Property type · Villefranche-sur-Mer
Buy an apartment in Villefranche-sur-Mer
In Villefranche-sur-Mer the apartment sells the rade: old buildings with colourful façades stepping down to the beach port, the view over the ships, life on foot between Nice and Cap Ferrat. Home Select hunts these apartments, often before the listing, and groups the decisive viewings into one trip.
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The essentials
Home Select, property finder in Villefranche-sur-Mer, searches for apartments exclusively on the buyer's behalf. Median of the sales recorded over the 12 months to end of June 2026: €8,200/m² (139 sales, DVF). Home Select opens access to off-market properties, with fees 100% on success.
On the ground
The apartment market in Villefranche-sur-Mer, in figures
The apartment is the Villefranche product: the old town slopes gently to the beach port, the Darse keeps its fishing harbour and its village houses, the hills overlook the rade. Old stock dominates, ochre and pink façades, high ceilings, and the gap between two floors of the same street lies in the view: a slice of rade is not worth the whole rade. Demand comes from Paris, from Northern Europe and from Nice or Monaco workers; the noble floors with a terrace are fought over before the listing.
The neighbours give the scale: Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, villas and apartments of the most protected sector of the survey; Cap-d’Ail and La Turbie, between Monaco and the grande corniche; Èze and its perched village. Villefranche sells the rade, the station and life on foot that the neighbours do not offer at the same level: ten minutes by train to Nice, ten to Monaco, the airport twenty minutes away. The trade-off plays between the plunging view of the hills and the old buildings at the water’s edge; the survey gives each neighbouring median.
On the ground
What your budget buys as a apartment in Villefranche-sur-Mer
- approx. 50 m²
- €410,000
- approx. 80 m²
- €660,000
- approx. 120 m²
- €980,000
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 Villefranche-sur-Mer and around?
The old town and its colourful façades down to the beach port; the Darse and its slopes, fishing harbour and village houses; the hills overlooking the rade for the plunging views; the corniche and its fine houses, between Nice and Beaulieu-sur-Mer.
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On the ground
Why use a property finder for your apartment in Villefranche-sur-Mer?
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.
Fees
Two offers, paid on success
- 2.5% of the net purchase price
- Exclusive offer The full service, at every budget. Minimum €10,000 incl. VAT.
- 1.5% of the net purchase price
- Confidential offer The same service, dedicated to off-market properties. Reserved for projects of €2m and above.
Home Select is paid 100% on success: nothing is due until you have bought.
Frequently asked questions
Buying an apartment in Villefranche-sur-Mer: your questions
An apartment in the old town or on the heights above the rade?
Two different lives. The old town lives on foot, colourful façades, the rue obscure, the beach at the end of the street, but access is steep and the streets busy in summer. The heights gain the plunging view over the rade and the quiet, at the cost of stairs and the car. Both read on the apartment median, €8,200/m² over the 12 months to end of June 2026, against €9,800/m² for houses.
Villefranche or its neighbours, Beaulieu and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat?
The DVF survey for the 12 months to end of June 2026 gives an apartment median of €8,200/m² in Villefranche-sur-Mer, against €8,500/m² in Beaulieu-sur-Mer and €12,500/m² in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Villefranche sells the rade, the station and life on foot; the neighbours, their villas and their caps. Home Select documents both markets remotely before bringing you over.
What does an apartment in Villefranche-sur-Mer cost?
The median stands at €8,200/m² across 139 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 Villefranche-sur-Mer with a property finder?
The calendar depends on how rare the target property is in Villefranche-sur-Mer 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 Villefranche-sur-Mer?
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 Villefranche-sur-Mer, the monitoring starts with two sectors: the old town and the beachfront, then La Darse and the slopes. That is often where the unfindable property is.
What are your fees for buying an apartment in Villefranche-sur-Mer?
Home Select, a property finder in Villefranche-sur-Mer, 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. Home Select is paid on success only: nothing is due until you have bought.
What happens next
- A property finder reads your request and answers within one working day.
- A first confidential conversation: how you will use the property, the real budget, the non-negotiable criteria, the timing.
- A written brief, and a search started within the week. Nothing is due until you have bought.
Your project in Villefranche-sur-Mer
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