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Buyer’s agent in the Alps

From Megève to Courchevel and the Chamonix valley, the Northern Alps are the most demanding chalet market in France: villages of character, high-altitude resorts, exceptional ski domains. Rare properties circulate between insiders here, and value plays on technical criteria Home Select audits one by one.

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2011
15 years of hunting in France
1,200+
Buyers guided
4.8/5
On Google (140 reviews)
100%
On success, nothing upfront

Your project

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Your purchase

  • The written offer binds.A written offer, accepted as it stands, forms the sale: it carries a short validity and your conditions, the loan first. We draft it and defend it, complete file in hand.
  • Ten days to change your mind.After the preliminary contract, ten days to withdraw from the day after its notification, no reason needed: the moment to read the surveys and co-ownership minutes, which we go through with you line by line.
  • Three to four months to the keys.A loan condition of at least a month, the town’s pre-emption right for two months, then the final deed: we hold the dates with the notaire.
  • Notaire fees.Around 7 to 8% of the price for an existing property, of which nearly 5.81% are duties paid to the State and local authorities, 2 to 3% for a new build: to budget on top of the price.
  • Every year after that.Property tax on 1 January, the second-home residence tax in November, sometimes increased in high-demand areas, charges, upkeep, keeping an eye on the house: the budget of a second home goes beyond the price.
The 47 steps of a purchase

Your area

  • Negotiate in spring.Once the season is over; you view in winter and in summer, both count.
  • Prices.Depending on the town, from €5,300/m² to €15,700/m² in median over the 12 months to end of June 2026, for the 11 towns of the area with their own page.
  • Bespoke too.Beyond the towns with their own page, we also hunt Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise and the upper Tarentaise · Les Gets, Montriond and Châtel · La Plagne, Les Arcs and the upper Tarentaise · Le Grand-Bornand and the Aravis · Passy, Combloux and the Mont-Blanc country · Aix-les-Bains and Lake Bourget.
  • On the ground.In resort, value plays on technical criteria: exposure, ski-in access, building rights.
  • Your buyer’s agent.One point of contact in the Alps, from the first viewing to the signing, who replies within 24 working hours, with the network of 15,000 partners behind.
Buyer’s agent in the Alps

Our services

  • Between stays.Our concierge service lets the tradesmen in, checks after every storm or frost, prepares your arrival, and you decide on photos: a house looked after from afar does not sleep.
  • 100 off-market properties a day.Our 15,000 partners, agents, notaires and managing agents, bring us at least 100 properties before they go on sale, and a watch over 1,700 listing sites covers the published market: 15% of the properties our clients buy are found off-market, 25% above €2m.
  • Three viewings, not forty.Our clients view 3 properties on average before buying, about 15 hours of their time, against 40+ viewings and 150 hours on their own: every lead is pre-visited, filmed and costed, you only travel for the decisive viewing.
  • Paid 100% on success.2.5% of the net seller price with the Exclusive Offer (minimum €10,000 incl. VAT), 1.5% with the Confidential Offer from €2m, plus 10% of the negotiation obtained: nothing is due until the deed is signed, the Hoguet law forbids it.
  • 6% on average.We negotiate on the prices actually paid, published by the tax administration, not on asking prices: 6% on average off the seller’s price, measured over more than 1,200 purchases.
The Home Select method
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The essentials

Home Select is a buyer’s agent in the Alps, founded in 2011, covering Chamonix, Megève and Courchevel, as well as Val-d’Isère, Méribel, La Clusaz and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, exclusively on behalf of the buyer, from original village chalets to the slopes of the Three Valleys. Home Select opens access to off-market properties, rare in resorts where few sales are ever listed. Fees are 100% on success: nothing is due before completion.

Our areas

City by city, in the Alps

The village of Megève under snow, at blue hour Haute-Savoie Megève €9,400/m² Mont d’Arbois, Rochebrune... Buyer’s agent in Megève The centre of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in winter, its hotels and chalets beneath the snowy peaks Haute-Savoie Saint-Gervais-les-Bains €5,300/m² The thermal centre and the village, Le Fayet and the TGV station... Buyer’s agent in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains The Mont Blanc massif above the rooftops of the village of Les Houches, in autumn Haute-Savoie Les Houches €7,600/m² The village, Les Chavants and Bellevue... Buyer’s agent in Les Houches The Mont Blanc massif and the Aiguille du Midi above Chamonix Haute-Savoie Chamonix €10,000/m² Les Praz and Les Bois, Chamonix centre... Buyer’s agent in Chamonix The slopes of Courchevel and its ski lifts Savoie Courchevel €11,800/m² Courchevel 1850 and the Jardin Alpin, Les Chenus and Nogentil... Buyer’s agent in Courchevel A turquoise lake in Méribel, at the foot of fir forests and mountains, in summer Savoie Méribel €11,400/m² Méribel Centre, Méribel-Mottaret... Buyer’s agent in Méribel The residences and slopes of Val Thorens under snow, in the sun Savoie Val Thorens €7,600/m² Val Thorens, Les Menuires... Buyer’s agent in Val Thorens The Lac de Tignes and its resorts in summer, beneath the peaks of the Vanoise Savoie Tignes €10,000/m² Val Claret, Tignes Le Lac... Buyer’s agent in Tignes Val-d’Isère seen from the heights in summer, the village centre at the bottom of the Isère valley and the snowy peaks in the distance Savoie Val-d’Isère €14,700/m² The village centre, La Daille... Buyer’s agent in Val-d’Isère The Morzine-Avoriaz golf course in the alpine pastures, among fir trees and fireweed Haute-Savoie Morzine €7,400/m² The village of Morzine, Avoriaz... Buyer’s agent in Morzine The La Clusaz valley seen from the Col des Aravis, its chalets in the meadows and the spruce forests Haute-Savoie La Clusaz €7,800/m² The village and the church of Sainte-Foy, Le Confins... Buyer’s agent in La Clusaz

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Market benchmarks

The property market in the Alps in 2026

Published medians in the Alps range from €5,300/m² (Saint-Gervais-les-Bains) to €14,700/m² (Val-d’Isère): the gap between two cities of the same area is worth every bit of the brief.

Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, 2,227 sales were recorded in the Alps according to the Home Select survey: this is hunted city by city, address by address.

11
Cities surveyed
2,227
Sales over 12 months
€14,700/m²
Median in Val-d’Isère
€5,300/m²
Median in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains

The sector’s towns side by side

Town Apartments Houses Over one year Sales over 12 months
Megève €9,400/m² €15,700/m² -2% (apartments) 239
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains €5,300/m² €7,700/m² +5% (apartments) 253
Les Houches €7,600/m² €8,800/m² +5% (apartments) 123
Chamonix €10,000/m² €13,800/m² +4% (apartments) 327
Courchevel €11,800/m² €10,500/m² -7% (apartments) 160
Méribel €11,400/m² €9,900/m² +10% (apartments) 150
Val Thorens €7,600/m² €6,000/m² -3% (apartments) 333
Tignes €10,000/m² – +6% (apartments) 158
Val-d’Isère €14,700/m² – +19% (apartments) 117
Morzine €7,400/m² €7,100/m² -2% (apartments) 276
La Clusaz €7,800/m² – -5% (apartments) 91

Median price per square metre of recorded sales; a dash means fewer than 20 sales over the period. Source: DVF / DGFiP via data.gouv.fr, October 2026 release, 12 months to end of June 2026. Page reviewed by Jean Mascla, founder of Home Select.

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Why use a buyer’s agent in the Alps?

Home Select, a buyer’s agent in the Alps since 2011, works exclusively for the buyer: watching listed and off-market properties, screening at the visit, negotiating on real prices. The rarest homes in the Alps often sell without ever being advertised: that is where the hunt decides. Fees 100% on success.

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Tailor-made

Beyond the city pages

The hunt does not stop at the pages of this site. Home Select also covers, tailor-made and with the same method:

  • Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise and the upper Tarentaise
  • Les Gets, Montriond and Châtel
  • La Plagne, Les Arcs and the upper Tarentaise
  • Le Grand-Bornand and the Aravis
  • Passy, Combloux and the Mont-Blanc country
  • Aix-les-Bains and Lake Bourget

Cannot find your city?

Is your project somewhere else in the Alps? Name the city: Home Select answers quickly, and candidly, about what can be done there.

On the ground

What changes in the Alps

  • In resort, value plays on technical criteria: exposure, ski-in access, building rights.
  • Exceptional chalets sell first by private agreement, between families and insiders: monitoring makes the access.
  • Resort co-ownerships, mountain surveys and planning rules: high-altitude buildings demand a dedicated audit.

The Home Select set-up

How does Home Select operate in the Alps?

Home Select has guided more than 1,200 buyers since 2011, and its leadership runs your search. On the ground, Home Select activates its network of 15,000 professional partners, who surface properties before they reach the open market. Properties are first seen on a video pre-viewing: you only travel for the decisive viewings, grouped into a single trip.

Home Select is building its national network city by city, and says so plainly: from day one you get the method, the network and the negotiation; a dedicated local finder takes over your file as each territory opens.

One method, two ways in

Both are billed only if the property is found and the purchase completed. On top comes 10% of the negotiated reduction: Home Select is also paid on what you save.

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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

Frequently asked questions

What Home Select is asked first

Do you cover resorts beyond Megève, Courchevel and Chamonix?

Val-d’Isère, Tignes, Val Thorens, Méribel, Morzine, La Clusaz, Saint-Gervais and Les Houches have their dedicated page (with Les Menuires and Saint-Martin-de-Belleville); La Plagne, Les Arcs, Les Gets and the other Northern Alps resorts are hunted tailor-made, according to your project.

Do you hunt year-round homes, or only second homes?

Both: year-round living grows in the valley villages, while altitude resorts remain the heart of the weekend market. Two hunting logics, run in parallel when the project calls for it.

What are property prices in the Alps in 2026?

Based on actual recorded sales (DVF / DGFiP via data.gouv.fr, October 2026 release, 12 months to end of June 2026), the market in the Alps ranges from €5,300/m² (Saint-Gervais-les-Bains) to €14,700/m² (Val-d’Isère) in medians. These are market benchmarks, not an appraisal: the address, the floor, the condition and scarcity make the final price.

Is the property market in the Alps active?

Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, 2,227 sales were recorded in the Alps across the cities surveyed by Home Select, led by Val Thorens (333 sales) and Chamonix (327 sales). A living market, where reading the micro-markets finely decides everything.

Which cities do you cover in the Alps?

11 cities have their dedicated page in the Alps: Megève, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Les Houches, Chamonix, Courchevel, Méribel, Val Thorens, Tignes, Val-d’Isère, Morzine and La Clusaz. Beyond them, Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise and the upper Tarentaise, Les Gets, Montriond and Châtel, as well as La Plagne, Les Arcs and the upper Tarentaise and their neighbours are hunted tailor-made, with the same method and the same success-only fees.

What are your fees in the Alps?

Home Select, a buyer’s agent in the Alps, 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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Buyers guided
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