Buy a house in the Var, South of France

It depends on the life you want there. The coast offers the sea, harbours and towns that live all year, with medians ranging from €4,800/m² in Fréjus to €25,000/m² in Saint-Tropez over 12 months to end of June 2026; inland offers land, quiet and village life, around €4,000/m² in Fayence. The best compromise is often a village overlooking the sea, and Home Select can show you both before you decide.

In the towns that do not shut in October: Sanary-sur-Mer, Bandol and Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer in the west, between Toulon and Marseille; Fréjus and Saint-Raphaël in the east, with their schools and TGV station; Sainte-Maxime and Le Lavandou in between. Inland, Lorgues, Cotignac and Fayence keep their schools, shops and markets all year. Home Select checks schools, journeys and winter life in each town with you, and our guide to schooling in France fills in the rest.

One of those overlooking the coast: La Cadière-d’Azur and Le Castellet above Bandol, the old village of Bormes-les-Mimosas, Gassin and Ramatuelle on the peninsula, Grimaud above the gulf, or the village of Roquebrune-sur-Argens beneath its red rock. The sea stays close, without the summer crowds. Prices follow the view, a median of €10,100/m² in Gassin against €4,900/m² in Roquebrune-sur-Argens, and Home Select helps you weigh view, land and travel time.

Official sales records do not separate a bastide from other houses, and its price rests on the land, the water, the state of the building and the view more than on floor area. In Fayence, eight house sales in ten went through between €2,300/m² and €5,500/m² over 12 months to end of June 2026, against a departmental median of €4,200/m²; a restored bastide on several hectares sits outside these benchmarks. Home Select gathers comparable sales in each village before advising you on price.

In towns exposed to forest fires, which are very numerous in the Var, owners must clear brush around their house, usually over fifty metres and up to a hundred where the mayor or the risk plan requires it, as well as along their access road, onto a neighbour’s land if need be. Since 2025, listings and the risk report given to buyers must mention this duty. Home Select notes the state of the land at the pre-visit, before any offer.

Fire first: in August 2021, a blaze that started near Gonfaron swept across the Maures plain and massif as far as La Garde-Freinet. Water next: the lower Argens valley, from Roquebrune-sur-Argens to Fréjus, flooded in June 2010 and again in November 2011, and risk plans now govern building there. The official risk report, due from the first viewing, shows which zone the house is in; Home Select reads it with you before any offer.

Outside the towns, many houses are not connected to mains sewerage. The seller must supply an inspection of the private drainage system less than three years old; if it fails, the buyer has one year after the sale to carry out the works. A well or borehole must be declared at the town hall and its water tested if you drink it, and summer drought orders can restrict its use. Home Select asks the seller for these documents at the pre-visit stage; have any works priced before you offer.

Yes, because the Var is large, its markets change from one valley to the next, and a house often hides what the listing leaves out: overdue brush clearance, a failing septic tank, an extension without a permit, land in a flood zone. A buyer’s agent works for you alone, from shortlisting to negotiation. Home Select, a buyer’s agent on the French Riviera and in Provence, adds its network of 15,000 agents and professional partners and fees due on success only.

Over 12 months to end of June 2026, the median price per square metre of houses in the Var ranged from €4,000/m² in Fayence to €25,000/m² in Saint-Tropez. Var: €4,200/m² median for houses, over 8,948 sales (DVF / DGFiP via data.gouv.fr, October 2026 release, 12 months to end of June 2026). Home Select reads these figures street by street before any offer: view, land and condition make most of the price.

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Home Select, a buyer’s agent in the Var, 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.