Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Villefranche-sur-Mer — is it the same market?

Broadly, yes. In Beaulieu-sur-Mer, 5% of the sales retained are of a house alone, against 8% in Villefranche-sur-Mer. The two districts sell property of comparable nature, so the price gap measures the market rather than the composition.

Comparing two districts

Beaulieu-sur-Mer or Villefranche-sur-Mer?

Both medians below come from the same record of deeds, over the same period and by the same method. That is what makes them comparable, and it is rarer than it sounds.

Two neighbouring harbours, separated by a hill. This is the pair where the choice rests least on price, and most on the morning light, the harbour and the train.

The record

Beaulieu-sur-Mer

€8,031/m²

Sales retained: 308
Houses alone: 5%

Villefranche-sur-Mer

€8,032/m²

Sales retained: 118
Houses alone: 8%

Source: Demandes de valeurs foncières (DVF), DGFiP — ventes agrégées par mutation, Licence Ouverte 2.0.

The gap

Beaulieu-sur-Mer comes out 0% more expensive per square metre than Villefranche-sur-Mer.

What the gap does not tell you

The two districts sell property of comparable nature. In Beaulieu-sur-Mer, 5% of the sales retained are of a house alone, against 8% in Villefranche-sur-Mer. The price gap therefore measures something real about the market, rather than a difference in composition.

Both records in full

And for one particular property?

A median describes a district, never a house. The view, the condition, the aspect and the off-market never appear in a deed. We prepare a reasoned valuation on documents.

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