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Buying property in Biarritz from abroad

Home Select, a prestige buyer’s agent, here conducts the purchase of a property in Biarritz from abroad: an airport ten minutes from the centre, remote viewings, power of attorney, and the strategy on a market where properties leave off-listing. France places no restriction on foreign buyers.

Updated on 15 October 2026

A first confidential conversation, with no commitment

A beach below the rocks, the Villa Belza on its headland
Basque Country - Biarritz - Villa Belza on its headland

01From abroad

Getting to Biarritz, and back

Biarritz is remarkably accessible from abroad for a town of its size: Biarritz Pays Basque airport, ten minutes from the centre, serves some twenty destinations, including Paris, London and the great European hubs in season. Beyond, Bilbao airport extends the reach to about two hours by road.

For a buyer steering from abroad, that proximity changes everything: a targeted weekend trip suffices to view a prepared shortlist.

The Grande Plage and the Hôtel du Palais below the Impératrice district, in Biarritz

Basque Country - Biarritz - The Grande Plage and the Hôtel du Palais

02From abroad

Viewing remotely on a tight market

The difficulty of a remote purchase is never the welcome: Biarritz is international by its clientele as by its schools. The difficulty is the pace: on one of France’s tightest markets, quality properties leave off-listing, in days.

That is the work of a buyer-side finder: upstream watch, qualifying each property as soon as it surfaces, sometimes before, on file then on a video viewing, ruling out what does not hold, charges, diagnostics, co-ownership bylaws, seller’s situation, and negotiating on comparable sales. A power of attorney lets you sign without travelling.

  1. 01 The remote search

    A written brief, continuous watch, reports: the search runs from your time zone.

  2. 02 The targeted trip

    A weekend through the airport ten minutes from the centre: the only step that requires your presence.

  3. 03 The signing

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

03From abroad

The Biarritz calendar

Two peaks: spring, April to June, and the September rentrée, when fine properties trade fast; the summer high season slows viewings. The winter brief prepares the spring shortlist. For the taxation of your country of residence, your notary and a tax adviser take over: another trade.

Describe your project in Biarritz

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 Biarritz?

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.

Paris street lined with Haussmann buildings in cut stone, flower-filled wrought-iron balconies and slate roofs under a blue sky

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

Buying property in Biarritz from abroad: your questions

Can a foreigner buy property in Biarritz?

Yes, with no restriction: France imposes no nationality or residency condition on the buyer. The specifics lie elsewhere: financing from abroad, country-of-residence taxation, inheritance. The difficulty is logistical, never legal.

How do I view properties in Biarritz from abroad?

Through a finder who vets them for you, with your criteria: filmed or live viewings, written reports, and a shortlist for your trip. The airport being ten minutes from the centre, one targeted weekend suffices to decide. A power of attorney lets you sign without travelling.

What is the best season to buy in Biarritz?

The one when you are ready: Biarritz’s finest properties are decided quickly, in spring as after the summer, and it is a validated brief and financing in hand that win, more than the month chosen. For a remote buyer, preparation starts in winter: brief, watch, shortlist, spring trip.

What are your fees in Biarritz?

Home Select, a buyer’s agent in Biarritz, 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 Biarritz

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