Mortgage interest rate in France

New mortgage loans in France carried an average interest rate of 3.19% in September 2026.

Measure: Interest rate on new mortgage loans Unit: % per year Data: January 2003 to September 2026 Source: ECB
France, September 2026 3.19% % per year
Change from August 2026 −0.01percentage points August 2026: 3.20%
Euro area, September 2026 3.62%p (Provisional) Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), September 2026 3.44% Middle value of 21 countries
Position in September 2026 16th of 21 See the full ranking

Mortgage interest rate in France over time

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% per year. Source: ECB statistics. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Interest rate on new mortgage loans (% per year), January 2017 to September 2026 – most recent 40 periods; the CSV has all of them
Period FranceEuro area
September 2026 3.19% 3.62%p (Provisional value)
August 2026 3.20% 3.60%
July 2026 3.17% 3.52%
June 2026 3.16% 3.48%
May 2026 3.10% 3.45%
April 2026 3.11% 3.43%
March 2026 3.10% 3.35%
February 2026 3.10% 3.37%
January 2026 3.05% 3.36%
December 2025 2.99% 3.30%
November 2025 3.00% 3.30%
October 2025 2.98% 3.30%
September 2025 2.99% 3.32%
August 2025 3.01% 3.33%
July 2025 3.00% 3.28%
June 2025 3.00% 3.29%
May 2025 3.02% 3.30%
April 2025 3.02% 3.26%
March 2025 3.05% 3.31%
February 2025 3.01% 3.33%
January 2025 3.12% 3.14%
December 2024 3.14% 3.35%
November 2024 3.17% 3.44%
October 2024 3.27% 3.50%
September 2024 3.33% 3.59%
August 2024 3.37% 3.69%
July 2024 3.41% 3.70%
June 2024 3.44% 3.73%
May 2024 3.49% 3.76%
April 2024 3.49% 3.77%
March 2024 3.50% 3.77%
February 2024 3.51% 3.83%
January 2024 3.59% 3.86%
December 2023 3.60% 4.01%
November 2023 3.52% 4.06%
October 2023 3.43% 3.99%
September 2023 3.36% 3.95%
August 2023 3.31% 3.90%
July 2023 3.16% 3.80%
June 2023 3.04% 3.77%

Flags: p Provisional value . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.01 percentage points from 3.20% in August 2026.
  • Since November 2025, when it was 3.00%, the figure has changed by +0.19 percentage points.
  • Among the 21 countries with data for September 2026, France has the 16th highest value.
  • The figure for the euro area in September 2026 was 3.62%.

Source and dates

Original producer
European Central Bank and national central banks, MFI interest rate statistics
Distributed by
European Central Bank, ECB Data Portal
Dataset or series code
MIR · dataset details · view at source
Selection
M..B.A2C.A.R.A.2250.EUR.N
Observation period
January 2003 to September 2026 for France
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
ESCB statistics reuse policy
Attribution
Source: ECB statistics, original data: European Central Bank and national central banks, MFI interest rate statistics

Values are shown as published by the ECB. Changes between periods are calculated on this site.