Corsica · Corse-du-Sud
At the head of its gulf, in the south-east of Corsica, Porto-Vecchio is at once a town that lives all year round, with its Genoese citadel and its marina, and a coast of villas: to the south, Palombaggia and the bay of Santa Giulia; to the north, across the gulf, Cala Rossa, in the commune of Lecci. Here, value rests on access to the sea, land under the pines and what the Loi Littoral still allows to be built.
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The essentials
Home Select, a property finder in Porto-Vecchio founded in 2011, searches for prestige houses, villas and apartments under the buyer’s sole mandate, from the upper town and the harbour to the villas of Palombaggia and Santa Giulia. Home Select opens access to off-market properties through its network of 15,000 partners, with fees 100% on success: nothing is due before completion.
Porto-Vecchio at a glance
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, 193 sales were recorded in Porto-Vecchio: enough to choose from, never enough for the finest addresses.
After +20% since June 2022, the past year pauses (-7%): room to negotiate, no reason to worry.
Sales range from €2,900/m² to €7,400/m²: address and condition make the price.
Porto-Vecchio is a holiday destination that also lives all year round. Houses and villas dominate: villas under the pines to the south, seafront villas on the north shore of the gulf, houses in the village and in residential developments, set back from the water. Apartments cluster in the upper town, around the harbour and in a few residences near the beaches. People buy first for the summers, often from the mainland or abroad.
Scarcity is regulatory first. The Loi Littoral and the PADDUC, Corsica’s regional development plan, limit what can still be built near the shore: an existing house, with its access to the sea and its plot under the pines, cannot be replaced. Value rests on what a listing barely shows: a genuinely open view, the exposure, the slope, the distance to the beach and calm out of season.
The checks are made on documents: the chain of title, sometimes tied to old successions, sanitation, brush clearance, water. Home Select runs the search remotely, from its management and with its network of partners: every property is qualified on documents and in a video pre-viewing, and the buyer travels only for the decisive viewings, grouped into a single trip.
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| 12 months to end of June | Median | Sales counted |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | €4,800/m² | 142 |
| 2023 | €5,000/m² | 108 |
| 2024 | €5,500/m² | 95 |
| 2025 | €6,200/m² | 85 |
| 2026 | €5,800/m² | 98 |
Median for houses over 12 months to end of June, year by year. A period without enough sales at the threshold is not published: the curve skips it rather than inventing a point.
| Type | Median €/m² | Median surface | Median home price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 rooms | €5,900/m² | 49 m² | €289,000 |
| 3 rooms | €5,200/m² | 65 m² | €338,000 |
Median home price = median €/m² x median surface of the bracket (12 months to end of June 2026): an order of magnitude, not a valuation.
| Date | Type | Street | Area | Price | Price per sqm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | Apartment | Rue Jean Nicoli | 48 m² | €185,000 | €3,900/m² |
| Jun 2026 | House | Saggimo | 192 m² | €878,000 | €4,600/m² |
| Jun 2026 | House | Résidence Santa Giulia Palace | 52 m² | €400,000 | €7,700/m² |
| Jun 2026 | House | Ldt Arutoli | 90 m² | €360,000 | €4,000/m² |
| Jun 2026 | Apartment | Armentajo | 47 m² | €294,000 | €6,300/m² |
| Jun 2026 | House | Parivola | 254 m² | €450,000 | €1,800/m² |
| Jun 2026 | House | Qrt Pianelli | 175 m² | €491,000 | €2,800/m² |
| Jun 2026 | Apartment | Rue du Général de Gaulle | 50 m² | €215,000 | €4,300/m² |
Real sales from the vintage, street name without the number. These are registry prices, not asking prices.
The city and its department: Porto-Vecchio trades 38% above its department median (€4,000/m²), same vintage and same method.
Source: DVF / DGFiP via data.gouv.fr, October 2026 release, 12 months to end of June 2026. Medians computed per transaction, published from 20 sales over the period. Market benchmarks, not an appraisal of your property. Updated: October 2026. The full survey, as open data
These prices are the registry’s. What your budget really buys in Porto-Vecchio, address by address and condition included, is the first thing Home Select tells you at the first conversation.
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From the upper town to the southern beaches and the gulf’s north shore, Porto-Vecchio divides into five areas, each with its access and rules.
