Mountain Real Estate - Our Survey. Too Many Second Homes: How Chamonix Is Saying Stop

To counteract a growing number of second homes and furnished tourist accommodation, the municipality of Chamonix has taken unprecedented measures to try to regulate the real estate market and encourage year-round housing.
Between 2019 and 2023, the number of accommodations offered on platforms like Airbnb increased from 2,700 to more than 4,000 in the commune of Chamonix alone, a staggering increase of nearly 48%. The problem is that this surge in furnished tourist accommodation is occurring at the expense of the rental market...
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