Summary
DPE: obligations for selling, renting, and condominium in 2025
Conclusion: What to remember about the new DPE regulation 2025
What is the Energy Performance Diagnosis (DPE)?
The DPE is a real estate diagnosis assessing the energy consumption and climate impact of a dwelling. Established in the early 2000s, it is mandatory to sell or rent a house, an apartment or an entire building.
Main objectives:
Reduce energy consumption;
Fight against global warming;
Combat energy poverty.
Valid for 10 years (under conditions), it remains a key tool to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
How does the DPE rating work?
The DPE assigns two labels from A to G:
Energy Label: measures primary energy consumption;
Climate Label: assesses greenhouse gas emissions.
The final score is determined by the worst of the two.
It is therefore essential to optimize both consumption and emissions to improve overall performance.
DPE: obligations for selling, renting, and condominium in 2025
Sales and rentals
Since 2006 (sales) and 2007 (rentals), a valid DPE has been mandatory for any real estate transaction.
In 2025, to sell a single-family home or an entire building rated E, it will also be necessary to provide a more thorough energy audit.
Condominium
The collective DPE, which assesses the entire building, is gradually becoming mandatory:
2024: for buildings > 200 units;
2025: for buildings with 50 to 200 units;
2026: for buildings with less than 50 units.
DPE reform: what changes in 2025
Since July 2021, the DPE has been strengthened:
Single label based on the most unfavorable criterion;
New calculation method (DPE-3CL-2021);
Enforceability: errors can be sanctioned;
Elimination of blank DPEs.
The DPEs carried out between January 2018 and June 2021 will become obsolete on January 1, 2025.
A new diagnosis will be necessary in case of sale, rental, or lease renewal (if the tenant requests it).
Adjustment for small areas
Since July 2024, the method has been adjusted to avoid penalizing homes smaller than 40 m².
Ban on renting homes rated G starting in 2025
The Climate and Resilience law provides for banning the rental of thermal sieves according to this schedule:
Since 2023: G+ homes banned;
January 1, 2025: all G homes;
2028: F homes;
2034: E homes.
This applies to new contracts as well as renewals and tacit extensions.
What about shared ownership properties?
Despite discussions about a postponement, the ban will indeed apply starting in 2025 for all homes rated G, including in shared ownership.
The Airbnb law and mandatory DPE for short-term rentals
Adopted on November 19, 2024, the Airbnb law imposes new rules for short-term rentals:
Mandatory DPE:
Starting January 1, 2025 for new rentals in tense areas;
Starting January 1, 2034 for all short-term rentals.
Ban on renting for poorly rated properties:
G starting in 2025;
F starting in 2028;
E starting in 2034.
👉 A landlord who does not comply with this obligation risks a fine of up to €5,000.
Useful definitions
New short-term rental: property recently modified for tourist rental after a change of use.
Tense area: cities where the demand for housing greatly exceeds the supply, such as Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, and Marseille.
You can check if your home is in a tense area via this government simulator.
Conclusion: What to remember about the new DPE regulation 2025
The DPE 2025 marks a major turning point for the French real estate market.
Whether you are a seller, a landlord, or an investor in short-term rentals, it is essential to:
Check the validity of your DPE;
Anticipate any renovation work if necessary;
Know the new legal obligations according to the property's energy classification.
Adapting your property now is the best strategy to avoid the rental ban, protect your assets, and actively participate in the ecological transition.
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by BAUVAUT - January 15, 2025