The upper town founded by the Genoese in 1539, with its ramparts, the Bastion de France and the Genoese gate, from which the view opens over the marina and the salt pans. Old stone apartments, an easy pied-à-terre to close up. Lift, parking, the condition of the building and the rules on works are read before the offer.
At the foot of the upper town, the marina and the lower town: quays, shops and restaurants on foot, apartments in newer or older residences, some with a view over the water. The easiest area to live in without a car and to manage remotely; summer-evening noise and the condition of the co-ownership are checked before the offer.
South of the town, Palombaggia beach, edged with pines and pink porphyry rocks, and the villas in the pines and the maquis above it: the commune’s top end. The plot, the sea view and the way down to the beach are read address by address. The Loi Littoral, brush clearance and sanitation are checked before the offer.
Further south, the bay of Santa Giulia draws a half-circle of white sand with calm, shallow water that suits families. Villas around the bay: a quiet-water address, very busy in summer. Access, parking and seasonal noise are checked before the offer.
Across the gulf, in the neighbouring commune of Lecci, about fifteen minutes by road from Porto-Vecchio, the bay of Cala Rossa opens as a crescent between red rocks and pines. Seafront villas, sometimes with their feet in the water: the shore stays public maritime domain and a coastal footpath easement may run along it.
The upper town and the harbour: an apartment with everything on foot, simple to close and to manage from afar, for short, regular stays. Rules on works, co-ownership and summer noise to read before the offer.
Palombaggia and Santa Giulia: a villa in the pines or the maquis, the beach close by, for the family summer. Brush clearance, drainage and access to audit before the offer.
The north shore of the gulf, towards Cala Rossa: a seafront villa in the commune of Lecci, away from the town. The shoreline boundary, passage along the coast and planning to check before the offer.
Three buying profiles to place your own in Porto-Vecchio. Orientation pointers, which your property finder refines with you at the brief.
Hesitating between two neighbourhoods in Porto-Vecchio, or between an apartment and a house? Home Select compares them for you, sale by sale and on video pre-viewings, before having you travel.
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The town is lived on two levels. Above, the citadel the Genoese founded in 1539: one enters through the Genoese gate, with its view over the marina and the salt pans, and the Bastion de France hosts exhibitions. Below, the lower town and the harbour form the heart of a commune that lives all year round, with its shops, schools and services, far beyond the bathing season alone.
To the south, the road follows the gulf towards Palombaggia, its pines and pink porphyry rocks, then the bay of Santa Giulia, with white sand and calm, shallow water. On the far shore, in the commune of Lecci, Cala Rossa draws a crescent bay between pines and red rocks. Summer fills the roads, the beaches and the crossings; the rest of the year, the gulf regains its calm.
Three projects, three markets
In Porto-Vecchio, an address is kept and handed down when it brings together what cannot be reproduced: access to the sea, an open view, a plot under the pines or in the maquis. The Loi Littoral and the PADDUC frame what can still be built near the shore, so these locations do not multiply. What remains is to check it property by property: what planning allows, the chain of title, drainage, brush clearance and water.
The upper town and the harbour for the apartment that is simple to close, all on foot; Palombaggia for the villa under the pines near a great beach; Santa Giulia for the calm bay and families; the north shore of the gulf, towards Cala Rossa, for the seafront villa. The choice follows real use in summer, beach access included. Plan too for the house closed in winter: caretaking, maintenance, brush clearance.
Porto-Vecchio lives all year round, with its shops, schools and harbour. There is no railway station: the island is reached through Figari airport, about 25 km away, or by boat. Families look for a house with a garden in town or in the villas of the gulf, remote workers for an apartment close to the harbour. A move is prepared as much around the island’s logistics as around the choice of property.
Porto-Vecchio has no railway station: the island is reached by air or by sea. Figari-Sud Corse airport is about 25 km away, 25 to 30 minutes by road, with direct flights from Paris-Orly all year round, and from Marseille and Nice. Boats also link the port of Porto-Vecchio to the mainland, notably Marseille and Nice. Once there, a car is essential, and summer lengthens every journey.
About six homes in ten in Porto-Vecchio are second homes. France imposes no condition of nationality or residence on a buyer. For a non-resident, the question is managing from afar: a villa calls for caretaking, upkeep and brush clearance, while a harbour apartment is simpler to close. Home Select draws 50% of its clients from expatriate and international buyers; taxation in your country of residence is a matter for the notaire and a tax adviser.
