House prices steeply increased in the 2000s but fell mid 2008 only to recover thereafter. When one compares median house prices to that of taxable income as a measure of housing affordability, Clermont-Ferrand fares well, it stands in the top quartile for housing affordability by this measure among French agglomerations. Agglomerations with a high number of secondary residences tend to have the lowest affordability by the measure (e.g. Antibes, Menton and Bayone for which secondary residences comprise approximately 20% more of the housing stock). In contrast, secondary residences in the Clermont-Ferrand agglomeration are 9% of housing stock, but are increasing in share as access to the region improves and prices in other locations continue to increase. Suburban areas now have a less mixed land use pattern than in the past, and include an increasing volume of developed parcels of land. Using a common typology, Clermont’s suburbs have shifted from peri-urban zones under rural influence to peri-urban zones under urban influence.