With 32,325 students, 66.3% of households renting and Paris 1 h 02 away by TGV at the quickest, Tours offers broad rental demand; rents can be set freely, but empty homes are taxed. Prices, rents, neighbourhoods, budgets and yield: what you need to know before buying in Tours from abroad.
The public indicators that matter before buying to let in Tours, each with its source.
Tours has 139,259 inhabitants according to the 2023 INSEE census. 66.3% of main residences are occupied by tenants and 58.6% of households consist of one person: demand is mainly for small units.
The median price of an apartment is €2,892 per m², based on sales recorded in DVF from July 2021 to June 2026, and the average price rose by 1.1% over the last year. According to our calculations on sales from July 2021 to December 2025, the median price ranges from €1,913 per m² in the Sanitas sector to €3,505 in the historic centre. The rent map of the Ministry of Housing and ANIL gives an advertised rent of about €15.5 per m² including charges for a 1- or 2-room apartment, and €12.0 for 3 rooms or more.
The local rent observatory, for its part, measures all rented homes in the private stock: on 1 January 2025, the median rent is €11.5 per m² excluding charges in the metropolitan area and €12.8 in the historic centre of Tours, whereas advertised rents concern properties offered for let. 11.2% of homes are vacant according to INSEE, and 1,510 homes in the private stock have been empty for more than two years according to Cerema (LOVAC 2026). Cost your project with a prudent rent and a works budget: 44.6% of main residences date from before 1971.
| Indicator | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² of apartments sold | €2,892/m² (8,442 sales) | DVF, statistics (data.gouv.fr), July 2021 to June 2026 |
| Average price per m² over the last 12 months | 2 871 €/m² | DVF, statistics (data.gouv.fr), July 2025 to June 2026 |
| Population | 139,259 inhabitants | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Average annual population change | +0.4% per year (2017 to 2023) | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Young people aged 18 to 24 in education | 17,131, i.e. 70.0% of 18-24 year olds | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Pupils, students and trainees among 15-64 year olds | 17,1 % | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Main residences occupied by tenants | 66,3 % | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Single-person households | 58.6% of households | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| One-room main residences | 14,2 % | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Vacant homes | 11.2% of the stock | INSEE, census, 2023 |
| Advertised rent, apartment of 1 or 2 rooms | €15.5/m² including charges | 2025 rent map (Ministry of Housing, ANIL), 3rd quarter of 2025 |
| Advertised rent, apartment of 3 rooms or more | €12.0/m² including charges | 2025 rent map (Ministry of Housing, ANIL), 3rd quarter of 2025 |
| Change in the average price per m² of apartments sold | +1.1% (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 | 1,693 sales (July 2025 to June 2026) | DVF, monthly statistics (data.gouv.fr) |
| Most expensive of the seven sectors: the historic centre | €3,505/m² median price (1,074 apartment sales) | Geolocated DVF (DGFiP, Etalab), July 2021 to December 2025 (calculation by sector) |
| Cheapest of the seven sectors: Sanitas, Beaujardin and Rochepinard | €1,913/m² median price (325 apartment sales) | Geolocated DVF (DGFiP, Etalab), July 2021 to December 2025 (calculation by sector) |
| Median rent in the private rental stock | €11.5/m² excluding charges in the metropolitan area, €12.8/m² in the historic centre of Tours | Rent observatory of the Tours metropolitan area, on 1 January 2025 |
| Median rent of a studio in the private rental stock | €15/m² in the metropolitan area | Rent observatory of the Tours metropolitan area, 2025 |
| Main residences built before 1971 | 44.6% (15.5% before 1946) | INSEE, 2023 census by IRIS area (calculation) |
| Main residences let as social housing (HLM) | 25,8 % | INSEE, 2023 census by IRIS area (calculation) |
| Workers who work in Tours without living there | 50,412, i.e. 57% of those who work in Tours | INSEE, commuting flows 2023 (calculation) |
| Residents of Tours who work in Île-de-France | 2,081, of whom 1,093 in Paris; 532 Île-de-France residents work in Tours | INSEE, commuting flows 2023 (calculation) |
| Unemployment in the Tours employment area | 7.7% in the 2nd quarter of 2026 (8.1% in metropolitan France) | INSEE, local unemployment rates |
| Private-stock homes vacant for more than two years | 1 510 | Cerema, vacant homes in the private stock (LOVAC), 2026 edition |
| Homes subject to the tax on vacant homes | 1,400 in 2025 | DGFiP, 2025 census of tax bases |
| Diagnosed apartments rated F or G | 5.8% of the energy performance certificates (DPE) issued since July 2021 | ADEME, energy performance certificates of existing homes (calculation) |
| Residents of priority neighbourhoods (QPV) | 23,265 in 8 neighbourhoods, i.e. 16.9% of the population | ANCT, urban policy geographic information system |
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 26 m², the median floor area of studios sold
Market indicator: 58.6% of households in Tours live alone, which supports demand for small units (INSEE, 2023 census).
