Côte d’Azur - Nice - The Baie des Anges from the heights
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Home Select searches, visits and negotiates for you in Nice. You only visit the properties shortlisted, and nothing is due before the deed is signed.
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Home Select, a buyer’s agent in Nice founded in 2011, searches for apartments and villas exclusively on the buyer’s behalf, from the promenade des Anglais to the hills of Cimiez and Mont Boron. Home Select opens access to off-market properties on the Riviera and charges fees 100% on success, with nothing payable upfront.
From the promenade des Anglais to the hills of Cimiez and Mont Boron, Nice remains the residential capital of the Riviera: Nice palace buildings, bourgeois blocks, sea-view villas and an international airport putting the city two hours from every European capital. A globalised market, where discretion on transactions is the rule for fine properties.
A buyer’s agent works for the buyer, and for the buyer alone. Here is what Home Select changes, concretely, for your purchase in Nice.
A Home Select finder writes your brief, launches the search within the week and stays with you until the deed is signed. Home Select answers every enquiry within 24 working hours.
Home Select receives more than 100 off-market properties a day from its 15,000 partners, agents, notaries and managing agents, before they go on sale. The finest addresses in Nice often change hands this way.
Home Select pre-visits every property on commented video and shows only 3 properties on average, instead of 40 when searching alone, grouped into a single trip if you come from afar.
Home Select negotiates 6% on average off the asking price, with the area’s actual sales in hand, and checks every document before you commit. Also paid 10% of the negotiated reduction, Home Select has every reason to bring the price down: you keep 90% of every euro saved. Fees are due on success: nothing before signing.
Côte d’Azur - Nice - The port from the heights
A buyer-side search mandate, a written method, fees due on success. Here is what you entrust to Home Select in Nice.
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 Nice, 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, 10% of the negotiated reduction is added to the fees, and nothing is due until you have bought.
The calendar depends on the market in Nice 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.
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In the palace buildings of the promenade as in Cimiez, read the general-meeting minutes before falling for the apartment: renderings exposed to sea spray, period lifts, roof terraces. A poorly kept building quickly absorbs what the view seems to promise.
On the hills, a sea view is verified against the local planning rules: buildable plots below, permitted heights, neighbouring vegetation. At Mont Boron as in Gairaut, also test the real access to the land, the slope, and the exposure at the hours you will live in the house.
The right properties move fast, often without a public listing, against buyers who pay cash. Prepare financing, proof of funds and advisers before the search, not during it: in Nice, the ability to commit within days weighs as much as the price offered.
From your brief to the handover of the keys: what Home Select does for you in Nice, and what you gain from it.
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.
Every property put to you matches your brief: the search hits the mark from the first 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.
You see properties before the market does, and sometimes properties that will never be published.
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.
Fewer journeys: your decisive viewings grouped into a single trip, on the shortlisted properties only.
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.
You buy at the right price, 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. The points of vigilance specific to each local market are in Home Select’s checklists.
You commit with full knowledge of the facts, with no bad surprise after signing.
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: at every stage you know where your purchase stands.
A share of the finest sales in Nice 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.
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Two offers, the same full service, paid on success only: the Exclusive offer, 2.5% of the net purchase price (minimum €10,000 incl. VAT), at every budget, and the Confidential offer, 1.5%, for projects of €2m and above, plus 10% of the negotiated reduction in both cases. Nothing is due until you have bought in Nice.
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
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 offerClient reviews
Thank you Catherine and Home Select for what we call the Extra Mile in the United States: explaining the French system, helping us organise the works... It was great.
A search run from abroad
Super expérience avec Home Select. Le professionnalisme, la disponibilité et l’écoute client de Gwenaelle nous ont permis de trouver un appartement en 2 mois. Son accompagnement et ses conseils ont été clés et parfaitement adaptés pour une recherche à l’international depuis Chicago. Nous recommandons vivement ses services. Found in 3 months after 18 alone
Nous a été très très satisfaits des services de Sophie. Elle a été efficace, disponible, et très fine pour sentir précisément nos besoins et envies. Grâce à elle, nous avons réalisé un achat qui nous va, et nous avons trouvé en 3 mois alors que nous cherchions depuis 1 an et demi. Un très très grand merci et nous vous la recommandons chaleureusement ! A buyer based elsewhere in France
Basé en province, l’accompagnement pour ma recherche d’un appartement a été à la hauteur de mes attentes : écoute, réactivité, disponibilité et tout cela sans pression. Merci Catherine.. I turned to HOME SELECT because I had tried to find my apartment myself by going round the agencies, which proved impossible.
