Atlantic Coast - Bordeaux - The Place de la Bourse and the water mirror
Atlantic Coast - Bordeaux - The Place de la Bourse and the water mirror
Fees
On the prestige market, almost nobody publishes their fees. Home Select does the opposite: two offers, two rates, and a 10% share of the negotiated reduction, which also pays it on what you save. Nothing is due until you have bought.
Your project
In France, buyer’s agent fees usually range from 2 to 5% of the purchase price. Home Select, a buyer’s agent in France, publishes its own: 2.5% of the net purchase price (minimum €10,000 incl. VAT) on the Exclusive offer, or 1.5% on the Confidential offer from €2m, plus 10% of the negotiated reduction in both cases. Always 100% on success: nothing is due before signing.
Exclusive mandate
2.5% incl. VAT of the net purchase price
+ 10% incl. VAT of the negotiated reduction
Minimum €10,000 incl. VAT · every budget
Simple mandate
1.5% incl. VAT of the net purchase price
+ 10% incl. VAT of the negotiated reduction
Reserved for projects of €2m and above
Comparison
| Criterion | Exclusive | Confidential |
|---|---|---|
| Fee | 2.5% incl. VAT of the net purchase price | 1.5% incl. VAT of the net purchase price |
| Share of the negotiation | 10% incl. VAT of the reduction obtained on the asking price | 10% incl. VAT of the reduction obtained on the asking price |
| Minimum | €10,000 incl. VAT, every budget | Reserved for projects of €2m and above |
| Properties shown | The whole market, listings and off-market | Off-market properties only |
| Negotiation | Included, 6% on average off the asking price | Included, 6% on average off the asking price |
| Service | Full service, through to the notaire signing | The same full service |
| Payment | 100% on success, nothing upfront | 100% on success, nothing upfront |
The calculation that matters
Home Select’s fees always read next to what they earn. Home Select negotiates 6% on average: on a property listed at €500,000, its fees are calculated on the price paid after negotiation, net of agency commission, and its 10% share on the reduction obtained:
The service thus most often pays for itself through the negotiation it obtains, and Home Select is paid on that negotiation only if it exists: every euro won on the price leaves you 90 cents. And if nothing concludes, nothing is due: Home Select has applied this rule since 2011.
Benchmarks
In France, property-finding firms generally charge between 2 and 5% of the purchase price, most often on success. Home Select takes a position that reads at first glance: 2.5% of the net purchase price in Exclusive for every budget, 1.5% in Confidential above €2m, published, fixed, identical in every city, plus 10% of the negotiated reduction, a share few firms practise and which aligns the finder’s interests with yours. The real comparison is not about the rate, but about what it buys: access to the off-market, three viewings instead of forty, and a negotiation that makes the service worth it.
The public comparison of luxury buyer’s agents, kept by Home Select, records fees of 2% to 6% of the price among the 10 firms that publish a rate, the top of the range being charged by one firm only (survey of 3 September 2026).
Frequently asked questions
Only on success, at the signing of the deed before the notaire. No file fee, no advance, nothing if you do not buy.
Because a finder paid only as a percentage of the price earns slightly less with every euro it saves you. The 10% share of the negotiated reduction reverses the mechanism: on an extra €10,000 off the price, Home Select loses €250 in fees and earns €1,000. Every reduction thus earns Home Select four times what it costs it, and you keep 90% of every euro negotiated.
Like the fees, on the net purchase price: the difference between the price asked by the seller, excluding the agency commission, and the price finally paid. The mandate sets out the calculation, the accepted offer records it, and with no reduction obtained the share is nil.
Yes: Home Select quotes its rates all-inclusive. The €10,000 minimum of the Exclusive offer is also expressed incl. VAT. No hidden fee ever comes on top.
Home Select calculates its fees on the net purchase price, meaning the price paid to the seller excluding the agency commission. When a property is sold by an agency, its commission exists independently of Home Select; Home Select negotiates 6% on average off the asking price, and thus aims to offset its cost many times over.
It is the price actually paid to the seller, once the agency commission has been deducted when the property is sold through an agency. Home Select calculates its fees on that basis, not on the asking price with all commissions included: on agency-listed properties, this makes Home Select mechanically better value than an identical rate charged on the asking price.
No, and deliberately so: Home Select’s rates are fixed, published and identical from one city and one budget to the next. Nobody pays more for having negotiated less.
Home Select takes 45 days on average from the signed mandate to an accepted offer, with 3 viewings on average. A sharply targeted project can go faster, a rare hunt may ask for more patience.
Because transparency is the first proof of a service that defends the buyer. Home Select’s rates are public, fixed and identical from one region to the next.
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