2 rooms of 44 m², the median size of two-room apartments sold
Market indicator: 66.3% of main residences are rented in Tours (INSEE, 2023 census).
4 rooms or more, 84 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 Tours. Rents estimated at the advertised rent of the 2025 rent map, including charges (€15.5 per m² for 1 or 2 rooms, €12.0 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.
Tours is divided into sectors with very different profiles, from the historic centre, where small older properties are concentrated, to the campuses in the south, taking in the station, the area north of the Loire and the neighbourhoods undergoing urban renewal.
Around the place Plumereau, the rue Nationale and the cathedral, the historic centre concentrates small older properties: according to INSEE, more than half of main residences have one or two rooms and a third date from before 1946. 69% of households there rent their home, against 66% in the municipality, and nearly three residents in ten are aged 15 to 24. Tenants stay there 5.0 years on average, against 7.2 years in the city, and 16.7% of homes are vacant: check the building, the energy performance certificate (DPE) and the co-ownership before you decide. Vieux-Tours, the rue Nationale and the cathedral neighbourhood are within the safeguarding plan for the remarkable heritage site: works on façades, roofs and joinery there require the approval of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France (the state heritage architect).
Between the place du Général-Leclerc, the place Jean-Jaurès and the jardin des Prébendes, this sector brings together Tours station, from which 9 direct trains leave each weekday for Paris, in 1 h 14 at the quickest, and tram line A. According to INSEE, 61% of households there are tenants, 43% of main residences have one or two rooms and a third date from before 1946; tenants stay there 4.5 years on average. At the points we tested, the station, the place Jean-Jaurès and the streets around the Prébendes are within the perimeter of the flood risk prevention plan: read the risk statement for each address. Part of the sector touches the Sanitas priority neighbourhood (QPV), and works on the future tram line 2, announced for 2028, began on the avenue de Grammont in November 2026.
Around the boulevard Tonnellé, the medical school, the Bretonneau hospital and two Crous residences, Tonnellé and Hélène Boucher, sustain demand for small units. According to INSEE, 69% of households there are tenants, 44% of main residences have one or two rooms and one resident in four is aged 15 to 24. Bretonneau has 856 beds and places, within a CHRU that employs 10,589 non-medical staff in 2024, according to its activity report. Part of the sector belongs to the Maryse-Bastié priority neighbourhood, which is undergoing urban renewal: check the address street by street.
Around the avenue Jean-Portalis, the university’s Deux-Lions site brings together law, economics, social sciences, the IAE business school and Polytech, opposite the Crous Technopole residence and its 391 units. According to INSEE, 81% of households there are tenants, 55% of main residences have one or two rooms and 35% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The neighbourhood was built almost entirely after 1970, and tenants stay there 3.3 years on average, against 7.2 years in the municipality. Tram A stops at Fac 2 Lions, and no priority neighbourhood covers the sector.
Around the parc de Grandmont, the campus for science and technology, pharmacy and the IUT GE2I has two Crous residences, Grandmont and Les Garennes. According to INSEE, 46% of residents are aged 15 to 24, the highest share of the seven sectors, and 57% of main residences have one or two rooms. Tenants stay there 3.2 years on average: demand follows the university year, so plan for summer re-lets. Prices there are very scattered, from €1,667 to €3,000 per m² for the middle half of apartment sales according to our calculations on DVF: compare each property with the sales on its street.
North of the Loire, from the IUT de Tours to Saint-Symphorien and Sainte-Radegonde, this sector is the most populous of the seven, with 27,282 residents according to INSEE. 62% of households there are tenants, 36% of main residences have one or two rooms, against 53% in the historic centre, and only one in ten dates from before 1946. Tram A links it to the centre via the place Choiseul and La Tranchée, and the Crous Saint-Symphorien residence has 305 units on the IUT campus. The median price, €2,829 per m² according to our calculations on 1,585 apartment sales, is close to that of the municipality as a whole; at the points we tested, the lower part of Saint-Symphorien, along the Loire, is within the perimeter of the flood prevention plan.
