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+33 1 78 76 78 10 contact@homeselect.paris60 rue François 1er, Paris 8e
4.8/5 on Google (130+ reviews) · 1,200+ clients
4.8/5 (1,200+ happy buyers)
A field network built since 2011, a precise reading of the Paris market, 16 property hunters: your apartment is in what we see and you do not.
Let's talk about your search
* Figures recorded since 2011, across 1,200+ completed searches.
Home Select is a property hunter (buyer's agent) firm in Paris, founded in 2011 and a member of the Federation of Property Hunters (FCI). Our team of 16 covers all 20 arrondissements: a dedicated property hunter defines your brief, taps its network, accesses off-market listings, pre-visits and negotiates on your behalf. Across 1,200+ buyers assisted since 2011: a 45-day average search, a 6% average saving on the asking price, 4.8/5 on Google. Two offers: Exclusive, the exclusive mandate at 2.5% of the purchase price (minimum €10,000 incl. VAT), and Confidential, the simple mandate at 1.5% for projects of €2M and above, paid only on success.
Welcome to Home Select
I founded Home Select in 2011 with one conviction: in Paris, buyers deserve the same level of service as sellers.
Fifteen years and 1,200 buyers on, we bring that standard to exceptional properties: private mansions, noble floors, top floors, rare addresses. Your dedicated hunter sets your brief, activates a network of 15,000 agents, notaries and building managers, taps the off-market, pre-visits, negotiates, then stays with you through to the notary signing, in full confidentiality. As members of the Federation of Property Hunters, we work entirely on success: nothing until you hold the keys.
Our team
16 property hunters acting exclusively for buyers since 2011.
Our method
From your brief to the handover of the keys, six precise steps to buy with confidence in Paris.
Your hunter analyses your project: budget, areas, surface, constraints. The search starts from day one.
Daily monitoring across all sources: listings, off-market, previews. First proposals within 48 hours.
Commented video and analysis sheet for each property. You only visit those that truly match.
Your hunter drafts the offer and negotiates with the seller. Average result: 6% off asking price.
Review of the deed, diagnostics, co-ownership: every document is checked before signing.
After signing, your hunter stays available: contractors, admin, moving assistance.
The result is measurable: 3 viewings, 45 days and about fifteen hours on average, against 40+ viewings, six months and 150 hours for a search undertaken alone.
The process in 6 steps
Comparison
Averages observed across 1,200+ completed projects since 2011
Mission accomplished · Chaillot · Paris 16th
A prestige apartment, found, negotiated and secured for an American client, from the first meeting to the handover of the keys. We take care of everything.
Mission accomplished · Saint-Sulpice · Paris 6th
A client expatriated in the United States was already receiving many off-market properties through his contacts at luxury agencies. He entrusted us with his search “just in case”. Two months later he signed a 300 m² Left Bank apartment at €7,500,000, a property none of his own leads had surfaced.
Client reviews
Thank you Catherine and Home Select for what we call the Extra Mile in the United States: explaining the French system, helping us organise the works... It was great.
Mission accomplished
It is difficult to express how essential Catherine and Ladan were to our wish to buy an apartment in Paris. Buying any property can be difficult, but it is especially so if you do not live in France (we live in Texas). Catherine and Ladan made the process easy: after a thorough initial interview where they really took the time to understand our wants and needs, they were off. Within just a few short months, they had given us FaceTime tours of multiple apartments that fitted our budget and goals. More importantly, they didn't just present apartments; rather, they toured and walked through the neighbourhood and gave us their opinions and advice on not just the building and the apartment, but the area and what life would be like in those apartments. As well as finding the apartment, the entire sale process was made easy by them. And then post-sale, Ladan was absolutely AMAZING!! She helped us find a contractor and oversaw the renovations we wanted. Her interior design skills were also unbelievable: she stuck to our budget and helped beautifully furnish our apartment in the classic Parisian style we were after. We truly could not have fulfilled our dream without them, and now we have a lovely 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom apartment in the 16th that we (and our family and friends) love and use frequently.
Exceeding expectations
Home Select was a great help throughout our search. Their kind advice, professionalism and excellent knowledge of the property market allowed us to find a home that matched all our criteria. They guided us before, during and after the purchase of our apartment, reassuring us in moments of doubt and supporting us through the buying process. We warmly thank Home Select for this tailored support!
Mission accomplished
Excellent attentiveness and very professional support from Home Select. They really immerse themselves in their clients' needs to deliver a targeted, effective and committed search. Impeccable!
