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This statistic presents the turnover rate of the real estate industry in France in 2017, by city. It shows that in that year, the highest real estate turnover rate in the country was in the city of La Rochelle with a rate of *** percent, meaning that *** percent of the properties in this city were sold in 2017. Conversely, the city of Calais had the lowest real estate turnover rate in mainland France, with a rate of *** percent.

The French and real estate purchases
The average search duration to find the ideal home in France was nearly five months in 2018. To do so, the French visited websites or listing portals, contacted real estate agents, looked at real estate agency listings... In this order, in May 2020, when purchasing a property, the preference of the French was searching on the Internet; indeed, nearly **** of the French favored this mode of information since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic due, of course, to its flexibility. Similarly, during the same period, the services likely to appeal to the French for buying a property were: the possibility of accessing a ** virtual tour of the property (** percent), a housing follow-up booklet (** percent), the possibility of visiting the property remotely via a live video conversation (** percent), and the possibility of signing a contract online (** percent). Thus, it is observed that after this crisis, the French prioritized online or virtual means.

Housing loans in France
As for mortgage loans to individuals, their average rates were steadily decreasing in 2020; for example, the average rate of a 25-year mortgage loan was **** percent in June 2020 and **** percent six months later. Furthermore, nearly **** (**** percent) of the French had at least one housing loan in 2019, a proportion that has ranged between ** and **** percent since 2005. Finally, ** percent was the share of French people who used a loan to acquire their primary residence in 2020, compared to ** percent who did not need one.