With 72.7% of homes used as second homes, more jobs than inhabitants and Paris 2 h 14 away by direct train, Deauville is a holiday-home market, where apartments sell for a median €6,556 per m². Prices, rents, neighbourhoods, budgets and yield: what you need to know before buying in Deauville from abroad.
The public indicators that matter before buying to let in Deauville, each with its source.
Deauville has 3,539 inhabitants according to the 2023 INSEE census. 49.9% of main residences are occupied by tenants and 57.8% of households consist of one person.
The rent map of the Ministry of Housing and ANIL gives an advertised rent of about €20.7 per m² including charges for a 1- or 2-room apartment in Deauville, compared with €18.8 for 3 rooms or more.
Sales recorded in DVF show the average price per m² for apartments down 3.7% between July 2025 and June 2026 compared with the previous twelve months, with 170 apartments sold.
Vacancy reaches 3.9% of homes according to INSEE. This overall rate includes run-down older homes or homes under renovation: a renovated, well-located property at the right rent generally lets faster.
| Indicator | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² of apartments sold | €6,556/m² (1,076 sales) | DVF, statistics (data.gouv.fr), July 2021 to June 2026 |
| Average price per m² over the last 12 months | 6 752 €/m² | DVF, statistics (data.gouv.fr), July 2025 to June 2026 |
| Population | 3,539 inhabitants | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Average annual population change | −0.3% a year (2017 to 2023) | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Young people aged 18 to 24 in education | 83, i.e. 51.6% of 18-24 year olds | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Pupils, students and trainees among 15-64 year olds | 7,3 % | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Main residences occupied by tenants | 49,9 % | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Single-person households | 57.8% of households | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| One-room main residences | 8,2 % | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Vacant homes | 3.9% of the housing stock | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Advertised rent, apartment of 1 or 2 rooms | €20.7/m² including charges | 2025 rent map (Ministry of Housing, ANIL), 3rd quarter of 2025 |
| Advertised rent, apartment of 3 rooms or more | €18.8/m² including charges | 2025 rent map (Ministry of Housing, ANIL), 3rd quarter of 2025 |
| Change in the average price per m² of apartments sold | −3.7% (July 2025 to June 2026, compared with the previous 12 months) | DVF, monthly statistics (data.gouv.fr), average weighted by number of sales |
| Apartment sales over 12 months | 170 sales (July 2025 to June 2026) | DVF, monthly statistics (data.gouv.fr) |
| Second homes and occasional-use homes | 72.7% of homes | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Median price of apartments sold in 2025 in Deauville | €6,787/m² (182 sales) | Geolocated DVF (data.gouv.fr), 2025 (calculation) |
| Median price of apartments sold in 2025 in Trouville-sur-Mer | €5,534/m² (172 sales) | Geolocated DVF (data.gouv.fr), 2025 (calculation) |
| Median price of apartments sold in 2025 in Touques | €3,559/m² (49 sales) | Geolocated DVF (data.gouv.fr), 2025 (calculation) |
| Workers employed in Deauville who live in another municipality | 85,2 % | INSEE, commuting flows 2023 (calculation) |
| Unemployment, Honfleur Pont-Audemer employment area | 6.4% in the 2nd quarter of 2026 (8.3% in France) | INSEE, local unemployment rates |
| Second homes subject to the 20% surcharge on housing tax | 4,532 in 2025 | DGFiP, census of taxable items |
Expats supported by ImmoPourExpat have already bought in Deauville: their property and their figures.
Three typical properties, at the median sale price and the town’s advertised rent: enough to place your budget before you start searching.
1 room of 24 m², the median floor area of studios sold
Market benchmark: 57.8% of households in Deauville live alone, which supports demand for small units (INSEE, 2023 census).
2 rooms of 45 m², the median floor area of two-room flats sold
Market benchmark: 49.9% of main residences are rented in Deauville (INSEE, 2023 census).
4 rooms or more, 103 m², the median size sold
The advertised rent is an average for the town: depending on the neighbourhood, the condition of the property and its features, the rent you obtain may be higher or lower.
Median DVF sale prices from January 2025 to December 2025 in Deauville. Rents estimated at the advertised rent of the 2025 rent map, including charges (€20.7 per m² for 1 or 2 rooms, €18.8 for 3 rooms or more). Notary fees estimated at 8% of the price (7 to 8% for older properties according to the Notaires de France). Gross yield compares annual rent with the purchase price, excluding fees and charges.
With 3,539 inhabitants, Deauville forms a single statistical neighbourhood for INSEE: the sectors presented are Deauville and the municipalities around it, from Trouville-sur-Mer to Touques and the west coast.
