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Moving to Toulouse

Home Select, a prestige buyer’s agent, gathers here what truly matters to relocate to Toulouse: jobs and schools, the international airport, a cost of living gentler than in comparable cities, and the in-town house few places still offer.

Updated on 19 October 2026

A first confidential conversation, with no commitment

The apples and lemons of a market stall
Occitanie - Toulouse

01Moving

Living in Toulouse day to day

Toulouse settles easily: schools, university, jobs, an international airport and a cost of living gentler than in comparable cities. The pink city lives between the Garonne, the squares of the historic heart and the brick suburbs, under the South-West sky.

What newcomers discover: the city rewards whoever chooses their district, from Les Carmes to La Côte Pavée, and the house with garden stays affordable in metropolitan volume, which has vanished from most large French cities.

Toulouse’s Saint-Étienne cathedral, its brick bell tower and rose window, on place Saint-Étienne

Occitanie - Toulouse - Saint-Étienne cathedral

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Commuting and landmarks

Toulouse connects to the world through Toulouse-Blagnac airport, France’s sixth, with more than eighty destinations including London, Munich, Madrid and the Gulf hubs. The station links Paris in a little over four hours, and the metro network covers most of the city.

Families aim at La Côte Pavée for the garden house, Les Chalets and Saint-Aubin for the town house and neighbourhood life, the historic heart for life on foot. The real local criterion is the actual school run, once again.

  1. 01 The historic heart

    Carmes, Saint-Étienne: brick, the Garonne, everything on foot, the heritage town.

  2. 02 The suburbs

    Les Chalets, Saint-Aubin: town houses, neighbourhood life, the Parisian newcomers’ charm.

  3. 03 The garden

    La Côte Pavée and the slopes: the family house with garden, rare in a metropolis.

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Settling a family: the real calendar

A successful family relocation plays out over six months: school enrolment first, with its windows; housing next, because fine private mansions and well-exposed houses do not come in series; the house or the apartment finally, by the garden-versus-town arbitrage.

The Toulouse market is less seasonal than the coast, with two peaks, spring and the September university rentrée: the ideal calendar builds on it, search launched remotely in winter, targeted viewings in spring.

Describe your project in Toulouse

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 Toulouse?

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
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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

Moving to Toulouse: your questions

Where to live in Toulouse with children?

Three answers depending on lifestyle: La Côte Pavée and its houses with gardens, Les Chalets and Saint-Aubin for a town house at the heart of a lively neighbourhood, or the hypercentre, between the Capitole and the Garonne, to do everything on foot. The real criterion is the actual school run: it draws the district. The in-metropolis house is Toulouse’s strong point.

How long from Paris to Toulouse?

A little over four hours by train, and ninety minutes by air from Paris. Blagnac, on the city’s doorstep and at the heart of the aerospace hub, links Toulouse to the major European cities and, through connections in the Gulf, to the rest of the world: the city is more international than its reputation.

Do I need a car to live in Toulouse?

In the historic heart, not day to day: the metro and walking cover most of it. As soon as you look at the suburbs, La Côte Pavée or the slopes, the car becomes again the tool of the school run and errands. The usage question precedes the district question.

When should I start my search to move for the school year?

Six months ahead: school enrolment has its windows and fine properties do not come in series. The market’s two peaks, spring and the September university rentrée, pace the availability: starting remotely in winter and visiting on target in spring is the calendar Home Select’s finders hold most often.

What are your fees in Toulouse?

Home Select, a buyer’s agent in Toulouse, 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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