Porto-Vecchio lives two seasons: a saturated summer, with roads, beaches and parking full and crossings to book long in advance, and a far calmer rest of the year. It is out of season that a purchase is prepared: the brief, documents and video pre-viewings follow one another without pressure. The trip for the decisive viewings is timed for spring or autumn; traffic, noise and beach access in summer are checked on documents and on a video pre-viewing run by Home Select with the seller’s agent.
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A property finder in Porto-Vecchio works for the buyer, and the buyer alone: searching, viewing, checking and negotiating on your behalf. The six steps of the search, access to properties that never appear in listings, and Home Select’s two offers are detailed below.
A buyer-side search mandate, a written method, fees due on success. Here is what you entrust to Home Select in Porto-Vecchio.
They search on your behalf and for you alone, from the written brief to the checking of every document up to the final deed: the six steps are detailed below. Home Select works for the buyer, never for the seller.
A main home, a second home, a pied-à-terre or a long-term wealth purchase in Porto-Vecchio, whether you are on site or abroad: the search is run remotely, video viewings included, up to the decisive viewing.
Home Select runs two offers, with the same full service: the Exclusive offer, an exclusive mandate, 2.5% of the net purchase price, minimum €10,000 incl. VAT, at every budget; the Confidential offer, a simple mandate reserved for projects of €2m and above, 1.5% of the net purchase price, dedicated to off-market properties. In both cases, nothing is due until you have bought.
The calendar depends on the market in Porto-Vecchio and on how rare the target property is: Home Select sets it at the first conversation, then holds it, and answers within one working day.
The six steps of your hunt
Everything starts with a thorough conversation: the use of the property, the real budget, the non-negotiable criteria, the calendar. This written framing becomes the roadmap of the hunt, and avoids the months lost viewing beside the point.
A written brief, and a search launched within the week.
Home Select covers the whole market: published listings, and above all what is never displayed anywhere. Home Select receives more than 100 properties every day from its 15,000 professional partners before they go on sale, and approaches owners directly when the setting calls for it.
Home Select receives more than 100 off-market properties from its network every day.
Every lead is verified and analysed for you, on file then on a video viewing: technical sheet, first figures. You only travel for properties that truly match the brief.
You only view the shortlisted properties, your decisive viewings grouped into a single trip.
The offer is drafted and defended by Home Select, complete file in hand. The negotiation covers the price, but also the conditions, the timelines and the works revealed.
Every offer defended with the area’s actual sales in hand.
Preliminary contract read line by line, surveys, co-ownership rules, charges, easements: every document is checked before you commit. Local points of vigilance, from the coast to the mountains, are in Home Select’s checklists.
Every document checked before you commit.
Home Select stays by your side through to the signing before the notaire, and after: contractors, formalities, moving. Its work ends when you are settled in, not when the deed is signed.
A timetable framed at the first conversation, then kept through to the keys.
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On the island, old successions can leave a property in joint ownership or with titles to be rebuilt. Ask the notaire for the chain of title before the offer and make sure every owner signs. Pay nothing with the purchase offer: an offer accompanied by a payment is void.
Under the pines and in the maquis, brush clearance is mandatory, generally within 50 m of buildings in exposed zones. Away from the mains sewer, drainage is off-mains and inspected by the SPANC; water comes from the network, a borehole or a tank: have any upgrade costed before the offer.
The right property is decided quickly: the island is reached by air or by sea, and the decisive viewings fit into a single journey. Before leaving, gather the proof of funds, the financing agreement and your choice of notaire, so that you can sign an offer straight away.
A property finder answers within one working day. A first confidential conversation, with no commitment.
A share of the finest sales in Porto-Vecchio completes without ever being listed. Home Select receives more than 100 properties every day from its 15,000 professional partners before publication, and also approaches owners directly when the setting calls for it.
These properties are not online: they are shown against a written brief, never a listing. Yours begins with a conversation.
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Because the local market has its own rules. The Loi Littoral and the PADDUC govern what is built near the shore: the plot is read before the villa. A property finder works for you alone, on the buyer’s side: daily monitoring, access to off-market sales, strict shortlisting and negotiation. Since 2011, Home Select has run more than 1,200 searches with this method, rated 4.8/5 on Google.
Based on actual recorded sales (DVF / DGFiP via data.gouv.fr, October 2026 release, 12 months to end of June 2026), the median price in Porto-Vecchio stands at €5,500/m² for an apartment and €5,800/m² for a house. The highest-priced sector in the survey: Lecci, €7,000/m² median. These medians are market benchmarks, not an appraisal: the address, the floor, the condition and scarcity make the final price.