Between the beach and its Planches boardwalk, Place Morny and the harbour, Deauville is the most expensive of the municipalities presented: a median €6,787 per m² for the 182 apartments sold in 2025, according to DVF, with a median size of 46 m². According to INSEE, 72.7% of homes there are second homes. The whole municipality is subject to change-of-use rules for tourist lets.
On the other bank of the Touques, Trouville-sur-Mer shares the Trouville-Deauville station with Deauville. According to INSEE, 70.1% of homes in this town of 4,619 inhabitants are second homes. Apartments sold there for a median €5,534 per m² in 2025, according to DVF, with a median size of 36 m². Letting a second home to tourists there also requires a three-year change-of-use authorisation, since the end of 2024.
Upstream from Deauville, Touques has 3,913 inhabitants. Apartments sold there for a median €3,559 per m² in 2025, according to DVF, nearly half the price in Deauville, with a median size of 45 m². It is the main municipality of origin of the workers employed in Deauville: 371 according to INSEE. A property there is aimed first at long-term letting; before planning a tourist let, ask at the town hall.
West of Deauville, Tourgéville, Bénerville-sur-Mer and Blonville-sur-Mer extend the coast. According to DVF, the median price of the 127 apartments sold in 2025 in these three municipalities is €5,244 per m²: €5,811 in Tourgéville, €5,720 in Bénerville and €4,602 in Blonville. The Clairefontaine racecourse is in Tourgéville. Each municipality has its own rules for tourist lets: check them at the town hall.
Deauville forms a single Iris: each sector is a municipality, or three municipalities for the west coast. Prices are the medians of apartment sales recorded in DVF in 2025; the figure for Deauville (€6,787) differs from the median price at the top of the page, calculated over ten half-years. The price of a street can differ markedly from that of its municipality.
In Deauville, jobs outnumber inhabitants: 4,886 jobs for 3,539 inhabitants, according to INSEE, and half of main residences are rented.
According to INSEE, 83 young people aged 18 to 24 are in education in Deauville. For an investor, demand comes more from workers and families than from students.
According to INSEE, 85.2% of the workers employed in Deauville live in another municipality, first in Touques, Pont-l’Évêque, Trouville-sur-Mer and Lisieux, all candidates for a home closer to their work. The Société des Hôtels de Deauville (500 to 999 employees) and the municipality (250 to 499) are among the largest employers.
According to INSEE, nearly three homes in four are second homes or occasional homes. Tourist demand follows weekends, holidays and major events, such as the races at the La Touques racecourse, about 50 days a year according to the tourist office. To let to these travellers, a second home must obtain a change-of-use authorisation.
According to INSEE, 11.8% of households in Deauville moved in less than two years ago: plan for regular re-letting and a property that is easy to re-let.
Sources: INSEE, 2023 census and 2023 commuting flows; Sirene register (2024 headcounts); Indy Deauville, tourist office. Unemployment stands at 6.4% in the Honfleur Pont-Audemer employment area, of which Deauville is part, in the 2nd quarter of 2026, compared with 8.3% in France (INSEE).
In Deauville, a second-home market in a high-demand area, tourist letting requires a change-of-use authorisation; long-term letting is aimed at workers from the coast, with the rent limited at each re-letting.
Short-term rental →| Option | In Deauville | Our view |
|---|---|---|
| Unfurnished rental | Starting rent is free, then limited between two tenants; three-year leases and one month’s notice in a high-demand area. Tenants stay in their home for 10 years on average, according to INSEE. | For a large home |
| Furnished, long-term | Furnished studios and two-room apartments meet the needs of tourism and service workers employed in Deauville: 57.8% of households there live alone, and the notice is one month. | To prioritise |
| Mobility lease | From 1 to 10 months, furnished, for a tenant in higher education, on an internship, in an apprenticeship, in vocational training, in civic service, on a job transfer or on a temporary assignment. | For a few months |
| Short-term rental | For a second home, a registration number, then a change-of-use authorisation before the first night, valid for three years, in your name. Tourist tax of 5% of the price per night, capped at €4.90 per person, plus 10% for the Département. | Subject to authorisation |
In Deauville, tourist letting of a second home requires a change-of-use authorisation, and the municipality is a high-demand area. Check the rules below before costing your project.
Since 1 June 2021, letting a second home as a furnished tourist rental requires a registration number, then a change-of-use authorisation obtained before the first night, across the whole municipality. Voted by the Cœur Côte Fleurie community of municipalities, the scheme provides for no compensation and no quota. The authorisation is valid for three years, personal to you: it does not stay with the property if it is sold and must be applied for again when it expires. Letting without authorisation exposes you to a civil fine of up to €50,000 per property.
Set by the municipality, for an unclassified furnished rental it is 5% of the price per night per person, capped at €4.90, plus 10% departmental tax since 1 January 2026, i.e. €5.39 at most. The municipal council has renewed this scale for 2027. Overnight stays are declared each month on the Deauville tourist tax website.