After eight months alone, one week
Nous avons fait appel à Catherine après plus de 8 mois de recherche infructueuse seuls, et ça a été la meilleure décision que nous aurions pu prendre. En à peine une semaine, elle nous a trouvé l’appartement idéal, et notre offre a été acceptée malgré plusieurs dossiers en concurrence. Catherine a été d’un professionnalisme remarquable, toujours disponible, à l’écoute, réactive et rassurante tout au long du processus d’achat. Nous la recommandons chaleureusement. Care that lasts after the signing
Super expérience avec Anne ! appartement remplissant les critères trouvé rapidement et , surtout, accompagnement et vrai suivi même après la signature de l’acte definitif Nous recommandons vivement The family house, at last
Après de longs mois de recherches, nous avons trouvé LA maison que nous cherchions pour notre famille grâce à Véronique. Sa disponibilité, sa compréhension de nos critères et son travail avec l’agent immobilier en charge de la vente nous ont permis d’aller jusqu’au bout du projet. Nous sommes ravis ! Thanks to Véronique and her knowledge of the area, not only were we able to view properties first, but we bought with complete peace of mind. We were supported at every step.
Reviews are quoted in the language their authors wrote them in.
Côte d’Azur - Nice - The Promenade at sunset
Page updated on 20 October 2026, reviewed by Jean Mascla, founder of Home Select
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, 8,045 sales were recorded in Nice: enough to choose from, never enough for the finest addresses.
The median for apartments is up +14% since June 2022, +3% in the last year alone: the trend holds, and sellers know it.
Sales range from €3,000/m² to €7,800/m²: address and condition make the price.
Nice is two markets in one: the seafront, from the palaces of the promenade to the noble floors of the Carré d’Or, and the hills, from Cimiez to Gairaut, where villas and their views follow another logic. Confusing the two is the buyer’s first mistake; arbitrating them correctly, Home Select’s first job.
The clientele is global: European, American and Middle-Eastern buyers judge fast, pay cash when the property is right, and rely on established advice. On fine properties, discretion is the rule: a significant share of the sales that matter closes without a public listing.
Riviera building technique demands a trained eye: old co-ownership blocks with voted charges, coastal servitudes, floors and terraces to be checked stone by stone. View, exposure and the quality of the building create considerable gaps between two neighbouring addresses.
| 12 months to end of June | Median | Sales counted (apartments) |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | €4,300/m² | 9,205 |
| 2023 | €4,600/m² | 8,579 |
| 2024 | €4,700/m² | 6,456 |
| 2025 | €4,800/m² | 7,170 |
| 2026 | €4,900/m² | 7,740 |
Median for apartments 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.
The city and its department: Nice trades in line with its department median (€4,900/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.
Côte d’Azur - Nice - The Baie des Anges in panorama
Nice is not chosen on a map: between the sea and the hills, each address carries its own idea of the city.
The hill of queens and tsars: the great Belle Époque hotels (Excelsior, Regina) converted into upmarket residences, century-old parks, the Chagall and Matisse museums. Large through apartments are rare and contested there.
The wooded hill between the port and Villefranche: contemporary or old villas facing the bay, famous properties, absolute calm ten minutes from the centre. A confidential micro-market where the open sea view commands everything.
The heart of cosmopolitan Nice: prestige buildings of the promenade and the streets of the Carré d’Or, noble floors with terraces, palaces with services. A market of safe values, globalised, where floor, view and the condition of the building decide all.
The Lympia quarter and the lanes of old Nice: character apartments, rooftop terraces, markets and restaurants on foot. A more affordable market than the seafront, demanding on noise and building condition.
The residential heights north of the city: quiet villas and properties, plunging views over the Baie des Anges, Mediterranean greenery. A family and confidential market, where access and exposure are checked with care.
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Nice at a glance
The Niçois day begins early at the cours Saleya, among flower stalls and growers down from the hills. Lunch is socca at Chez Pipo behind the port, the morning market draws you up to La Libération, and evening tables wait in old Nice or the Carré d’Or. In between, the city keeps its museums close: Matisse and Chagall on the Cimiez hill, MAMAC beside the coulée verte, the opera house facing the sea.
The sea sets the calendar: winter swims in the Baie des Anges, morning lengths along the promenade, sails off the port Lympia. The paths of Mont Boron lead to the fort and the pines facing Villefranche; the hinterland opens onto the Paillon and Vésubie valleys. In February the carnival crosses the city. And the airport, the first in France after Paris, keeps the European capitals within reach, minutes from the seafront.
Nice is the great city of the Riviera: hospitals, international schools, a university and an airport linking it to every European capital, which makes it today’s pied-à-terre and tomorrow’s home. Value holds there on three criteria: the view, the floor and the lift, in Cimiez, on Mont Boron or in the Carré d’Or. The bourgeois buildings of the centre hide service charges and voted works that no listing mentions: Home Select checks them every time, before the offer.