Sanitas is the only neighbourhood of national interest in the urban renewal programme of Tours Métropole: according to the City of Tours, its project is funded to the tune of €187.3 million, with works scheduled until 2032. According to INSEE, 79% of households in the sector are tenants, 58% of main residences are social housing (HLM), and tenants stay there 10.5 years on average, the longest duration of the seven sectors. The median price there is also the lowest of the seven, €1,913 per m² according to our calculations on DVF sales. A large part of Sanitas is classified as a priority neighbourhood, but Beaujardin is not: study the urban project, the street and the building before any purchase.
The sectors follow INSEE’s IRIS divisions; their figures are 2023 census estimates, to be read as orders of magnitude, especially at the Deux-Lions and Grandmont, which each have only one IRIS. No official source publishes prices by neighbourhood in Tours: the prices by sector are our calculations on DVF sales from July 2021 to December 2025.
Students, healthcare workers, people working in the metropolitan area: in Tours, rental demand comes from several profiles, with very different lengths of stay from one neighbourhood to the next.
According to the Ministry of Higher Education, 25,124 of them are enrolled at the university, notably on the Deux-Lions, Tanneurs, Grandmont and Tonnellé sites. The Crous has twelve residences in the city, including Technopole and its 391 units, opposite the law faculty: demand for studios is concentrated near the campuses and the tram.
According to INSEE, 24.7% of these jobs are managerial positions and 58.6% of households in Tours consist of one person. The CHRU de Tours, the largest employer in the Centre-Val de Loire region according to its activity report, alone has 10,589 non-medical staff in 2024.
According to INSEE, 532 Île-de-France residents make the opposite journey, and 50,412 workers who live outside Tours come to work there, i.e. 57% of those who work in the municipality. With 15 direct trains per weekday to Paris, in 1 h 02 at the quickest, a home near the station or the tram makes these journeys easier.
According to INSEE, the duration varies from 3.2 years in Grandmont and 3.3 years in the Deux-Lions, student neighbourhoods, to 10.5 years in Sanitas, where social housing predominates, and 19.7% of households moved in less than two years ago. For the private stock of the metropolitan area alone, the local rent observatory records 4.5 years on average.
Sources: Ministry of Higher Education, 2025-2026 enrolment atlas; Crous; INSEE, 2023 census and 2023 commuting flows; CHRU de Tours, 2025 activity report; rent observatory of the Tours metropolitan area, 2025 results; SNCF, official timetables of November 2026. The durations by sector and the commuting flows are calculations on INSEE data. Unemployment stands at 7.7% in the Tours employment area in the 2nd quarter of 2026, compared with 8.1% in metropolitan France (INSEE).
In Tours, rents can be set freely and 58.6% of households live alone: the letting formula is chosen according to the neighbourhood and the target tenant, without leaving the home empty, since the City taxes vacancy.
Having your property managed remotely →| Option | In Tours | Our view |
|---|---|---|
| Unfurnished rental | Three-year lease and three months’ notice: the formula for three-room homes and families, north of the Loire or near the station, where more than half of main residences have three rooms or more according to INSEE. | For a large home |
| Furnished | 58.6% of households live alone and 32,325 students are enrolled in the city: furnished studios and two-room apartments near the campuses and the tram meet this demand, with one month’s notice. | To prioritise |
| House share | The large older apartments of the centre and the station area lend themselves to house shares for students or young professionals. Allow for summer vacancy and faster turnover, and choose a home close to the tram. | Near the campuses |
| 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 | A declaration at the town hall, online through Déclaloc, is enough: we found no change of use, no registration number and no cap lowered to 90 days. The City cites competition from furnished tourist lets among the reasons for its new tax on empty homes: keep a fallback plan in standard letting. | Possible, worth testing |
| Capped-rent agreement | The Métropole’s Artémis service advises and supports landlords who renovate, and the City mentions a metropolitan grant of €3,000 for bringing a vacant home back into use, whose conditions we did not find. The Loc’Avantages tax reduction is open to a non-resident only if the agreement took effect before they left. | Worth studying |
In Tours, rents can be set freely, but an empty home is taxed. Around the station and the place Jean-Jaurès, the heritage safeguarding plan and the flood risk prevention plan both apply: check the rules below before costing your project.
