Buying Farmland free of lease in Moselle means acquiring land free of any rural lease, ready to farm from day one — a decisive advantage for a new farm, an expansion or a diversification project. Here are the benchmark prices, local farming profile and legal framework, along with all our Farmland free of lease for sale in France.
A local particularity: in Alsace-Moselle, land registration goes through the Livre foncier inherited from local law, so sales do not feed the national DVF database and no departmental DVF statistics exist. At the Grand Est regional level, 2025 recorded sales show an average of €7,490/ha (median: €5,611/ha) over 1,233 transactions, against a national average of €6,059/ha. The official scale below remains the finest reference for the department. Full statistics are in our farmland price observatory.
According to the SAFER/SSP statistics (official scale of farmland market values, 2025 figures published in August 2026), vacant land and meadows trade on average at €5,380/ha in Moselle in 2025, -4.6% year on year and +1.9% over ten years.
The detail by agricultural sub-region:
Agricultural sub-region | 2025 price (€/ha) | 1-year change | 10-year change |
Warndt - Montagne Vosgienne - Plateau Lorrain Nord | 5,060 | -5.2% | -1.7% |
Vallée de la Moselle - Plateau Lorrain Sud - Pays Haut Lorrain | 5,810 | -3.8% | -1.4% |
Values are homogeneous across sub-regions (€5,060 to €5,810/ha); land condition and plot layout remain the main drivers of price gaps.
Moselle combines field crops on the Lorraine plateau, valley pastures and orchards (Lorraine mirabelle). Note: in Alsace-Moselle, land registration goes through the Livre foncier, so sales do not feed the DVF database. Land free of any lease lets you launch the cropping project of your choice immediately. Also browse the farms and agricultural estates for sale in Moselle.
The framework is the same across France: notification of the sale to the SAFER (pre-emption right, two months), a possible farming authorisation under structure-control rules, transfer duties of about 5.8% plus notary fees. The buyer can then farm directly or grant a rural lease under the statut du fermage; long-term leases open, under conditions, partial IFI exemptions and inheritance allowances. Our financial calculators help you budget the project.
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