Provence - Cassis - The port seen from the heights
Provence · Bouches-du-Rhône
Home Select searches, visits and negotiates for you in Cassis. 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 Cassis founded in 2011, searches for houses and villas exclusively on behalf of the buyer, with direct access to off-market properties. In this confidential market, from La Presqu’île to Le Bestouan, most notable sales never appear in a listing. Fees 100% on success, nothing due before completion.
Sheltered by Cap Canaille and the calanques, Cassis is one of the most closed markets on the French coast: one village, one port, a few hundred fine addresses and a national and international demand that never weakens. Here, most of the sales that matter close without ever appearing in a listing.
A buyer’s agent works for the buyer, and for the buyer alone. Here is what Home Select changes, concretely, for your purchase in Cassis.
Provence - Cassis - Cap Canaille from the calanques
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 Cassis 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.
Provence - Cassis - The vineyards below the cliffs
A buyer-side search mandate, a written method, fees due on success. Here is what you entrust to Home Select in Cassis.
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 Cassis, 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 Cassis 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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On the Presqu’île as on the heights, ask for the domain’s charter before any offer: rights of way, extension bans, appearance rules. Two neighbouring villas can carry very different rights, and the rules cannot be renegotiated after signing.
A large plot promises nothing here: agricultural zones of the appellation, the Littoral law, the edges of the national park. Obtain a planning certificate before pricing in an extension or a pool, and treat the existing building as the essence of the value.
For a villa at Le Bestouan or on the Presqu’île, check the route of the coastal path servitude, the exposure to sea spray and the upkeep a seafront build demands: a façade also reads in winter, in rough weather, not only in July.
From your brief to the handover of the keys: what Home Select does for you in Cassis, 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 Cassis 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.
Provence - Cassis - The vineyards below Cap Canaille
Provence - Cassis - The port and the beach from the air
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 Cassis.
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.
Provence - Cassis - The En-Vau calanque from above
Page updated on 20 October 2026, reviewed by Jean Mascla, founder of Home Select
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, 124 sales were recorded in Cassis: enough to choose from, never enough for the finest addresses.
The median for apartments has moved -2% since June 2022 and -7% over one year: a market correcting, address by address.
Sales range from €4,800/m² to €10,700/m²: address and condition make the price.
Cassis is a market of absolute scarcity: a few hundred sought-after addresses, a classified vineyard bounding the land, coves reachable only on foot or by sea. National and international demand never weakens: any correctly positioned property finds a buyer, and most of the sales that matter never appear in a listing.
Value hangs on details: the real view over the port or the cape (not just “sea”), access to the coves, the rules of private domains, the servitude of the coastal path. Two neighbouring houses of the Presqu’île may not belong to the same world: a market hunted on the ground, through network, not from a portal.
| 12 months to end of June | Median | Sales counted (apartments) |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | €7,100/m² | 136 |
| 2023 | €6,700/m² | 95 |
| 2024 | €7,000/m² | 98 |
| 2025 | €7,500/m² | 89 |
| 2026 | €7,000/m² | 87 |
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: Cassis trades 112% above its department median (€3,300/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.
Provence - Cassis - The port and the village façades
Cassis fits in the hollow of a single bay: between the quays, the pines and the vines, each address keeps its own light and silence.
A few streets between the Barasse square and the quays: upgraded pastel fishermen houses, apartments with port views, shops and restaurants on foot. Rare in large surfaces, highly contested, often handed down between families.
The tongue of land between the port and Port-Miou, the top of the Cassis market: properties in the pines with bay views, direct water access, domain rules to audit before any offer. Sales are extremely rare and precious.
The Bestouan beach quarter, on the cape road: villas and houses a few steps from the water, the coastal path along the properties. Southern exposure and beach access make the most family-friendly addresses of the village.
Above the village, between AOC vines and hills: bastides with land, contemporary villas overlooking the bay, absolute calm five minutes from the port. A confidential market where farmland and planting rights change everything.
At the gates of the village, on the La Ciotat side: substantial villas and properties, planted gardens, pools, rare calm minutes from the port. The family quarter year-round buyers look for, less contested than La Presqu’île or Le Bestouan, with surfaces and grounds the village itself no longer offers.
The market, the neighbourhoods, the addresses
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Cassis at a glance
Mornings begin on the quai des Baux, when the pointus come in and the fishermen sell their catch straight on the quay. The Provençal market sets up its stalls on place Baragnon, the harbour cafés face the pastel façades, and afternoons drift towards the Bestouan beach or the pine shade of the Presqu’île. In the evening, a white from the appellation, Clos Sainte-Magdeleine or Château de Fontcreuse, goes with sea urchins and the fish of the day.
The seasons set the pace: winter hands the village back to its residents, flat sea and tables of regulars; in spring you walk out to Port-Miou, Port-Pin and En-Vau before the heat; in September the harvest comes down from slopes classified since 1936. The route des Crêtes, cut above Cap Canaille, is best taken at dusk. The station, on the Marseille to Toulon line, keeps the village connected without surrendering it; the TGV and the airport are a short escape away.
