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.
Buy and sell
A property hunter for your simultaneous buy-and-sell in Paris
Selling your current home and buying the next one at the same time requires an orchestrator. Since 2011, Home Select has coordinated both sides for you: the sale at the right price, the purchase tightly targeted and the calendar firmly under control. You avoid the double move, the unnecessary bridging loan and the stress of the changeover.
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.
Financial optimisation
Home Select assesses whether a bridging loan is needed or can be avoided, models the capital gains tax position, factors in the equity released by the sale and works 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 a Home Select partner notary, whichever you prefer.
Not a night out Home Select's aim on every buy-and-sell: leave one home, walk into the next, with no gap in between.
The Home Select method
How your buy-and-sell unfolds
Five steps to orchestrate the sale and the purchase without a hitch.
- 01
Reviewing both sides
Week 1A 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. Then comes the choice of scenario: sell first, buy first or run the two in parallel.
- 02
A structured sale
Weeks 2 to 6Preparing the property (light home staging, professional photography, copy), choosing the right channels (the Home Select network, partner agencies, off-market), and managing viewings and offers. Home Select sells at the right price, not the highest price, which would only put buyers off.
- 03
The purchase in parallel
OngoingWhile 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
CoordinatedThe 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
CompletionIdeally the sale and the purchase complete on the same day or within 48 hours. If a short gap is unavoidable, Home Select refers you to its 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 6 months 45 days
Viewings before deciding 40+ 3
Time invested 150 h 15 h
Negotiation 0 to 2% 6%
Off-market access limited full
Home Select has observed these averages across 1,200 completed searches in Paris since 2011.
They sold and bought with Home Select
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. Home Select decides with you 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. Home Select avoids it where possible by synchronising the calendars, and optimises 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 Home Select's 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 Home Select's 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, Home Select, a property hunter in Paris, charges 2.5 per cent of the net purchase price with a minimum of €10,000 incl. VAT on the Exclusive offer, or 1.5 per cent on the Confidential offer for projects of €2M and above. On the sale side, Home Select charges 3 to 4 per cent of the sale price according to the mandate, payable by you as the seller or by the buyer depending on the negotiation. Everything is set out at the first meeting, with no surprises.
Do you work with my current notary?
Yes, Home Select will work with your notary if you already have one. If not, the firm will refer you to its 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.
Home Select finds for you
Coordinate your buy-and-sell in Paris
Sell your current home, buy the next one. Synchronised, with no night without a roof and no unnecessary bridging loan.
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