Between Chambord, Cheverny and Beauval zoo, a B&B for sale in Loir-et-Cher benefits from three major Loire Valley attractions, within easy reach of Paris. Blois and its royal château, the Chaumont-sur-Loire garden festival, the forests and ponds of the Sologne, and the Loir valley with Vendôme, Lavardin and the cave dwellings of Troo make up a varied area. The Cheverny and Touraine vineyards and the Loire à Vélo cycle route draw families, couples and cyclists from France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Britain.
Properties range from character houses with a few rooms to estates combining a guest house, holiday cottages and sometimes an event venue. This page is for buyers taking over a running business, people comparing Loir-et-Cher with Touraine, and owners preparing to sell. Save an email alert (in French) to follow new properties.
As of 25 September 2026, 4 listings in Loir-et-Cher are published on ma-propriete.fr, with asking prices from €211,000 to €579,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Loir-et-Cher was €145,000 (average €152,715), or €1,485/m² of living space, for 102 m² on an average plot of 2,895 m², based on 1,924 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €80,000 and one in ten above €240,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €133,000 to €145,000 (+9.0%); over the last year the change is +2.5%. For comparison: €150,000 in Centre-Val de Loire and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Loir-et-Cher | Centre-Val de Loire | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €145,000 | €150,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €152,715 | €157,230 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €80,000 | €75,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €240,000 | €251,580 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,485/m² | €1,519/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 102 m² | 103 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 2,895 m² | 2,999 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 1,924 | 10,907 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €122,500 (tourist inland) to €164,897 (peri-urban countryside). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) | €122,500 | €1,223/m² | +17.4% | 314 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €164,897 | €1,656/m² | +5.6% | 4,506 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €130,000 | €1,350/m² | +4.0% | 7,316 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €550,000* over 2021-2025, with an average of €616,800, a P10–P90 range of €408,700 to €897,400 and 1,600 €/m² of living space, over 58 sales. These homes average 356 m² of living space on 16,168 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loir-et-Cher (2021-2025) | 58 | €550,000* | €616,800 | €408,700 – €897,400 | 1,600 |
| Centre-Val de Loire (2025) | 52 | €591,500* | €676,000 | €400,000 – €1,098,900 | 1,570 |
| Centre-Val de Loire (2021-2025) | 314 | €588,900 | €669,600 | €400,000 – €1,048,700 | 1,639 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Loir-et-Cher and prestige property prices in Loir-et-Cher (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Loir-et-Cher sits at the regional average: a €145,000 median country house in 2025, just below the regional €150,000. A guest house with several rooms passes the €240,000 top-decile threshold and matches the prestige market, where the local median is €550,000 over 2021-2025 (indicative), below the regional €588,900. For a comparable clientele, the department is therefore cheaper than Touraine. Tourist inland villages, at a €122,500 median, have risen +17.4% since 2021.
The Loire around Blois draws château visitors and cyclists, and the Chambord-Cheverny area on the edge of the Sologne is the most sought after. In the south, the Cher valley from Montrichard to Saint-Aignan lives off Beauval zoo, whose families fill rooms in summer and school holidays. The Sologne, around Romorantin-Lanthenay, attracts hunters, anglers and nature lovers, with brick longères and wooded estates. In the north, the Loir valley and Vendôme offer cave dwellings and lower prices. The A10, A71 and A85 serve the department, and high-speed trains stop at Vendôme-Villiers.
Expect brick and timber framing in the Sologne, tuffeau stone and slate in the valleys, and cellars dug into the hillsides. Cave dwellings need a stability survey, and the Loire and Cher floodplains are covered by flood-risk plans. A pond or wetland on the land brings upkeep and specific obligations. Private septic systems are inspected by the SPANC service. A chambres d'hôtes business is limited to 5 rooms and 15 guests at a time, breakfast included, with a declaration at the mairie (town hall). If the property includes holiday cottages, their taxation differs: see our article on holiday rental taxation (in French).
A major attraction guarantees visitors but also concentrates competing accommodation. A quieter guest house slightly further away can stand out with its welcome, dinners or family rooms. Test your figures with our B&B profitability simulator (in French).
The châteaux's international fame, the cycle routes and proximity to Paris support a long season, at prices below the coast. Our article on the best regions for a guest house (in French) compares destinations.
Gather the town hall declaration, accounts, bookings, reviews, surveys and septic report, and separate the guest rooms from any cottages or venue. The sale of the building goes through a notaire, the public official handling property deeds. Then list your property.
See also guest houses in Centre-Val de Loire, including Indre-et-Loire, Loiret and Cher, all B&Bs for sale in France and tourism properties in Loir-et-Cher.