Tours is not in a high-pressure housing area (zone tendue), neither today nor under the decree that will apply from 1 January 2027, and its rents are not regulated: the rent can be set freely when the home is first let and when it is re-let. There is no rental permit either, neither from the City nor from Tours Métropole, according to their resolutions published up to October 2026.
Tours has taxed vacant homes since 2010: 1,400 homes were taxed there in 2025, at a rate of 22.42% of the rental value, according to the DGFiP. On 6 July 2026, the municipal council introduced the vacancy tax on residential premises, which takes over in 2027 for a home that has been empty for at least two years on 1 January. Its rate will be put to the vote of the municipal council on 14 December 2026; the City has announced its intention to adopt the legal maximum of 50%. A property offered for let at the market price without finding a tenant is exempt: keep a record of your listings.
The centre of Tours is a remarkable heritage site with a safeguarding and enhancement plan (PSMV), approved in 2014, covering about 156 hectares according to our calculations: it takes in Vieux-Tours, the cathedral neighbourhood, the rue Nationale, the place Jean-Jaurès and the boulevard Heurteloup as far as the station. Works on façades, roofs and joinery there require the approval of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France (the state heritage architect). Outside this perimeter, many streets are within the surroundings of a listed monument, near the station, the Prébendes or the church of Saint-Symphorien: ask the planning department before planning any external works.
The Val de Tours - Val de Luynes flood risk prevention plan, approved in July 2016, applies to part of the city: at the points we tested, the station, the place Jean-Jaurès, Velpeau, the Prébendes and the lower part of Saint-Symphorien are within its perimeter, but not Vieux-Tours, Tours Nord or the Deux-Lions. The floods of 31 January to 27 February 2026 were recognised as a natural disaster, and the City points out that the levees do not offer infallible protection. The underground also has 236 recorded cavities, including 206 cellars: read the risk statement for each property before signing.
A furnished tourist let is declared at the town hall, online through Déclaloc, the Tours Métropole service: since 20 May 2026, the law requires this declaration for every furnished tourist let, main residence included, pending the national registration announced for the end of 2026. A main residence can only be let for 120 days a year, and we found neither change of use nor quotas in Tours. The tourist tax on an unclassified furnished let is 5% of the nightly price per person, capped at €4.90, plus the 10% additional departmental tax.
According to the energy performance certificates recorded by ADEME since July 2021, 5.8% of diagnosed apartments in Tours are rated F or G: since 2025, a G-rated home can no longer be let under a new lease, and F-rated homes will follow in 2028. The Métropole’s Artémis service advises and supports landlords who renovate, as part of a France Rénov’ programme planned for 2025 to 2029. Tours is neither in Action cœur de ville nor in a territorial revitalisation operation: it does not qualify for the Denormandie scheme, which is in any case reserved for taxpayers domiciled in France.
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.
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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.
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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. 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 | 7 440 € | 7 440 € |
| Taxable income after the 50% allowance | 3 720 € | 3 720 € |
| Income tax at the 20% minimum rate | − 744 € | − 744 € |
| Social contributions | − 279 € (7,5 %) | − 692 € (18,6 %) |
| Left after tax | 6 417 € | 6 004 € |
| Yield after tax | ≈ 5,5 % | ≈ 5,2 % |
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 Tours? In 45 minutes, we tell you what is feasible with your budget, your down payment and your country of residence.
Book a call →Tours is 1 h 02 from Paris-Montparnasse by TGV at the quickest, from Saint-Pierre-des-Corps station, with 15 direct trains per weekday to Paris according to the SNCF timetable. Three direct trains also run each weekday to Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, in 1 h 46 at the quickest; Tours airport, for its part, has only two scheduled routes this winter, to Porto and Marrakech.
15 direct trains per weekday from Tours and Saint-Pierre-des-Corps: 11 TGVs to Montparnasse and 4 trains to Austerlitz, including 1 OUIGO. From Tours station itself, 9 direct trains and 1 h 14 at the quickest.
3 direct trains per weekday from Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, including 1 OUIGO: no need to cross Paris for a long-haul flight.
Without crossing Paris, with a change at Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy, at the quickest in the evening; 4 h 16 for a morning departure.
Via Paris: TGV to Montparnasse, then Eurostar from the Gare du Nord, allowing one hour to change stations and 45 minutes for check-in; 7 journeys per day.
