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Buyin Lyon

Lyon property purchases complete before a French notaire with statutory 10-day SRU cooling-off rights and roughly 7–8% acquisition costs on existing apartments.

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Notaire-verified path
DPE & diagnostics
3D map
≈7%acquisition costs on an existing home
2contracts: compromis, then acte authentique
10 daysstatutory buyer cooling-off (loi SRU)
DPE A–Genergy label required in every file
What a purchase really costs

€400,000 home in Lyon

Droits de mutation (DMTO) (5.8%)
€23,200
Émoluments du notaire (≈0.8%)
€3,200
Formalités & débours (≈0.4%)
€1,600
Cash needed at the notaire
€428,000

≈ +7% over the price. Roughly +7% on an existing home — that is the famous frais de notaire, most of which is departmental tax rather than the notaire’s fee. A new-build runs nearer 2–3% because VAT is already inside the price. Several départements, Paris included, applied the 2025 uplift toward ~6.3% DMTO — confirm the rate on your acte, not on a blog post.

Rentals run on rules

The rent side, in three lines

  • Deposit caps at one month’s rent unfurnished and two months furnished (loi du 6 juillet 1989).
  • Encadrement des loyers fixes a reference rent per m² in Paris, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Montpellier and Marseille — a lease above it is challengeable.
  • A DPE rating of G has been barred from new lettings since 2025 and F follows in 2028 — the energy label is a rentability test, not a sticker.

Qualitative anchors only. Live reference rents come from the préfecture’s published grid, never a hardcoded table.

Cities

Six metros, one notarial machine

The deed is national; the money is not. DMTO is voted département by département, and rent control only bites in the designated zones tendues. Each city guide carries its own number.

The diagnostic technique dossier (DPE, asbestos, lead, electrical conformity) must be appended to the compromis de vente before any deposit is escrowed with the notaire.

Presqu’île and Croix-Rousse command premium prices per square metre; Part-Dieu and Gerland provide higher gross rental yields supported by major corporate and biotech employers.

FAQ

What are typical closing costs for buyers in Lyon?
Expect approximately 7–8% in notary transfer duties on existing properties (droits d’enregistrement), or 2–3% on new-build developments (VEFA) where VAT is included.
Does DPE rating affect buying in Lyon?
Yes. Energy performance class G is barred from new residential leases, with class F scheduled for restriction by 2028 under French climate laws.

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