Property type · Lyon
Buy a house in Lyon
Lyon sells few houses, and the best never reach the listings: town houses in Montchat, family houses in the Ouest lyonnais and the Monts d’Or. Home Select hunts the house for sale in Lyon before it is published, and brings you over only for the decisive viewings.
A first confidential conversation, with no commitment
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The essentials
Home Select, property finder in Lyon, searches for houses exclusively on the buyer's behalf. Median of the sales recorded over the 12 months to end of June 2026: €5,000/m² (199 sales, DVF). Home Select opens access to off-market properties, with fees 100% on success.
On the ground
The house market in Lyon, in figures
The Lyon house trades around the house median of the survey, above the apartment median: in a city of apartment buildings, houses make up only a small share of sales, and demand comes from Lyon families moving west when a garden becomes the need, from Parisians settling in the city and from French expatriates preparing their return. The building makes the difference: two neighbouring houses in Montchat can call for two different works budgets.
The Ouest lyonnais works as a network: from Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon to Écully, Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, Charbonnières and the Monts d’Or, a share of houses sells without any advertising, between neighbours, notaires and professionals, and the listing appears once the deal is done. Buying a house in Lyon is therefore prepared before the first viewing: financing validated by the bank, notaire appointed, the ability to sign fast, because on flawless properties sellers pick the safest file, not only the highest bid.
On the ground
What your budget buys as a house in Lyon
- approx. 100 m²
- €500,000
- approx. 140 m²
- €700,000
- approx. 200 m²
- €1,000,000
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?
Montchat (3rd), the district of town houses; the heights of the 5th, above Fourvière; Saint-Rambert (9th), along the Saône; Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Écully, Tassin-la-Demi-Lune and Charbonnières, the family house with a garden ten minutes from the centre, parks and schools; the Monts d’Or for the larger property.
On the ground
Why use a property finder for your house 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.
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 a house in Lyon: your questions
A house inside Lyon or in the Ouest lyonnais?
Two markets. Inside Lyon, the town house in Montchat or Saint-Rambert is lived on foot, shops and schools close by, but the garden is small and the stock tiny; to the west, from Sainte-Foy to Écully and Tassin, the family house gains the park and the quiet, at the cost of the car and the bridges at rush hour. The DVF survey for the 12 months to end of June 2026 puts the median for Lyon houses at €5,000/m², above the €4,400/m² of apartments: address, plot and condition then make all the difference.
What to check before buying a house in Lyon?
The plot and the rules as much as the house: the local planning scheme for an extension or a pool, easements and party walls, and, within the listed perimeter, the opinion of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France on anything visible. The diagnostics, energy rating, asbestos, lead, electricity, gas, risks, are the seller’s responsibility: Home Select reads them on file before the video pre-viewing, and has you get the works costed before the offer.
What does a house in Lyon cost?
The median stands at €5,000/m² across 199 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 property finder?
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 a house in Lyon?
Home Select, a property finder 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. 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 Lyon
A first confidential conversation, with no commitment. A property finder answers within one working day.
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- On Google (139 reviews)
- 1,200+
- Buyers guided
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- On success, nothing upfront
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