Porto (Friday and Sunday) and Marrakech (Monday and Saturday), until 27 March 2027; neither London nor Dublin this winter. Bus 2 links the terminal to Tours station in 12 to 23 minutes.
Line A links Vaucanson, north of the Loire, to Joué-lès-Tours via the station, Sanitas and the Deux-Lions; a line 2 is announced for 2028.
Journey times calculated from the official SNCF and Eurostar timetables for Thursday 12 November 2026, the Fil Bleu network timetable and the winter schedule of Tours airport, consulted on 11 November 2026; they vary from day to day. For London, we allow one hour to get from Montparnasse to the Gare du Nord: this is an assumption, not a timetable. Geneva is 6 h 13 away at best, with a change at Lyon Part-Dieu.
No. Tours is not among the territories where rent control applies according to Service Public. The rent at first letting is therefore free. It must nevertheless stay consistent with the market: the rent map gives €15.5/m² charges included for 1- and 2-room flats. A rent that is too high quickly translates into weeks without a tenant.
No. Tours is not in a high-pressure housing area (zone tendue) in the list in force since the decree of 22 December 2025, nor in the list of the decree of 25 August 2026, which will apply from 1 January 2027: no municipality in Indre-et-Loire appears on it. The City already taxes empty homes, however: the housing tax on vacant homes has applied there since 2010, and 1,400 homes were taxed in 2025 according to the DGFiP. On 6 July 2026, the municipal council introduced the vacancy tax on residential premises, which takes over in 2027 for a home that has been empty for at least two years on 1 January. Its rate will be put to the vote of the municipal council on 14 December 2026; the City has announced its intention to adopt the legal maximum of 50%.
In 2025, one-room apartments sold in Tours for a median price of €80,000, with a median floor area of 26 m², i.e. €3,148 per m² across 402 sales recorded in DVF. Add about 8% notary fees for older properties, then a budget for works and furnishing. Prices vary widely from one neighbourhood to the next: ask for the recent sales on the street before making any offer, and check the energy performance certificate, because a home rated G can no longer be let under a new lease.
It is possible, but regulated. The tourist furnished let must be declared at the town hall, online via declaloc.fr for Tours Métropole Val de Loire. We did not find a change-of-use obligation in Tours, but the rules change fast. You also need someone on site for arrivals, cleaning and emergencies. Ask the town hall for written confirmation before buying for this use alone.
Entrust it to a letting agency: it chooses the tenant, collects the rent, carries out the inventories and follows up small repairs. For the purchase, a notarised power of attorney saves you from travelling. Keep a reserve for co-ownership works: a third of the main residences in the historic centre date from before 1946, according to INSEE. Finally, avoid leaving the home empty: Tours taxes vacant homes, and the new vacancy tax will apply from 2027 to those that have been empty for at least two years.
Yes, as everywhere in mainland France. According to Service Public, a home must be rated A to F for a lease signed between 2025 and 2027, A to E from 2028, then A to D from 2034. In the old stock of Vieux-Tours or Velpeau, have a DPE carried out before the purchase offer and cost the insulation works.
Yes. Vieux-Tours, the cathedral neighbourhood, the rue Nationale, the place Jean-Jaurès and the boulevard Heurteloup as far as the station are covered by the safeguarding plan of the remarkable heritage site, approved in 2014. Works that change the outside of buildings, such as façades, roofs or windows, require the approval of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France (the state heritage architect): allow two months for a prior declaration to be processed.
In part, yes. The Val de Tours - Val de Luynes flood risk prevention plan, approved in July 2016, applies to Tours: at the points we tested, the station, the place Jean-Jaurès, Velpeau and the Prébendes are within its perimeter, but not Vieux-Tours, Tours Nord or the Deux-Lions. The floods of 31 January to 27 February 2026 were recognised as a natural disaster. Before buying, read the risk statement attached to the preliminary sales agreement.
No, not at present. Neither the City of Tours nor Tours Métropole Val de Loire has introduced a rental authorisation or declaration scheme: no resolution to that effect appears in their published registers, up to the municipal council of 5 October 2026 and the metropolitan board of 19 October 2026. A local authority can create this scheme at any time: before signing a lease, ask the City’s housing department whether the address is affected.
According to sales recorded in DVF from January 2025 to December 2025, a studio sold for a median price of €80,000, a two-room apartment for a median price of €130,000 and a large home for a median price of €175,000. 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 43.44%. 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 €115,680 and let for €620 a month, about 5.5% 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 5.2% 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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