Property hunter in Paris: a tailored search and purchase

Your project

Four projects, one service

Every Paris purchase has its own constraints. Your hunter adapts the method to suit. Pick the project closest to yours to read about our approach in detail.

Main home

You are buying the home you will live in. Arrondissement, floor, light, layout: your hunter filters the market and only brings you the three or four flats worth your time.

First purchase

You are buying in Paris for the first time. Your hunter walks you through every step (preliminary contract, conditions precedent, financing) and helps you sidestep the pitfalls.

Buy-to-let investment

You are buying to let. Your hunter weighs net yield, taxation (LMNP, déficit foncier, SCI) and letting risk before every offer.

Second home

You live elsewhere in France or abroad. Your hunter handles everything from a distance: pre-viewings, live video tours, detailed reports. A single trip to Paris is usually enough.

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 bought with us

Client testimonials

We had been searching on our own for almost a year. Three weeks with Home Select, three viewings, one flat we fell for, and €51,000 off the asking price. The time saved and the sheer efficiency made the fees an obvious investment.

Our hunter genuinely understood what we were looking for, without nudging us towards what suited him. Three flats viewed, and we found the right one straight away.

Buy-to-let from Lyon, all handled remotely. The yield held up and the tenant moved in 22 days after we got the keys.

Frequently asked

Your questions on the property search

Why hire a property hunter in Paris?

The Paris market is tight, opaque and time-consuming: on average, a buyer working alone sees 40 flats over nine months and has little room to negotiate. A property hunter brings that down to three viewings in 45 days, and secures an average of 6% off the asking price. The fee (2.5% of the price, with a €10,000 incl. VAT minimum) is usually more than recovered through the negotiation and through access to off-market properties.

What are your fees?

Our fees are 2.5% of the purchase price, with a minimum of €10,000 incl. VAT. They are paid only on success: you pay nothing until you have signed the deed of sale at the notary's office. Signing our mandate triggers no payment whatsoever.

What is your average time to find a property?

On average, 45 days between signing our mandate and signing the preliminary contract. The exact figure depends on how tight your target arrondissement is and how precise your brief is. In very tight markets (the 6th, the 7th, the Marais), it can stretch to 60 or 75 days; in more open arrondissements (the 11th, 17th or 18th), 25 to 35 days is typical.

Do you cover all of Paris and the suburbs?

Our 16 hunters cover the whole of Paris intra-muros and the bordering towns of Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne (Neuilly, Boulogne, Saint-Mandé, Vincennes, Levallois). For Yvelines, the northern 92 or the outer suburbs, please get in touch so we can confirm coverage.

What happens at the first meeting?

Roughly an hour, either at our offices at 60 rue François 1er (Paris 8th) or by video. No commitment, no fee. We discuss your project, your brief and your budget, and introduce the method and the hunter who will lead your search. You leave with a clear sense of the next steps.

Can I change hunter mid-search?

Yes; simply ask. Every buyer is assigned a lead hunter chosen for the project and the arrondissements involved. If the chemistry isn't right or your search shifts into an area your hunter doesn't cover, we reassign you without fuss.