Charlie Cailloux, legal advisor for the real estate site PAP.fr, is now interested in this question of the sale or purchase price of a home depending on the level of the DPE, the energy performance diagnosis.
franceinfo: Does the energy performance of housing have an impact on its selling price?
Charlie Cailloux: Yes, and this is a major trend, but the impact of the energy label on the sale price varies according to the type of accommodation (apartment or house) and according to its location (in tense areas, the impact is less) .
In any case, according to this study by French notaries, the energy label for housing is not a determining criterion in the choice of buyers: when it is very good, it can sell at a little expensive; when it is very bad, we will have to negotiate downwards but the observed price variations depend enormously on the region in which the accommodation is located.
We quickly recall what the energy label is?
The energy label is the classification of your home on a scale from A for very energy-efficient homes, to G, for thermal strainers. This is the same label that you have on your fridge, for example, it allows you to quickly get an idea of the level of energy consumption in the home, and you get it by carrying out an energy performance diagnosis.
And what we first see in this study is that overall there is a green value: we see that overall, we sell more when the energy performance is very good.
You mentioned disparities linked to the location of the property?
Exactly ! In areas where there is a housing shortage, the impact of the energy label is less: in 2020, in very tense areas (large cities to summarize) apartments classified A and B (very economical) were sold on average 6 to 9% more expensive than housing classified D, (average performance), while for areas with little stress (medium-sized towns and rural areas), the notaries of France noted that the added value could reach 14 to 21% for the most economical housing. In tense areas, the most important criterion is address; good or bad energy performance is a secondary criterion.
The Climate Law of August 2021 provides that classified G and F homes will be excluded from the rental market in 2025 and 2028. A bad energy label will therefore soon have legal consequences for the owner!
Yes, it’s true ! And the hunt for energy strainers has already started. From January 1, 2022, advertisements for the sale and rental of F and G classified housing must bear the words “housing with excessive energy consumption”. Other information obligations will follow. If the energy label is not yet a determining criterion for buyers and tenants, it could become so.
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