Commune · data to June 2026
House prices in Vars (05)
Homes in Vars (05) sold for a median €3,870 per m² in the 12 months to June 2026, up 6.7% on the year before. That is the median of 147 sales recorded in property deeds. That is higher than in 85% of communes.
- Median sale price per m²
- €3,870/m²
- Change in a year
- +6.7%
- Apartments
- €3,874/m²
- Sales in 12 months
- 147
Vars (05): +18.8% in 4 years
Median sale price per m², over the 12 months to each quarter
- Vars (05)
- Hautes-Alpes
- France
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| Quarter | Vars (05) | Hautes-Alpes | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | €3,870/m² | €2,924/m² | €2,605/m² |
| Q1 2026 | €3,879/m² | €2,896/m² | €2,588/m² |
| Q4 2025 | €3,917/m² | €2,896/m² | €2,589/m² |
| Q3 2025 | €3,954/m² | €2,825/m² | €2,581/m² |
| Q2 2025 | €3,627/m² | €2,807/m² | €2,564/m² |
| Q1 2025 | €3,460/m² | €2,797/m² | €2,559/m² |
| Q4 2024 | €3,374/m² | €2,775/m² | €2,542/m² |
| Q3 2024 | €3,554/m² | €2,771/m² | €2,551/m² |
| Q2 2024 | €3,636/m² | €2,750/m² | €2,577/m² |
| Q1 2024 | €3,651/m² | €2,745/m² | €2,610/m² |
| Q4 2023 | €3,851/m² | €2,744/m² | €2,644/m² |
| Q3 2023 | €3,697/m² | €2,683/m² | €2,685/m² |
| Q2 2023 | €3,618/m² | €2,647/m² | €2,704/m² |
| Q1 2023 | €3,513/m² | €2,600/m² | €2,696/m² |
| Q4 2022 | €3,488/m² | €2,557/m² | €2,675/m² |
| Q3 2022 | €3,360/m² | €2,521/m² | €2,627/m² |
| Q2 2022 | €3,258/m² | €2,467/m² | €2,566/m² |
Reports for Vars (05)
Each report opens the full series and the assumptions behind these figures.
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €348,300. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,356 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 34%
- Payment, one income
- 69%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at apartments' median sale price; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €1,181
- Owning per month
- €1,276
Figures for Hautes-Alpes: Vars (05) has no reliable figures of its own.
18.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,178
In 2022 the population fell by 4 while 33 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 33
- Population change, 2022
- −4
0.2% of the 4,010 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 0.2%
- Empty homes
- 8
In 2025, 0% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 0%
Other communes in Hautes-Alpes
| Commune | Median sale price per m² | In a year |
|---|---|---|
| Le Monêtier-les-Bains | €5,203 | +5.2% |
| Montgenèvre | €5,137 | +20.6% |
| La Salle-les-Alpes | €4,876 | +10.8% |
| Risoul | €4,121 | +4.1% |
| Saint-Chaffrey | €3,973 | +9.7% |
| Vars (05) | €3,870 | +6.7% |
| Les Orres | €3,454 | +0.7% |
| Briançon | €3,414 | +14.0% |
| Embrun | €3,353 | −1.1% |
| Vallouise-Pelvoux | €3,261 | +8.7% |
| Ancelle | €2,964 | +1.6% |
| Orcières | €2,839 | +15.3% |
| Puy-Saint-Vincent | €2,834 | +3.7% |
| Guillestre | €2,621 | +4.8% |
| Dévoluy | €2,600 | +6.7% |
| Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol | €2,575 | −2.7% |
| Gap | €2,442 | −0.5% |
| Laragne-Montéglin | €1,900 | +9.8% |
| Veynes | €1,500 | −16.8% |