Property tax increased by 9.3% in one year in the 200 largest cities in France, driven by the increase in tax bases indexed to inflation, the National Union of Real Estate Owners (UNPI) said on Wednesday. , which calls for a capping mechanism.
In its 17th national observatory of property taxes, the UNPI, which represents private real estate owners, reports an increase of 26.3% between 2012 and 2022, or four times the increase in rents, which increased by 6.7%. over the same period.
Over the past year, this same land tax has increased by 9.3% in the 200 largest cities, underlines the UNPI, citing the cases of Paris, historically low but which increased by 60.8%, and Grenoble (+ 32.9%). However, only 35 of the 200 largest municipalities have increased their rates, with an average of 3.2 points, compared to 24 municipalities last year.
The critical indexation of rental values
Throughout France, it is above all the 7.1% increase in rental values (on which the rates apply), the highest in 37 years, which explains the surge in taxes, notes the UNPI. To establish its data for the current year, the association relies on the property tax notices of its members.
Questioned on Wednesday on France Info, the president of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF), David Lisnard, confirmed that 86% of municipalities had not increased their rate for 2023.
The UNPI, which criticizes unfair rules, regrets in particular that rental values have been indexed since 2018 to the harmonized consumer price index (HICP) and not to the consumer price index (CPI), i.e. – to say inflation, which increases less quickly.
Do we still want private property?
Why even rental values, supposed to represent the annual rent of each building, are they indexed to inflation?, asks the association. Do we still want private property? There are 37 million household owners and most are average owners, said Sylvain Grataloup, president of the UNPI, during a press briefing.
Sylvain Grataloup reports the anger of owners who, since the abolition of the housing tax, have the impression that they are paying alone for everyone and for services that benefit everyone. The association calls for at least a capping of the property tax or an indexation of rental values to rents.
For 2024, the UNPI plans an increase of 4.2% in rental values, which would mean an increase of around 15% in three years without counting the rate increases voted by the municipalities.
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