A Nice pied-à-terre is chosen on three criteria: the view, the floor and the lift. Cimiez and Mont Boron for quiet and panorama, the Carré d’Or to do everything on foot, the port for life. The bourgeois buildings of the centre hide service charges and voted works that no listing mentions: that is where the true price is decided.
Nice is a real city: hospitals, international schools, a university, trams and an airport linking it to every European capital. Families look at Cimiez, Gairaut and the hills for space, the centre for life without a car. What you must measure yourself is the daily commute: here, distance in kilometres says nothing about real travel time.
Nice is exceptionally well connected: its airport, France’s third busiest, sits ten minutes from the centre and flies direct to more than 100 destinations, including New York in season, London, Dubai, the main European hubs and several Gulf airports. The city has two TGV stations, Nice-Ville near the Promenade des Anglais and Nice-Saint-Augustin; Paris is about 5 h 30 away, with direct links to Geneva, Milan and Brussels. Monaco and Cannes are under 45 minutes away by regional train or the coastal road.
The international community in Nice. Nice has long hosted an international community, with bilingual schools, high-standard healthcare and a cultural life that never stops. The airport makes round trips easy for owners who split their time across countries. What remains is the city’s own difficulty: from one building to the next, the view, the noise and the state of the co-ownership can halve or double what the property is worth to live in. Home Select settles those gaps on file then on a video viewing, before flying you over.
When to visit, when to buy? The Nice market is active year round, with two peaks: spring, from March to June, when fine homes change hands quickly, and the September-October return after the high season. Summer slows viewings without halting transactions. For a remote buyer, the mid-season is the best window: mild climate, slightly less tight demand, plenty of direct flights. December and January, quieter, sometimes open room to negotiate on homes that have sat for several months.
Côte d’Azur - Nice - A Belle Époque façade
Côte d’Azur - Nice - A yellow façade with turquoise shutters
Because the local market has its own rules. An international clientele: sellers and buyers alike come from all over the world, and so do the codes. A buyer’s agent 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 Nice stands at €4,900/m² for an apartment and €6,500/m² for a house. The highest-priced sector in the survey: Villefranche-sur-Mer, Beaulieu, Èze, €8,400/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, 2 rooms traded at a median of €4,900/m², on a median surface of 46 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 €225,000; condition, floor and address then make the rest of the price.
Yes, Home Select counts 50% expatriates or internationals among its clients. The team works in French and in English, and the search can be run entirely remotely until the final viewings.
Yes, the whole coastline around Nice is part of the perimeter. Villefranche-sur-Mer, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Èze, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Menton, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Cannes and Antibes have their own page.
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, 8,045 sales were recorded in Nice: enough to choose from, never enough for the finest addresses. The median for apartments is up +14% since June 2022, +3% in the last year alone: the trend holds, and sellers know it.
The calendar depends on how rare the target property is in Nice 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 Nice, the monitoring starts with two sectors: Cimiez, then Mont Boron. That is often where the unfindable property is.
For a pied-à-terre served by the airport, the Carré d’Or and the promenade des Anglais remain the practical choice: noble floors, terraces, well-kept buildings, everything on foot. The port and old Nice suit those who want the city alive; Mont Boron, those after silence and the view, at the gates of the centre.
Two markets in one. The seafront (Carré d’Or, promenade des Anglais) carries the prestige buildings and the noble floors; Cimiez lines up the large apartments of the former hotels; Mont Boron, Gairaut and the hills offer villas and properties in calm, overlooking the baie des Anges. The rules of value differ from one world to the other: the hunt begins by choosing yours.
The co-ownership first: the Riviera supply hides old buildings with widely varying charges, voted works included, to be audited before the view. The view next, to be secured in the local plan: what is visible today can be built tomorrow. Without these checks, the finest address can lose within months what made its price.
It is an international market: sellers and buyers come from all over the world, and so do the codes. A solid file, financing and representative in place, makes the difference on rare properties, and the whole chain, from the first search to signing at the notary’s, runs remotely. Home Select guides international buyers in their own language, from the first call to the keys.
The airport is ten minutes from the centre: Nice is the easiest town on the coast to reach from anywhere in the world. Home Select groups viewings over two or three days, video in support, and the offer can be presented remotely, mandate in place. Many of its international clients come only for the signature.
The palaces and old buildings hide varying charges and voted works to be read in the minutes. The state of the fabric, from roof to exposed facades, changes the value of one and the same floor. Home Select’s co-ownership and building audit comes before the apartment viewing: that order protects the buyer.
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 Nice, 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 (140 reviews), fees displayed, 100% on success.
Home Select, a buyer’s agent in Nice, 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.
The questions common to every city (purchase costs, remote search, choosing your finder) are gathered on one page.
One point of contact, one method, the same fees: the search does not stop at the limits of Nice. Many projects play out over two or three towns, and the brief allows for it from the first conversation.
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