1 October 2026
From €1,500 to €78,125 a week: the Cap’s rental adverts and the rules behind them
VERA counted 323 rental adverts on the Cap, almost all of them seasonal. The ones that show a price start at a median of €12,750 a week – and the seasonal lets fall under rules tightened by the 2024 Le Meur law.
Alongside its sale adverts, VERA’s listings register reads the rental sections of the Cap’s agencies. On 1 October 2026 it held 323 rental adverts: 317 seasonal lets and only 6 long-term lets.
What the adverts show
Most seasonal adverts on the Cap do not give a price; they say “price on request”. 140 show a weekly “from” price. For those 140:
- the median “from” price is €12,750 a week
- the lowest is €1,500 a week
- the highest is €78,125 a week
A “from” price is the agency’s published starting point, not what a tenant pays in August. The figures describe the shop window, not the season’s takings.
The rules every seasonal let falls under
A villa let by the week is a meublé de tourisme in French law: the tenant has exclusive use, stays for a short period, and a single client cannot rent it for more than 90 consecutive days in a calendar year. The Law of 19 November 2024 to strengthen the tools for regulating tourist lets at local level – known as the loi Le Meur – gave communes more of them. According to Service-Public.fr, the official information site of the French administration, the main rules for a second home are these.
Registration. In most large communes the owner must make a declaration with registration at the town hall and receives a 13-character number: the five-digit official code of the commune, a six-digit identifier and a two-character key. The number must appear in every advert, including on online platforms. Not declaring can bring a civil fine of up to €5,000. Several agency adverts on the Cap already carry numbers beginning 06004 – the official code of Antibes.
Change of use. Where a commune requires authorisation to turn a home into a tourist let, the application must include an energy performance certificate (DPE) rated A to E in mainland France. From 2034 the requirement tightens to A to D, and the commune may ask for the DPE of existing lets. Letting without a required change-of-use authorisation can bring a fine of up to €100,000.
Apartments. For co-ownership rules drawn up from 21 November 2024, the rules must state whether tourist lets are allowed. In older buildings, a clause reserving the building strictly for residential use rules them out, and where the rules already prohibit commercial activity in residential lots, the co-owners’ general meeting can vote to ban tourist lets. An owner who obtains a registration number must also tell the building’s managing agent.
The advert. Where a number has been issued, the advert must also say whether it is placed by a private individual or a professional.
What it means on the Cap
For a buyer who plans to let, the rules belong in the purchase file, not the first season. Before signing, it is worth checking which procedure the commune applies – Service-Public.fr advises asking the town hall – what the DPE says, and, for an apartment, what the co-ownership rules allow.
The rental adverts, with sale adverts for the same houses where they exist, are on the full list. The Market page shows recorded sales.
Sources: VERA listings register – agencies' own websites, read 1 October 2026 (internal); public list at capdantibes.co/for-sale/ – https://capdantibes.co/for-sale/ · Service-Public.fr – Faire de sa résidence secondaire une location de vacances (meublé de tourisme), verified 21 May 2026 – https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2043 · Légifrance – Loi n° 2024-1039 du 19 novembre 2024 visant à renforcer les outils de régulation des meublés de tourisme à l’échelle locale – https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000050612711
