Saint-Denis Property Prices, Rents & Rental Yields

About Saint-Denis

Saint-Denis sits on La Réunion’s northern coast, between the Indian Ocean and the island’s steep inland terrain. As the department’s administrative centre, it offers apartment investors an urban setting shaped by a distinctive island geography.

In October 2026, the clearest signal for apartments is a split between sale prices and rents: the average sale price fell 6.4% from the previous month, while the average rent rose 5.3%. Those opposite moves matter more than either change in isolation. A lower purchase-price reading alongside a higher rental-price reading can make the month’s headline income comparison look more favourable. But these are market averages, not figures for a matched set of apartments. They show a change in the relationship between the two averages; they do not establish that every apartment generated stronger returns.

The average sale price stands at €193,000, providing a reference point for the purchase side of that comparison. The reported yield is 6.71%, a useful summary measure but not a substitute for assessing an individual property’s costs and achievable rent. For an investment appraisal, the distinction matters: a market-level yield cannot capture variation between particular apartments, and one month’s movement cannot confirm a lasting shift. October’s reading is best treated as a prompt to test purchase and rental assumptions separately, rather than as evidence that the gap between prices and rents will keep widening.