With a B&B for sale in Loiret, the first Loire Valley department on the way from Paris, you reach nearby guests and a river lined with heritage sites. Orléans, Joan of Arc's city, with its cathedral and annual Joan of Arc festival, Meung-sur-Loire, Beaugency, Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire abbey, the Carolingian oratory at Germigny-des-Prés, the châteaux of Sully-sur-Loire and Gien and the Briare canal bridge are all linked by the Loire à Vélo cycle route. To the south lie the forests and ponds of the Sologne, to the east the Gâtinais and Montargis with its canals, and to the north the Orléans forest and the Beauce plain.
Properties range from renovated longères (long farmhouses) to character homes with grounds, sometimes with unusual accommodation such as a gypsy caravan. This page is for buyers of a running or future guest house, people comparing Loiret with Loir-et-Cher or Eure-et-Loir, and owners planning to sell. To watch the Loiret market, register for email alerts (in French).
As of 25 September 2026, one listing in Loiret is published on ma-propriete.fr, with an asking price of €536,850.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Loiret was €162,000 (average €167,803), or €1,649/m² of living space, for 104 m² on an average plot of 2,740 m², based on 2,128 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €92,000 and one in ten above €250,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €153,000 to €162,000 (+5.9%); over the last year the change is +2.5%. For comparison: €150,000 in Centre-Val de Loire and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Loiret | Centre-Val de Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €162,000 | €150,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €167,803 | €157,230 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €92,000 | €75,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €250,000 | €251,580 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,649/m² | €1,519/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 104 m² | 103 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 2,740 m² | 2,999 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 2,128 | 10,907 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €140,000 (deep countryside) to €181,000 (peri-urban countryside).
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €181,000 | €1,808/m² | +4.0% | 6,880 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €140,000 | €1,478/m² | +0.0% | 6,683 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €589,500* over 2021-2025, with an average of €644,200, a P10–P90 range of €400,000 to €1,000,000 and 1,694 €/m² of living space, over 75 sales. These homes average 359 m² of living space on 22,338 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loiret (2021-2025) | 75 | €589,500* | €644,200 | €400,000 – €1,000,000 | 1,694 |
| Centre-Val de Loire (2025) | 52 | €591,500* | €676,000 | €400,000 – €1,098,900 | 1,570 |
| Centre-Val de Loire (2021-2025) | 314 | €588,900 | €669,600 | €400,000 – €1,048,700 | 1,639 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Loiret and prestige property prices in Loiret (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
At a €162,000 median in 2025, a Loiret country house costs a little more than the regional €150,000, reflecting proximity to Paris and Orléans. A guest house with several bedrooms soon passes the €250,000 top-decile threshold and joins the prestige market, where the local median is €589,500 over 2021-2025 (indicative), with most sales between €400,000 and €1,000,000. Commuter villages, at €181,000, have risen +4.0% since 2021, while the deeper countryside, at €140,000, has stayed flat.
The Loire between Orléans, Sully, Gien and Briare draws cyclists and heritage visitors, and Meung and Beaugency extend the route towards Blois. The Loiret side of the Sologne, around La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, offers wooded estates and ponds for hunting, fishing and nature breaks. The Gâtinais around Montargis has canals, old villages and affordable prices close to Île-de-France, while the Beauce is more agricultural. The A10 and A71 meet at Orléans, the A19 and A77 serve the east, and trains from Paris reach Orléans, Montargis and Gien.
Expect limestone and flat tiles in the Beauce, brick and timber in the Sologne: have roofs, timbers and damp checked. The Orléans stretch of the Loire, protected by levees, remains exposed to floods and has karst cavities, and the Loing has also seen major floods; read the risk report before any offer. Private septic systems are inspected by the SPANC service. A chambres d'hôtes business is limited to 5 rooms and 15 guests at a time, breakfast included, with a declaration at the mairie (town hall); serving wine at dinner requires at least a restaurant licence and a specific permit. See our article on B&B insurance (in French).
Parisians on weekends, Loire à Vélo cyclists, often for one night, and business travellers around Orléans during the week. Belgian, Dutch and German visitors follow the cycle route. Mixing these guests smooths out quiet periods.
Two land-registry benchmarks frame it: €162,000 for a country house and €589,500 for a prestige home. Add notaire fees (the public official who handles sales), works and furniture, then read our buying guide (in French) and try the B&B profitability simulator (in French).
Gather the town hall declaration, accounts, bookings, reviews, surveys and septic report, and state the flood-risk position clearly. Then list your property.
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