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Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré Penthouse Sets Highest Paris Auction Sale This Month, Lifting Comparables in the 8th
The €2.85 million transaction for a 180-square-metre apartment signals fresh price momentum in central districts already trading above the city average of €10,000 per square metre.
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A 180-square-metre penthouse at 55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré sold for €2.85 million on 3 July, the highest single lot cleared at any Paris auction this month.
The result arrives while international tensions keep some foreign capital on the sidelines and domestic buyers weigh interest-rate stability after the European Central Bank’s June hold. Clearance rates across the central eight arrondissements have held at 62 percent for the first half of 2026, down three points from the same period last year, yet the top tier of stock continues to attract bids within 5 percent of asking prices.
The property sits two blocks from the Élysée Palace and 400 metres from the luxury retail corridor of Rue Saint-Honoré. Agents noted that three other lots on the same street that cleared in June traded between €11,800 and €13,200 per square metre; the new sale printed at €15,833 per square metre. In the 9th arrondissement, a 142-square-metre Haussmann apartment near the Opéra Garnier reached €1.92 million on the same day, a 9 percent lift on the March comparable two streets away.
Comparable prices shift in the 8th and 9th
Local notaries recorded six sales above €2 million in the 8th arrondissement between 1 and 7 July. Three of those properties sit within 300 metres of the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré lot. In the 9th, four apartments between Boulevard Haussmann and Rue de la Chaussée d’Antin traded at an average €13,400 per square metre, up from €12,100 in April. The Grand Paris Express works at Porte de Clichy have begun to pull outer 17th-arrondissement values upward, yet the premium core still commands a 35 percent premium over the new stations.
Buyers tracking the market should review the next Chambre des Notaires d’Île-de-France auction catalogue, due online 22 July, and compare recent street-level results before submitting bids. Properties within 500 metres of the highest sale this month are already listed with revised guide prices reflecting the new benchmark.
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