Deauville has been classed as a tourist and high-demand area since 2023, and will remain so under the decree that will apply from 1 January 2027. The starting rent is free, but between two tenants it cannot exceed the previous rent, revised according to the rent reference index, except for major works or an undervalued rent; for a home rated F or G, no increase is allowed. A home left empty for more than 18 months falls outside this rule. The tenant’s notice is one month.
The tax on vacant homes in high-demand areas already applies in Deauville. In 2027, it becomes the tax on vacant residential premises: a home empty for at least a year on 1 January is taxed at 17% of its rental value in the first year, then 34%. Second homes also pay housing tax surcharged by 20%: 4,532 homes were in this position in 2025, according to the DGFiP.
Deauville has a remarkable heritage site, approved in 2005 and revised in 2018 according to the DRAC Normandie (regional cultural affairs office). Within its perimeter, exterior works (façades, roofs, joinery) go through the architecte des Bâtiments de France. Find out before costing any works.
Deauville is one of the 21 municipalities covered by the flood risk prevention plan for the lower Touques valley, approved on 3 March 2016, and Géorisques also reports rising groundwater there. Read the risk statement provided with each property and check whether it lies in a regulated zone before buying.
Your rents are taxed in France, whatever your country of residence. What changes is how they are treated at home and the rate of social contributions.
BelgiumFor a property held directly and let unfurnished, Belgium exempts these rents but uses them to set your tax rate. Social contributions: 7.5% if you are affiliated to Belgian social security and not dependent on any compulsory French scheme.
Investing from Belgium →
United KingdomThe United Kingdom also taxes your rents, with a credit for French income tax. The British tax authority (HMRC) includes in this credit the 7.5% solidarity levy, which is due if you are affiliated in the United Kingdom. Only the CSG and CRDS are excluded from it by the tax treaty.
Investing from the United Kingdom →
SwitzerlandSwitzerland exempts your French rents, but takes them into account for your tax rate. The 7.5% rate requires you to be covered by Swiss compulsory health insurance (LAMal) and not to be dependent on any compulsory French scheme.
Investing from Switzerland →The reduced rate depends on your affiliation, not your country: without affiliation in the European Union, the EEA, Switzerland or the United Kingdom, or if you are dependent on a compulsory French scheme, you pay the full rate.
Tax treaties by country →Rules taken from our country pages and our tax page, for 2025 income. Your exact situation depends on your affiliation and on your country’s tax treaty.
Your rents and your capital gain are taxed in France, even if you live abroad.
On resale, the tax on the capital gain is withheld by the notary, with allowances for length of ownership from the 6th year: exemption from tax after 22 years, and from social contributions after 30 years.
Depending on your situation, our strategies and the way your purchase is structured can reduce, or even neutralise, the tax: we look at them with you from the very first call.
Taxation for the expat investor →Property tax and household waste tax apply to half the cadastral rental value of the home: ask the seller for their latest notice to know the amount. Deauville applies a 20% surcharge on housing tax for second homes (2025). Sources: collectivites-locales.gouv.fr, impots.gouv.fr, notaires.fr.
Here is a simple example, for illustration purposes: a 40 m² two-room flat, at the median sale price and the average advertised rent.
| Furnished letting, micro-BIC regime | Affiliated in the EU, the EEA, Switzerland or the United Kingdom | Other cases (full rate) |
|---|---|---|
| Rents over one year | 9 936 € | 9 936 € |
| Taxable income after the 50% allowance | 4 968 € | 4 968 € |
| Income tax at the 20% minimum rate | − 994 € | − 994 € |
| Social contributions | − 373 € (7,5 %) | − 924 € (18,6 %) |
| Left after tax | 8 569 € | 8 018 € |
| Yield after tax | ≈ 3,3 % | ≈ 3,1 % |
Assumptions: furnished letting under the micro-BIC regime, 50% allowance, 20% minimum rate for non-residents (2025 income), rents received counted in full. The 7.5% rate also requires you not to be dependent on any compulsory French scheme: a retired person who receives only a French pension pays the full rate. Charges, property tax, notary fees and loan interest are not deducted: under the actual regime (régime réel), the tax can be significantly lower.
An advertised rentThe rent from the map is an advertised rent including charges, so it is higher than the rent excluding charges that you will receive.
The rent at your addressThe advertised rent is an average for the town: depending on the neighbourhood, the condition of the property and its size, the rent you obtain may be higher or lower.
Costs and chargesNotary fees, renovation works, property tax, insurance and management then reduce the net yield.
This calculation helps compare cities or properties; it does not guarantee any result.
Do you live abroad and are you looking at Deauville? In 45 minutes, we tell you what is feasible with your budget, your down payment and your country of residence.