Cassis is a market of scarcity: supply is tiny and demand permanent, which protects the value of fine addresses. What holds it here is the location and the view, in the village or on the heights, then what no listing says: access and parking in season, exposure to the mistral, the upkeep of a sloping garden. A house in Cassis is kept for a long time and passed on: it is bought with that long horizon in mind.
This is the primary vocation of the Cassis market: a house in the village or on the heights, used from April to October. What counts is access and parking in season, exposure to the mistral, the upkeep of a sloping garden and winter caretaking. Home Select’s concierge service takes over after the keys, so the house is ready when you arrive.
Living in Cassis year-round means accepting a town that changes rhythm twice a year: summer belongs to visitors, winter to the village. Families weigh the centre, walkable to everything, against the heights, quieter but car-dependent. Marseille and its employment area are half an hour away by road or train.
Cassis is easy to reach from abroad via Marseille Provence airport, about 45 minutes away, which serves the main European cities (London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Madrid, Rome) and the Gulf hubs, with New York one stop away. The SNCF station, perched away from the harbour, puts Marseille twenty minutes away; the Marseille TGV station places Paris around 3 h 20 away and serves Lyon, Brussels and Frankfurt. The final stretch of road is winding and parking is very tight in season: two constraints to build into the viewing schedule rather than discover on arrival.
The international community in Cassis. The international community is well represented, mostly as second-home owners, with British, Northern European and North American buyers. Everyday services exist but cluster around the high season. For a property used part of the year, what matters at purchase is access: a parking space, the real distance to the harbour, how workable the place is off-season. Those are the points Home Select checks before shortlisting a lead.
When to visit, when to buy? Activity concentrates between April and September, when the harbour and the Calanques are at peak attendance: fine homes move quickly in spring, and the saturated summer limits viewings as much as parking. Late season, in September and October, opens a quieter second window, more open to negotiation; winter reveals the village’s true face, its slimmed-down services and its silence. For a remote buyer, starting the search in winter, viewing in spring and aiming to sign in autumn remains the safest sequence.
Provence - Cassis - The harbour quay and the château
Provence - Cassis - A calanque and its yachts
Because the local market has its own rules. An almost non-existent stock: permanent monitoring and off-market make up most opportunities. 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 Cassis stands at €7,000/m² for an apartment and €9,300/m² for a house. Across the sectors of the survey, the median ranges from €2,800/m² (Carnoux-en-Provence et Aubagne) to €5,700/m² (Ceyreste et le pays de Cassis). 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 €7,200/m², on a median surface of 48 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 €346,000; condition, floor and address then make the rest of the price.
Yes, but rarely through listings: these properties circulate between professionals and through direct approach to owners. That is exactly where Home Select hunts.
Yes: La Ciotat, Carnoux, Roquefort-la-Bédoule and the neighbouring coast are part of the perimeter when the project calls for it. Marseille has its own page.
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, 124 sales were recorded in Cassis: enough to choose from, never enough for the finest addresses. The median for apartments has moved -2% since June 2022 and -7% over one year: a market correcting, address by address.
The calendar depends on how rare the target property is in Cassis 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 Cassis, the monitoring starts with two sectors: the village and the port, then La Presqu’île. That is often where the unfindable property is.
It depends on the use: the village and the port for a life on foot, at the pace of the quays; Le Bestouan for the beach and the children; the heights for calm, views and vines. The Presqu’île remains the patrimonial address, whenever a sale arises there.
A definitive address: the sea-view house at Le Bestouan, the villa of La Presqu’île between the port and the Port-Miou calanque, or the bastide of the heights among appellation vines. Stock is almost non-existent and private estates supply a fair share of sales: permanent watching and the off-market make most opportunities, far more than listings.
Precise rules: a strict charter, rights of way, colour and upkeep constraints imposed by the estate’s association. They must be read before the offer, not after: some rules (fences, pools, facades) redraw the use and the resale value. Home Select audits the estate’s rules and budget exactly as the property itself.
Only with great difficulty: the appellation vineyard and the protected zones tightly constrain new builds and extensions. That is exactly why quality older stock concentrates all demand: what already exists is fought over, what could be built will not be. The sound move is an acquisition on the existing stock, well chosen and well negotiated.
Three hours of TGV to Toulon, thirty minutes of road, or Marseille airport: Cassis is covered in one full day. Home Select’s work starts earlier: rule out, shortlist, prepare each viewing as the right one. Serious sellers accept video for a first filter, and the decision comes on the second trip.
The old village fabric (Le Mouré, the centre) hides damp and structures to consolidate; estate villas obey their colour and upkeep rules; the vineyard heights ask for terrace and greenery maintenance. The mistral wears southern facades: works are budgeted into the offer, not after the signature.
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 Cassis, 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 buyer’s agent in Cassis, 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 Cassis. Many projects play out over two or three towns, and the brief allows for it from the first conversation.
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