France: Economic freedom index, 5-year change

Increased economic freedom is strongly associated with high GDP growth, and therefore with rises in residential property prices. Changes in a countrys score on the Heritage Foundations freedom index are calculated by the Global Property Guide to produce a 5-point rating:

• Greatly Improved
• Improved
• Nuetral
• Worse
• Much Worse

Source: Calculated using figures from The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal

France generates excellent house price statistics, produced both by the public and private sector. Quality time-series are published by the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) and the F�d�ration Nationale de l'Immobilier (FNAIM). Good data also comes from the Minist�re de L�Equipment etc, the Chambre de Notaires de Paris, and the Observatoire Nationale des Marches de L�immobilier (OMNI). For general economic statistics, consult the Banque de France site.