What you can prepare now
Define the scope, document legal access, check management commitments and request recent inventories. These inputs remain useful whatever the direction of the market.
Three useful budget scenarios
At a given asking price, compare routine management, access-track repairs and partial regeneration. Use actual quotations, not an arbitrary percentage of purchase price.
Topography matters alongside visible tracks. On site, check working access, harvesting conditions and legal access rights.
Explanatory illustration · not a depiction of an analysed propertyEvidence to refresh before signing
Review newly published local sales, timber markets, stand health and insurance quotations. A national index rise does not guarantee a rise for one small parcel. Species diversity creates no automatic financial premium.
Date the report to the decision
This page is editorial preparation, not a numerical forecast. Read the evidence available in 2026. Run an updated analysis close to your offer using sources then available.
From guide to selection
Guides and the map are freely accessible. Personalised reports cost €9 incl. tax for 1 parcel up to 0.5 ha, €19 up to 5 parcels and 20 ha, then €59 up to 20 parcels and 100 ha. Payment coming soon; report access is currently complimentary. See a report on real parcels.
Sources and dates
- Groupe Safer — Édition 2026 – Le marché des forêts en 2025 · 2026-05-21
- INRAE — Diversifier les forêts pour les adapter aux sécheresses extrêmes · 2024-09-24
Accessed 28 September 2026. Independent sources; no partnership implied.