Simultaneous buy-and-sell in Paris: dedicated hunter

Your project

Your buy-and-sell

A simultaneous buy-and-sell is one of the most pressured situations in any property journey. Sell too quickly and you risk being without a roof. Sell too late and you find yourself funding the next purchase with a costly bridging loan. Your hunter calibrates both sides in parallel for a smooth landing.

Both sides synchronised

A single lead hunter coordinates your sale (valuation, listing, negotiation) and your purchase (sourcing, viewings, negotiation). One calendar, one point of contact, joined-up decisions.

Financial optimisation

We assess whether a bridging loan is needed or can be avoided, model the capital gains tax position, factor in the equity released by the sale and work alongside your broker. The aim: keep interim interest to the absolute minimum.

Legal security

Cross-referenced suspensive conditions in the preliminary contract (purchase conditional on the sale), withdrawal clauses, notary support on both sides, and coordination with your own notary or ours, whichever you prefer.

Not a night out Our aim on every buy-and-sell: leave one home, walk into the next, with no gap in between.

Our method

How your buy-and-sell unfolds

Five steps to orchestrate the sale and the purchase without a hitch.

01

Reviewing both sides
Week 1

A first meeting to frame both sides: an honest valuation of your current home, your full financial capacity (net proceeds plus equity plus borrowing) and the brief for the next purchase. We then choose the right scenario: sell first, buy first or run the two in parallel.
02

A structured sale
Weeks 2 to 6

Preparing the property (light home staging, professional photography, copy), choosing the right channels (our network, partner agencies, off-market), and managing viewings and offers. We sell at the right price, not the highest price, which would only put buyers off.
03

The purchase in parallel
Ongoing

While the sale is being marketed, your hunter shortlists and presents purchase candidates. The calendar is calibrated so both preliminary contracts can be signed within a few weeks of each other, or with cross-referenced suspensive clauses.
04

Cross-referenced preliminaries
Coordinated

The sale and purchase preliminary contracts are signed in a tight window (ideally two weeks). Suspensive conditions are aligned with your bank. Where possible, the same notary handles both sides to streamline timings.
05

Changeover and moving day
Completion

Ideally the sale and the purchase complete on the same day or within 48 hours. If a short gap is unavoidable, we refer you to our partners (storage, long-stay hotel, removals). You take the keys to the new home with no buffer in between.

Comparison

Why a property hunter

On your own Home Select

Search duration 9 months 45 days

Viewings before deciding 40+ 3

Time invested 150 h 15 h

Negotiation 0 to 2% 6%

Off-market access limited full

Averages observed across 1,200 completed searches in Paris since 2011.

They sold and bought with us

Buy-and-sell stories

We wanted to move from a three-room in the 12th to a five-room in the 17th for our growing family. Everything coordinated: sale in five weeks, purchase in eight, signings ten days apart, not a single night without a roof over our heads. On paper the timetable looked impossible; they made it feel natural.

I had a flat to sell on rue de Charonne and wanted to buy on rue de Rivoli. My hunter managed to sign both preliminary contracts on the same day.

Capital gains tax optimised, bridging loan avoided, move done over a weekend. The orchestration alone was easily worth the fee.

Frequently asked

Your questions on the simultaneous buy-and-sell

Should I sell before buying, or the other way round?

It depends on your financial position, on the level of demand in the neighbourhoods you are leaving and moving to, and on your appetite for risk. Selling first secures the funding for the purchase but leaves you exposed if you cannot find the next home. Buying first secures the property but requires a bridging loan. We decide together at the first meeting.

What is a bridging loan, and do I need one?

A bridging loan is a short-term facility (12 to 24 months) that funds the new purchase while the old home is still being sold. It carries interim interest (currently between 4 and 6 per cent) and a setup fee. We avoid it where we can by synchronising the calendars, and we optimise it when it is unavoidable.

How do you synchronise both sides?

Several levers: cross-referenced suspensive conditions in the purchase preliminary (the purchase is conditional on the sale), signing both preliminary contracts within the same short window (two to three weeks), using the same notary to streamline procedures, and negotiating the completion dates with both your buyer and your seller. Co-ordinating all of this is precisely our role.

What if I do not find my new home in time?

Several safety nets: a negotiated extension of the completion date on the sale, a short-term rental, or our partner storage facilities. The cross-referenced suspensive clause also protects you against the risk of not selling within the agreed window.

What are your fees for a buy-and-sell?

For a buy-and-sell, our fees are 2.5 per cent of the purchase price with a minimum of €10,000 incl. VAT. On the sale side, our fees are payable by you as the seller or by the buyer depending on the negotiation, at 3 to 4 per cent of the sale price according to the mandate. Everything is set out at the first meeting, with no surprises.

Do you work with my current notary?

Yes, we will work with your notary if you already have one. If not, we will refer you to our partner notaries (Paris 8th arrondissement), who are well versed in simultaneous buy-and-sell. For this kind of transaction, having the same notary on both sides is a real accelerator.