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, 3 rooms traded at a median of €5,200/m², on a median surface of 65 sqm (DVF / DGFiP via data.gouv.fr, October 2026 release, 12 months to end of June 2026). A median home of the bracket changes hands around €338,000; condition, floor and address then make the rest of the price.
Palombaggia for villas under the pines, above a famous beach; Santa Giulia for the bay with calm, shallow water that suits families. Both fill up in summer: access, parking and seasonal noise are checked before the offer. The right choice follows how you live: the big beach, or the quiet bay.
The chain of title first, then planning: the Loi Littoral, the PADDUC and the local urban plan say what a plot allows, pool and extension included. Then come brush clearance, sanitation and water. Home Select has these points checked on documents, before any offer.
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, 193 sales were recorded in Porto-Vecchio: enough to choose from, never enough for the finest addresses. After +20% since June 2022, the past year pauses (-7%): room to negotiate, no reason to worry.
The calendar depends on how rare the target property is in Porto-Vecchio and on your availability: Home Select frames it at the brief, then holds it. Properties are first seen on video, and your decisive viewings are grouped into a single trip.
Through the network and direct approach: Home Select receives more than 100 properties every day from its 15,000 professional partners before they go on sale, and also contacts owners when the setting calls for it. In Porto-Vecchio, the monitoring starts with two sectors: the old town and the citadel, then the harbour and the marina. That is often where the unfindable property is.
It depends on the use. For a pied-à-terre that is simple to close up, the upper town or the harbour, with everything on foot. For the beach and the pines, Palombaggia; for a calm bay with children, Santa Giulia; for a seafront villa away from town, the north shore of the gulf, towards Cala Rossa. Judge the address on its real use in summer: access, parking and seasonal noise are checked on documents.
Home Select, a property finder in Porto-Vecchio, runs the search remotely from its management, with its network of 15,000 partners. The brief is set by video call or phone, every property is qualified on documents, then in a video pre-viewing run with the seller’s agent, and the price is tested against comparable DVF sales before the negotiation. You come only for the decisive viewings, grouped into a single trip, through Figari airport or by boat; Home Select then secures the purchase and coordinates the notaire.
This coastal law frames what can be built near the water: outside built-up areas, the 100-metre strip measured from the upper limit of the shore cannot be built on, and new development must adjoin existing settlements. The shore itself belongs to the maritime public domain. In Corsica the PADDUC, the island’s development plan, comes on top. For a villa in Palombaggia or Cala Rossa, an extension, a pool or an outbuilding is checked against the local plan before the offer.
No: Cala Rossa lies in the neighbouring commune of Lecci, on the north shore of the gulf, about fifteen minutes from Porto-Vecchio. For a buyer, though, the two shores form one search area, each commune having its own local plan. Home Select runs the two together when the project suits.
Yes: Porto-Vecchio is a commune of more than 11,000 people that lives in every season, with its shops, schools and harbour. There is no railway station, but Figari airport, about 25 km away, has direct flights to Paris. Families settle in town or in the villas of the gulf. Out of season, the commune shows the face you will live with: that is the one to judge.
Summer saturates the roads, parking and beaches, and crossings are booked long in advance. The rest of the year, calmer, suits the file better: brief, documents, video pre-viewings, negotiation. The trip for the decisive viewings is timed for spring or autumn; the noise and beach access of summer are checked on documents and in a video pre-viewing.
Yes, though not as a local branch: outside Île-de-France, Home Select runs every search from its head office, with its network of 15,000 professional partners. Each property is vetted on paper, then toured in a video pre-viewing led with the seller’s agent, and you travel only once, for the decisive viewings. The guide “Buying property in France remotely” spells out how it works.
To hunt in Porto-Vecchio, check four points: a search mandate on the buyer’s side only, published fees due on success, a written method, proof that lasts. Home Select answers all four: founded in 2011, 1,200+ buyers guided, 4.8/5 on Google (139 reviews), fees displayed, 100% on success.
Home Select, a property finder in Porto-Vecchio, 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. Home Select is paid on success only: nothing is due until you have bought.
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One maison, one method, the same fees: the search does not stop at the limits of Porto-Vecchio. Many projects play out over two or three towns, and the brief allows for it from the first conversation.
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