Book a call →Trouville-Deauville station is 2 h 14 from Paris-Saint-Lazare by the fastest direct train, with 4 direct trains per weekday and more at weekends, according to the SNCF timetable. Deauville-Normandie airport, in Saint-Gatien-des-Bois, has flights to Marrakech, Palma or Palermo, mainly from April to October.
4 direct trains and 5 journeys with a change at Lisieux on Tuesday between Trouville-Deauville and Paris-Saint-Lazare; on Sunday, 8 direct trains, the fastest in 2 h 10, and a last departure at 9:17 pm.
From Trouville-Deauville station on weekdays; the last train leaving Paris-Saint-Lazare at 7:08 pm arrives at 9:29 pm: a return trip fits into the day.
11 direct trains per weekday; at Lisieux, connections to Caen and Paris.
11 journeys per weekday, with a change at Lisieux.
From Deauville-Normandie airport: Marrakech, Palma, Palermo, Heraklion and Olbia, mainly from April to October, according to the airport and the tourist office.
Line 111 links Deauville to Caen, Honfleur and Le Havre; lines 112 and 113 serve Tourgéville, Trouville-sur-Mer and Touques, according to the tourist office.
Timetables checked on 11 November 2026 on the official SNCF timetable (Tuesday 17, Friday 20, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November 2026); they vary from day to day. Airport destinations according to its website, with no frequency given; coach lines according to Indy Deauville, the tourist office.
Yes, under conditions. For a second home, the town hall requires a declaration, a registration number and a change-of-use authorisation before the first night let. The authorisation is valid for three years and is not transferable. The procedures are carried out on declaloc.fr. Also check that the co-ownership rules do not prohibit this activity before buying.
No. According to the Deauville town hall website, the authorisation is issued for three years and is not transferable. If you buy an apartment already let as a seasonal rental, you will have to make your own application. So do not pay a price calculated on tourist income without knowing whether you will obtain the authorisation in your name.
Rent levels are not capped by a reference rent, unlike Paris or Lyon. But Deauville has been classed as a tourist and high-demand area since 2023, and will remain so under the decree of 25 August 2026, which applies from 1 January 2027: between two tenants, rent increases are already limited, and the tax on vacant homes applies. To check the rent allowed at re-letting, use the Service Public simulator.
It all depends on your goal. According to DVF Statistics, the median for apartments is €5,271 per m² in Trouville and €3,500 in Touques, compared with €6,556 in Deauville. The lower entry price improves gross yield, especially for long-term letting. Deauville keeps the advantage of reputation and resale. Each municipality has its own rules for tourist lets: check them at the town hall.
It is high. DVF Statistics (Etalab) give a median of €6,556 per m² for apartments sold over the last 10 half-years, and the average price per m² fell by 3.7% between July 2025 and June 2026 compared with the previous twelve months. The price depends mainly on proximity to the beach, the view and the condition of the property.
For seasonal rental, a local concierge service handles arrivals, cleaning, linen and reviews, and collects the tourist tax if the platform does not. For year-round rental, a property management agency is enough. For the purchase, a notarised power of attorney avoids the trip. Plan a reserve for co-ownership works, which are common in buildings close to the sea.
Only if it is your main residence, meaning the home you occupy at least eight months a year. From abroad, that is not the case: your property is a second home, which requires a change-of-use authorisation from the first night let as a furnished tourist rental. The authorisation is valid for three years, in your name, and must be applied for again afterwards.
For an unclassified furnished rental, 5% of the price per night per person, capped at €4.90, plus 10% additional departmental tax since 1 January 2026, i.e. €5.39 at most. The municipal council has renewed this scale for 2027. Classified furnished rentals pay a fixed rate, depending on their number of stars.
According to sales recorded in DVF from January 2025 to December 2025, a studio sold for a median price of €176,150, a two-room apartment for a median price of €289,000 and a large home for a median price of €822,000. Allow about 8% notary fees on top for older properties, and a works budget if the energy rating is poor.
In 2026, the municipal property tax rate is 50.55%, plus 5.79% for the inter-municipal authority. These rates apply to half the cadastral rental value of the home: ask the seller for their latest property tax notice to know the amount.
For a 40 m² furnished two-room apartment bought for €262,240 and let for €828 a month, about 3.3% of the price remains after tax if you are covered by a scheme in the European Union, the EEA, Switzerland or the United Kingdom without depending on a mandatory French scheme, and 3.1% otherwise, under the micro-BIC regime and at the minimum rate of 20%. Charges, property tax and purchase costs are not deducted.
The capital gain is taxed in France at 19%, plus social contributions, and the notary withholds this tax at the time of sale, with an exemption from tax after 22 years and from social contributions after 30 years of ownership.
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