average sale price sits at €161,100, after a monthly decline of 0.6% and a yearly drop of 1.8%, while the average price per square metre has moved down to €2,710, down 3.1% over the month and 2.3% over the year. That softer pricing backdrop sits alongside a modest rise in the average rent price to €600, up 0.8% month on month, which leaves the yield at 5.74%.

For investors, the current tension is straightforward. Rouen still offers a yield that remains visible in context, but the annual slide in sale values shows that entry pricing has been adjusting faster than rents. In practical terms, August’s picture is not one of broad acceleration; it is one of shifting arithmetic, where weaker capital values partly support income-based positioning. The result is a market note shaped less by momentum than by the balance between lower acquisition costs and only limited rent growth.