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Buying property in Aix-en-Provence from abroad

Home Select, a prestige buyer’s agent based in the Aix countryside, here conducts the purchase of a property in Aix-en-Provence from abroad: how to come, how to view remotely, when to offer, and who prepares the files. France places no restriction on foreign buyers: the difficulty is logistical, never legal.

Updated on 19 October 2026

A first confidential conversation, with no commitment

The courtyard of a Provençal bastide under a large plane tree near Aix-en-Provence
Provence - Aix-en-Provence - The courtyard of a bastide

01From abroad

Getting to Aix, and back

Aix is one of the easiest southern French towns to reach from abroad. Marseille Provence airport, about twenty-five minutes by shuttle, serves more than one hundred and twenty direct destinations across thirty-three countries: London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Berlin, Madrid, Rome, and the great Gulf hubs. New York is one connection away via Paris or London.

The TGV station puts Paris at three hours, Lyon at ninety minutes. For a buyer steering from abroad, that ease of access changes everything: a targeted two-day viewing trip becomes realistic, and so does attending the signing.

The old centre of Aix-en-Provence from the air, towards Mont Sainte-Victoire

Provence - Aix-en-Provence - The old centre and Mont Sainte-Victoire

02From abroad

Viewing remotely, deciding knowingly

The difficulty of a remote purchase is never the welcome: Aix hosts an international community fed by its universities and schools, bilingual services are common and the administration is used to foreign files. The difficulty is the sorting: how to choose a property you have not visited, in a town you barely know, without mistaking the district or paying the tourists’ price.

That is precisely the work of a buyer-side finder: qualifying each property on file then on a video viewing, ruling out what does not hold (co-ownership, diagnostics, charges, seller’s situation), keeping only the properties that deserve your trip, and negotiating on comparable sales. A power of attorney lets you sign without travelling; video lets you view remotely; nothing replaces criteria held at every step by a finder who works for you alone.

  1. 01 The remote search

    A written brief, a reporting cadence, filmed or live viewings: the search runs from your time zone.

  2. 02 The targeted trip

    Two days in Aix to view the shortlist and choose the district: the only step that requires your presence, and it is prepared.

  3. 03 The signing

    Power of attorney at the notary’s or a final trip: both work, and are prepared upstream with the notary for the foreign file.

03From abroad

The Aix market calendar

The market wakes in February and intensifies in spring: character properties move quickly between March and June, the ideal window for a precise purchase. Summer slows viewings without drying up supply; autumn brings a second active window, calmer and open to negotiation.

For a remote buyer, the winning sequence is prepared against the calendar: brief in winter, shortlist in spring, targeted trip, signing before summer. And for the taxation of your country of residence, tax treaties and holding structures, your notary and a tax adviser take over: that is another trade, which Home Select does not mix with the search.

Describe your project in Aix-en-Provence

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

On the ground

Why a buyer’s agent in Aix-en-Provence?

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.

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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
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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

Buying property in Aix-en-Provence from abroad: your questions

Can a foreigner buy property in Aix-en-Provence?

Yes, with no restriction: France imposes no nationality or residency condition on the buyer of a property. The specifics lie elsewhere: financing from abroad, the taxation of your country of residence and inheritance rules. The difficulty of buying in Aix from abroad is logistical, never legal.

Can I buy in Aix without travelling?

Yes: a power of attorney at the notary’s lets you sign without being present, and viewings happen remotely, by video call or on video, steered by your finder. Home Select’s recommendation remains a targeted two-day trip to choose the district and view the shortlist: the only step that requires your presence, and it decides everything else.

How do I vet a property bought from abroad?

Through a finder who vets it for you, on file then on a video viewing, with your criteria and not a seller’s: technical condition, diagnostics, co-ownership charges, minutes, immediate surroundings, and comparable sector sales for the price. Home Select conducts this vetting in Aix for clients steering from abroad, and keeps only what deserves a trip.

What is the best season to buy in Aix?

Between March and June, the flow of fine properties is densest and competition sharpest; autumn offers a second, calmer window open to negotiation. For a remote buyer, the calendar is prepared in reverse: brief in winter, shortlist in spring, signing before summer.

What are your fees in Aix-en-Provence?

Home Select, a buyer’s agent in Aix-en-Provence, 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.

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