LANDES (40) NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE
Landes real estate.
Discover Investment and Lifestyle Opportunities Along France’s Surf Coast and Through Europe’s Largest Pine Forest
What we source
Basque-Landaise villas, pine-forest houses and spa-town apartments, sourced and renovated across the Landes.
Why Landes
An Introduction to Landes Real Estate: Surf, Pines and Thermal Waters on the Atlantic
The Landes is a département of sand, pine and ocean: a straight Atlantic coast of wide beaches and dunes backed by the largest planted forest in Western Europe, with lakes, cycle paths and a string of resorts from Biscarrosse down to Hossegor and Capbreton. The economy is forestry, agriculture, tourism and the thermal spa industry centred on Dax, with the quiet préfecture of Mont-de-Marsan inland. For an American buyer the market has two faces. Hossegor is the surf capital of Europe, a wealthy resort of timber villas under the pines where prices rival the Basque coast. Dax, half an hour inland, is an affordable spa town with a real year-round rental market. Every notarised sale is recorded in the public DVF land registry, so we check prices against real transactions before you offer.
Your point of contact
One person runs your Landes file.
The Landes is where I send clients who want the ocean without the crowds of the Riviera. Hossegor has the best beach-break waves in Europe, a golf course in the pines and a lake you can paddle across in the morning, and the villas there hold their value because supply under the forest is finite. Advertised rents in Hossegor run to about €17.4 per m² per month, which tells you how strong the seasonal demand is. Thirty minutes away, Dax offers the opposite logic: low prices, spa visitors and a hospital that fill apartments year-round. Together they let you balance pleasure and yield in one corner of France, and that balance is what I look for.
Remy PampinCo-founder, Montclair and Ynspir
Start a conversation2025 open data · sources: ANIL carte des loyers, INSEE
What the open data says, by the square metre.
Four figures from open French data frame the Landes market: the advertised apartment rent in the main town, the département’s population, median household income and the share of owner-occupiers, published sources, not estimates.
Average rent in Hossegor
€17,4/m²/mo
Advertised apartment rent, 2025 (ANIL)
Department population
433 570
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, INSEE 2023
Median income
€25 650/yr
Disposable income per year (INSEE)
Owner-occupiers
66.5%
Share of main residences owned
Where to buy in Landes
The towns we know house by house.
Europe’s Surf Capital
Hossegor
Hossegor, part of the commune of Soorts-Hossegor with about 3,817 permanent residents, is the surfing capital of Europe, host to a stop on the world professional tour each autumn. Its saltwater lake, golf course and timber villas under the pines attract international buyers who want the ocean with understated, sporty elegance.
The stock is interwar Basque-Landaise villas with timber frames and deep eaves, newer architect houses in the forest and apartments near the beach and the lake. With a 2025 DVF house median of €10,433 per m² and apartments at €7,499 per m², the logic is scarce land, capital preservation and premium summer lets, not yield.
Avg rent €/m²/mo
€17,4
France’s Leading Spa Town
Dax
Dax, about 22,109 residents on the Adour river, is the leading thermal spa town in France, with a hospital, a Roman-era hot spring in the main square, a bullring and a lively market-town centre. It suits buyers who want an affordable year-round base half an hour from the surf and under an hour from the Basque coast and Spain.
The stock is 19th-century townhouses in the centre, apartments in spa-era residences and suburban family houses. Advertised rents of about €11.7 per m² per month against a 2025 DVF apartment median of €2,548 per m² give Dax one of the strongest long-let yields on the Atlantic coast, fed by spa visitors and hospital staff.
Avg rent €/m²/mo
€11,7
Marina Town Next Door
Capbreton
Capbreton is Hossegor’s twin across the Boucarot channel, the only marina on the Landes coast and a working fishing port with a long pier and a lively quay. It feels more year-round and more local than its neighbour, which suits families who want the same beaches and surf with a softer price and a town that stays open in winter.
The stock is apartments around the marina and the seafront, villas in the pine quarters and newer family houses towards the lakes. The investment logic is a second home that lets strongly from spring to autumn, with the marina, the surf schools and the proximity to Bayonne and Biarritz keeping demand steady outside peak weeks.
Family Lakeside Beach Resort
Mimizan
Mimizan sits halfway up the Landes coast between a long surf beach and a freshwater lake, with a river running through the town to the sea. It is a relaxed family resort rather than a fashionable one, which suits buyers looking for a summer house in the pines at a price well below Hossegor, within easy reach of Bordeaux.
The stock is holiday villas and chalets in the pine quarters near the beach, apartments in seaside residences and houses in the old town inland. The logic is a family second home with a strong July and August rental season, where a thoughtful renovation of a tired forest villa transforms both comfort and letting potential.
Why our clients buy here
Why U.S. Buyers Choose Landes
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The Best Surf Coast in Europe
Hossegor, Capbreton and Seignosse sit on a stretch of beach-break waves that the world professional surf tour visits every autumn. That reputation has created a wealthy, international community of surfers, founders and families who want the ocean without the Riviera crowds, and it keeps villa prices under the pines firm because the forest limits how much can be built.
