La Californie Villas — The 12-Year Trophy Register

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Every villa sale in the gated Californie hills — Cannes' deepest trophy register — over ten years, read by transaction count, by transaction value, and through the repeat-sales cycle of the hill itself.

305 sales in twelve years, and a €46.50M ceiling

What the state register of property sales (DVF, published by the French tax administration) records across the seven cadastral sections of the hill, 2014–2025

The hill sits east of the centre of Cannes, above Port Canto

La Californie is the hillside east of the centre of Cannes, climbing from the avenue de Vallauris towards the observatory. Seven cadastral sections cover it, 1,510 parcels in all. Houses share the hill with apartment buildings: this report counts the house sales only, and we cover the hill's apartments in a separate report.

Over twelve years the register records 305 house sales here for €1.32bn, at a median of €2.50M. The top of that range is what sets the hill apart: of the 32 house sales at €10M or more that Cannes recorded in those years, 29 are inside these seven sections. The largest is €46.50M, on the boulevard de l'Observatoire in April 2024.

The register shows only part of that market: at these prices a property is often owned by a company, and when the company changes hands no sale is recorded. Everything below counts what the register does hold, sale by sale.

Twelve years put €1.32bn through 305 sales

Sales per year above, money per year below — each column stacked by price band

The same 305 sales, year by year

The readable series behind the two charts — same query, each sale counted once

2025 closed with 20 sales for €141M. The largest of them, €36.50M on the avenue des Pharaons in September, is the second largest sale of the twelve years.

The 12 most recent recorded sales

Newest first · month of the deed, street and price — never a house number

The 54 properties that sold twice or more, steepest change first

First and latest recorded sale on the same cadastral parcel · the eight steepest shown

A street may appear twice: each row is a distinct property, identified in the register by an address we do not print. Between two sales the recorded floor area often grows, because the house comes back extended or rebuilt. Where that happened, the change includes the works, not only the market.

The 12 largest deeds top out at €46.50M

Year of the deed and street only, never a house number. “—” marks a deed from the 2014 and 2015 records, which carry no street at all; every deed from 2016 onward has one.

What these figures give for one property: a valuation in 48 hours

This report covers the whole perimeter. Our agency also values a single property, with the same method and the same official sources an expert immobilier works from: the state's register of sales, the cadastre, and the local plan.

One of our agents visits to appraise the view, the garden, and the quality of the construction and the finishes. You receive an avis de valeur (a written valuation opinion) within 48 hours, with every comparable sale named and traceable to its registered deed.

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How these figures were built, and where they stop. The area this report covers is drawn on the cadastre: the seven sections of the Californie hill (CK · CL · CM · CW · DH · DI · DK), within the commune of Cannes. Houses only, never flats. One sale often enters the register as several rows, one per parcel it covers; rows sharing the same date and price are counted as one sale. Every figure rests on sales qualified one by one by the Intelligence Unit before entering any average. The register records asset sales only. A property sold through a company (an SCI, the French property-holding company families commonly use) never appears, and properties of this rank often trade that way, so the register understates this market's true depth. Recorded land and built areas may cover only part of a property, so no price per square metre is printed anywhere in this report. The 2014 and 2015 records carry no street address, so those sales are placed by cadastral parcel. The window ends where the published register ends, on 31 December 2025; sales completed after that date are in no figure here.

Where do these figures come from?

From « Demandes de Valeurs Foncières » (DVF), Direction générale des Finances publiques — the only official record of French property transactions — with each sale counted once by the Elena Agueeva Intelligence Unit, even when it covers several parcels.

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The confidential report behind this analysis — full tables, charts and the cadastral plate — is available on request: request the report.

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