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Property type · Lyon

Buy an apartment in Lyon

Lyon sells the real Haussmann outside Paris, traboules and two rivers: France’s second city is priced like a reasonable big city. Home Select hunts the character stone.

A first confidential conversation, with no commitment

Home Select since 2011 · 1,200+ buyers guided · 4.8/5 on Google (139 reviews) · Paid 100% on success

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The essentials

Home Select, buyer’s agent in Lyon, searches for apartments exclusively on the buyer's behalf. Median of the sales recorded over the 12 months to end of June 2026: €4,400/m² (7,061 sales, DVF). Home Select opens access to off-market properties, with fees 100% on success.

On the ground

The apartment market in Lyon, in figures

The Lyon apartment trades around the DVF median of the survey, below Parisian peaks for a comparable Haussmann stock: the simplest wealth arbitrage in the country.

The quarters read in the registry: the Presqu’île and Ainay, then Foch and Tête d’Or, each carry their own median in the survey. The city is tiered, and each tier is quantified.

On the ground

What your budget buys as a apartment in Lyon

approx. 50 m²
€220,000
approx. 80 m²
€350,000
approx. 120 m²
€530,000

Orders of magnitude calculated on the DVF median for the 12 months to end of June 2026, excluding land, view or condition.

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Where exactly, in Lyon and around?

The Presqu’île between two rivers; Ainay and its mansions; the Tête d’Or park and Foch; the Croix-Rousse slopes for the canuts.

On the ground

Why use a buyer’s agent for your apartment in Lyon?

The best addresses never list

On this market, a share of the sought-after properties sells before publication, between families and through notaires and local networks. Home Select receives more than 100 off-market properties every day from its network of 15,000 partners.

You only view the essential

Every lead is verified and priced for you before you travel, on file then on a video viewing: you view only the shortlisted properties, your decisive viewings grouped into a single trip. Home Select then defends your offer, with a complete file and the actual sales of the area in hand.

The building audited before you commit

Surveys, co-ownership rules, easements, local building specifics: every document is checked before you commit.

One method, two ways in

Both are billed only if the property is found and the purchase completed. On top comes 10% of the negotiated reduction: Home Select is also paid on what you save.

Haussmannian living room with fireplace and open view

Exclusive

Exclusive search mandate

2.5% of the net purchase price, minimum €10,000 incl. VAT + 10% of the negotiated reduction

The full service, for every budget: brief, sourcing, off-market, pre-visits, negotiation and follow-through to the notary signing.

The Exclusive offer
Ornate door knocker on a deep blue door

Confidentielle

Simple search mandate

1.5% of the net purchase price, projects from €2M + 10% of the negotiated reduction

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.

The Confidential offer

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Frequently asked questions

Buying an apartment in Lyon: your questions

Is Lyonnais Haussmann worth Paris’s?

In build quality, often yes; in price, no: the survey for the 12 months to end of June 2026 puts the median for Lyon apartments at €4,400/m². The choice of many Parisian clients: the same stone, the same ceiling height, for far less per metre.

Which quarters for character stone?

The Presqu’île and Ainay first, Foch and Tête d’Or next: the survey’s medians rank the two, €5,400/m² for Foch and Tête d’Or, €5,000/m² for the Presqu’île and Ainay. The Croix-Rousse slopes keep the silk-workers’ soul at a slightly lower budget (€4,800/m²).

What does an apartment in Lyon cost?

The median stands at €4,400/m² across 7,061 sales recorded over the 12 months to end of June 2026 (DVF / DGFiP via data.gouv.fr, October 2026 release, 12 months to end of June 2026). It is a market benchmark, not an appraisal: the address, the floor, the condition and scarcity make the final price.

How long does it take to buy in Lyon with a buyer’s agent?

The calendar depends on how rare the target property is in Lyon and on your availability: Home Select frames it at the brief, then holds it. Properties are first seen on video, and your decisive viewings are grouped into a single trip.

How do you reach off-market properties in Lyon?

Through the network and direct approach: Home Select receives more than 100 properties every day from its 15,000 professional partners before they go on sale, and also contacts owners when the setting calls for it. In Lyon, the monitoring starts with two sectors: Ainay and the Presqu’île (2nd), then Foch, Tête d’Or (6th). That is often where the unfindable property is.

What are your fees for buying an apartment in Lyon?

Home Select, a buyer’s agent in Lyon, charges 2.5% of the net purchase price (minimum €10,000 incl. VAT) on the Exclusive offer, or 1.5% on the Confidential offer for projects of €2m and above, plus 10% of the negotiated reduction in both cases. Home Select is paid on success only, and also on what you save: nothing is due until you have bought.

What happens next

  1. A buyer’s agent reads your request and answers within one working day.
  2. A first confidential conversation: how you will use the property, the real budget, the non-negotiable criteria, the timing.
  3. A written brief, and a search started within the week. Nothing is due until you have bought.

Your project in Lyon

A first confidential conversation, with no commitment. A buyer’s agent answers within one working day.

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On Google (139 reviews)
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Buyers guided
100%
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