02
Strong Yields Half an Hour Inland
Dax is the counterweight. Advertised apartment rents of about €11.7 per m² per month against a 2025 DVF apartment median of €2,548 per m² give it a long-let profile that few coastal départements can offer so close to the beach. Spa visitors, hospital staff and local employees provide year-round demand, so a renovated one or two-bedroom apartment rarely sits empty.
03
A Forest of Space and Light
The Landes pine forest is the largest planted woodland in Western Europe, laced with cycle paths, lakes and small villages where houses come with real land. For an American buyer used to space, it is the rare part of coastal France where a house in the trees with a garden, a short drive from the ocean, is both attainable and quietly beautiful.
04
Basque Coast and Spain Nearby
The Landes shares its southern border with the Basque Country. Biarritz airport, Bayonne and Saint-Jean-de-Luz are a short drive from Hossegor, Spain is about an hour away, and Bordeaux is reachable by motorway in under two hours. A home here gives you two cultures, two coasts and an international airport within easy reach, without paying Biarritz prices.
How it works
How we run your Landes real estate project.
Buying in the Landes follows the same four stages as everywhere we work, adapted to a département where the surf coast and the inland spa town play by different rules. We find, we buy on your side, our studio renovates and we manage, all in English.
Find Your Property Under the Pines
We leverage our local network to give U.S. buyers privileged access to on and off-market homes across the Landes, from a Hossegor villa in the forest to a Dax apartment with a spa clientele or a lakeside house in Mimizan, matched to your brief.
Buy With Independent Representation
We negotiate on your side alone, cross-checking each asking price against DVF sales in the same quarter, then coordinate the compromis de vente, the surveys and the notaire so the whole legal process is explained in English before you sign.
Renovate With Ynspir Architects
Timber-frame Landaise villas, pine-shaded chalets and spa-town apartments each have their own technical and planning rules, including coastal and forest constraints. Our Ynspir architects assess the works before you offer, then design and deliver them.
Manage Your Seasonal or Year-Round Let
Whether it is a summer let in Hossegor or a year-round tenancy in Dax, we set up the rental, the furnishing, the local caretaking and the reporting so the property earns while you are in the United States, with everything handled in English.
What renovation looks like with us
Recent work by our studio.
A property in the Landes is rarely turnkey: the forest villa needs insulation and a new roof, the spa-town apartment needs a kitchen and a bathroom, the lakeside chalet needs light. Ynspir, the studio we work with across France, handles the renovation. Below are three recent projects.
A contemporary southern home
Stone and oak in a contemporary house in the south of France.
MarseilleA Marseille apartment, kitchen-led
An 88 m² apartment in the 7th arrondissement rebuilt around its kitchen, oak fronts and glazed terracotta.
ToulonA 1930s house in Toulon
A colour-driven renovation of a 1930s family house on the Var coast.
On the ground
Where Landes actually is.
The Landes lies on the Atlantic coast of south-west France between Bordeaux and the Basque Country. Biarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ) is the closest gateway for Hossegor and Dax, with Bordeaux-Mérignac (BOD) under two hours north by the A63 motorway and Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) the usual arrival point from the United States. TGV trains from Paris Montparnasse reach Dax in around four hours. The A63 runs the length of the coast to Spain, and the A65 links Mont-de-Marsan to Pau and Bordeaux.
Good to know
Landes real estate, the questions buyers ask.
Why invest in real estate in the Landes?
The Landes offers two complementary markets: Hossegor and Capbreton, the surf coast where international demand and limited land keep villa prices firm, and Dax, a spa town with low prices and year-round tenants. Add the forest, the lakes and the Basque Country next door, and it is a rare blend.
How do I know the real sale prices in the Landes?
Every notarised sale in the Landes is recorded in the national DVF land registry, which is public. We cross-check each asking price against DVF sales in the same quarter and period, so you know the 2025 median for a Hossegor villa or a Dax apartment before you make an offer.
What rental yields can I expect in the Landes?
Dax apartments let at about €11.7 per m² per month against a 2025 DVF apartment median of €2,548 per m², a strong long-let profile. Hossegor rents at around €17.4 per m² per month but prices are far higher, so on the coast the logic is seasonal lets and capital preservation.
Is it hard for a U.S. citizen to buy in the Landes?
No. There are no restrictions on Americans buying property in France. The practical hurdles are language, financing and distance, which is what we remove: we search, negotiate and coordinate the notaire in English, and introduce you to lenders used to non-resident buyers.
What types of property are typical in the Landes?
Timber-frame Basque-Landaise villas and architect houses under the pines in Hossegor, marina apartments in Capbreton, townhouses and spa-era apartments in Dax, lakeside chalets in Mimizan and Biscarrosse, and farmhouses with land in the forest villages, many of them renovation projects.
How does French Real Estate Experts assist in the Landes?
We act as your independent buyer’s agent: a search mandate, access to on and off-market homes through our Montclair network, price checks against DVF, negotiation on your side, legal coordination in English, renovation by our Ynspir architects and rental management once you own.
Start your Landes real estate search with us.
Begin your journey in the Landes with a private conversation with co-founder Remy Pampin. Tell us whether you picture a villa under the pines in Hossegor, a Dax apartment or a house by a lake, and we will build a search around it, in English.