France new construction stock available for sale
France new construction stock available for sale stood at 111,544 Dwellings in Q2 2026, according to SDES – Service des données et études statistiques (Ministère de la Transition écologique). It is one of the indicators in the New home sales (ECLN) table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 1995 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the New home sales (ECLN) table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
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| New construction, all dwellings | |||||||||||
| Stock available for sale | 111,544 | 106,828 | 109,536 | 109,949 | 109,863 | 105,909 | 105,370 | 109,323 | 114,439 | 115,555 | |
| Time to sell the stock | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.8 |
Understanding france new construction stock available for sale
This indicator tabulates the cumulative inventory of newly built residential units that remain unsold and available for purchase at the close of the observation period across property developments. It aggregates units where construction has been formally initiated or completed by developers through new construction projects, provided those dwellings have not yet formed part of a finalized reservation contract or deed of sale. Unlike metrics focused solely on transactions or cancellations, this figure isolates the pool of uncommitted dwellings ready for acquisition, excluding properties already secured by individual buyers or institutional block purchasers.
Interpreting this balance requires accounting for typical quarterly construction cycles, where inventory accumulation often spikes following initial project launches before gradually depleting through buyer reservations. Early period estimates for available stock are routinely subject to retroactive adjustments as developers update their active inventory counts or reclassify units between open market availability and reserved status. Comparing figures against broader historical benchmarks or alternative housing supply metrics demands caution due to periodic methodological updates in development surveys and shifting administrative boundaries that alter how dwellings are categorized.
Frequently asked questions
- What exact dwellings are counted in this available stock figure?
- It includes newly built residential units from construction projects that remain unsold and unreserved at the end of the period.
- How does this differ from the total construction inventory measure?
- This specific series restricts its scope to purely new construction projects, excluding conversions of existing non-residential structures included in broader tallies.
- Why might available stock figures be revised in subsequent releases?
- Developers frequently adjust their active inventory counts and reclassify units after submitting initial quarterly survey returns.