Goal achieved
I highly recommend the services of Ms Catherine Ziegler, property hunter. Genuine expertise, a wonderful attentiveness to her clients, and great responsiveness.
Tailored property search
Anne is very professional, attentive and responsive. Thanks to her we were able to find our apartment on time and within budget. Thank you, Anne!
Successful purchase
I really enjoyed working with Véronique: professionalism, availability and great follow-up to bring our project to a successful conclusion. I recommend her, thank you Véronique!
Our two offers
Both are billed only if the property is found and the purchase completed. Nothing is due upfront, nothing during the search.
Exclusive search mandate
2.5% of the purchase price, minimum €10,000 incl. VAT
The full service, for every budget: brief, sourcing, off-market, pre-visits, negotiation and follow-through to the notary signing.
Fees in detail
Simple search mandate
1.5% of the purchase price, projects from €2M
The very same full service, on a selection made exclusively of off-market properties. For buyers who never want to see their search on a portal.
Off-market searchThe Paris market
Paris has 1.1 million homes for 2.1 million residents. Each year, only 3% of the housing stock changes hands. Competition among buyers is fierce, especially in the most sought-after arrondissements: the 6th (Saint-Germain-des-Prés), the 7th (around the Eiffel Tower), the 16th (Trocadéro) and the Marais. Each of these districts has its own market, its own prices and its own dedicated hunter. Without access to the professional network, a buyer sees only a fraction of what is actually on the market.
A professional property hunter has a network of partners: estate agents, notaries, managing agents, building concierges and property developers. At Home Select, that network amounts to 15,000 active contacts who send us more than 100 off-market properties every day. It is this sourcing power that allows us to find the right apartment in 45 days on average, against around six months for a search undertaken alone.
For international buyers, two points are worth knowing. France places no restrictions on foreign or non-resident buyers. And unlike the United States or the United Kingdom, where the buyer's agent is paid by the seller, in France the buyer pays the property hunter: at Home Select, 2.5% of the price on the Exclusive offer (minimum €10,000 incl. VAT), or 1.5% on the Confidential offer for projects of €2M and above, charged only on a successful purchase.
In prime Paris, the difficulty is not the budget, it is access. Between 15 and 25% of sales in the premium arrondissements (6th, 7th, 8th, 16th) close without a public listing: they circulate between professionals, notaires, building managers and caretakers, often because the seller does not want the apartment displayed on the portals. A buyer relying on listings therefore sees only part of the market, and the least rare part. That is the purpose of the Confidential offer, reserved for projects of €2M and above: a simple search mandate at 1.5% of the purchase price, on a selection made up exclusively of off-market property, with the same full support as the Exclusive offer. At this level, verification matters as much as discovery: minutes of general meetings and works already voted through, the real state of the common areas, rights of view, consistency between Carrez and habitable surface, and heritage constraints where the building is protected. One difference of method also separates the players: the large prestige houses hold sales mandates and represent the seller, while a property hunter holds a search mandate and represents the buyer. The full process is set out on our exceptional property search page.
Our areas
Paris and the Île-de-France, area by area: local prices, trends and the streets our hunters actually know.
Saint-Germain, Luxembourg, Invalides: noble floors, open views and the quietest streets in central Paris.
From the Marais to Trocadéro: Haussmann volumes, family flats and the addresses that rarely reach a portal.
Neuilly, Boulogne, Versailles and 65 more towns: houses, gardens and space, twenty minutes from the office.
Properties found
Saint-Sulpice · Paris 6th 300 m² 7 500 000 € Off-market 2 months Led by Sophie Rivière 
Chaillot · Paris 16th 130 m² 2 250 000 € 200 000 € negotiated 
Led by Ladan Miranz 
proche Bastille · Paris 12th 147 m² 2 400 000 € Off-market 5 % negotiated Led by Gwenaëlle Benon 
Ternes · Paris 17th 120 m² 1 730 000 € 8 % negotiated Led by Gwenaëlle Benon 
Faubourg Montmartre · Paris 9th 96 m² 1 800 000 € Off-market 90 000 € negotiated Led by Catherine Ziegler 
Université · Paris 7th 100 m² 1 900 000 € 100 000 € negotiated Led by Ladan Miranz 
Frequently asked questions
Content reviewed by Jean Mascla, Founder of Home Select, property hunter in Paris since 2011, and updated on .
A confidential search
The finest Paris properties change hands discreetly. Our 16 hunters give you access.
Let's talk about your search
