Rhône-Alpes - Annecy - The Palais de l’Isle and the canals
Rhône-Alpes · Haute-Savoie
Home Select searches, visits and negotiates for you in Annecy. 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 Annecy founded in 2011, searches for apartments and estates exclusively on behalf of the buyer, from Old Annecy to the eastern shore of the lake at Talloires. Its network opens access to off-market properties, where most lakeside sales are concluded, with fees 100% on success.
Lake Annecy concentrates exceptional demand on a tiny supply: the old town and its canals, the family addresses of Annecy-le-Vieux and the eastern shore, from Veyrier to Talloires, which forms the top of the French lakeside market. Waterside homes almost never appear in a listing. Home Select tracks Annecy real estate address by address, on the market and off-market.
A buyer’s agent works for the buyer, and for the buyer alone. Here is what Home Select changes, concretely, for your purchase in Annecy.
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 Annecy 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.
Rhône-Alpes - Annecy - The Château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard
A buyer-side search mandate, a written method, fees due on success. Here is what you entrust to Home Select in Annecy.
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 Annecy, 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 Annecy 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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The lake is public domain: pontoons and moorings depend on a temporary occupation permit, precarious and personal, which does not automatically follow the sale. Have its existence, validity and renewal prospects verified before paying for access to the water.
The eastern shore lives in the morning, the western shore in the evening. Return at the opposite hour and, if possible, out of season: the slopes of Mont Veyrier and the Semnoz cast their shade early, and a summer view says nothing of January sun.
Around the lake, extensions, outbuildings and pools are strictly framed by the French shoreline law and local planning rules. Before buying to transform, have the project’s feasibility validated: an impossible permit changes a property’s value more surely than any negotiation.
From your brief to the handover of the keys: what Home Select does for you in Annecy, 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 Annecy 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.
Rhône-Alpes - Annecy - Talloires on the lakeshore
Rhône-Alpes - Annecy - The Château de Duingt
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 Annecy.
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.
Rhône-Alpes - Annecy - The lake from the Semnoz
Page updated on 20 October 2026, reviewed by Jean Mascla, founder of Home Select
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, 1,705 sales were recorded in Annecy: enough to choose from, never enough for the finest addresses.
The median for apartments is up +5% since June 2022, +2% in the last year alone: the trend holds, and sellers know it.
Sales range from €3,400/m² to €7,300/m²: address and condition make the price.
Lake Annecy is a market of lakeside scarcity: the shores are protected, the supply of waterside homes almost nil, and demand, national and cross-border (Geneva is forty-five minutes away), absorbs everything that comes out. Most shore sales conclude by private agreement, before any listing.
Value reads in three circles: the town (old Annecy, L’Impérial, Annecy-le-Vieux), the eastern shore (Veyrier, Menthon, Talloires), top of the market, and the western shore (Sevrier, Duingt), more turned towards the evening. Exposure, view and water access create considerable gaps between two neighbouring properties.
Technical expertise is decisive: view and passage servitudes, banks and lake access rights, land in protected zones. It is a market where the perfect address exists, but is only bought on the ground, through network, with the time to be expected.
| 12 months to end of June | Median | Sales counted (apartments) |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | €4,900/m² | 2,040 |
| 2023 | €5,200/m² | 1,834 |
| 2024 | €5,100/m² | 1,438 |
| 2025 | €5,100/m² | 1,592 |
| 2026 | €5,100/m² | 1,556 |
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: Annecy trades 16% above its department median (€4,400/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.
Rhône-Alpes - Annecy - The boats and bell towers of old Annecy
Here geography sets the hierarchy: one does not simply live in Annecy, one lives on a shore, in a light, at a certain distance from the water.
The old town and its canals, the island and the Palais de l’Isle, and the Impérial quarter around the palace and its gardens facing the lake. Rare, contested character apartments within walking distance of everything: the urban heart of the Annecy market.
The historic commune merged into Annecy, between the north shore and the slopes: family villas, quiet residences, the beaches a bike ride away. The deep family market, where houses with gardens go fast.
The morning-sun shore, the most prized of France for a lake: Veyrier and its properties on the slope, Menthon and its castle, Talloires and its bay. Waterside homes are unfindable in listings: they are handed down or discreetly negotiated.
The western shore, exposed to the setting sun: Sevrier, Saint-Jorioz and their villas with views over the lake and the Tournette. A more accessible market than the eastern shore, highly sought for its sunsets and its proximity to the expressway to Annecy.
The far end of the lake and its preserved villages: Duingt and its two castles on the rock, Doussard, the wild Thiou shores. Family properties that rarely sell, in absolute calm twenty minutes from town.
The market, the neighbourhoods, the addresses
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Annecy at a glance
The Annecy year flows along the canals. On market mornings, rue Sainte-Claire fills with farmhouse reblochon and tomme, and the terraces follow the Thiou opposite the Palais de l’Isle. In June the animation film festival packs the cinemas and turns the Pâquier into an open-air screen; in summer the Fête du Lac lights up the bay of Albigny. At table, Arctic char is served at Le Clos des Sens in Annecy-le-Vieux, or at Père Bise in Talloires.
The rhythm belongs to the lake and the summits. You swim at Albigny or Les Marquisats from the first warm days, ride the greenway around the lake, climb the Tournette or the Semnoz and come down before the storm. Winter brings the Aravis close, La Clusaz and Le Grand-Bornand for a day’s skiing. Paris stays around 4 hrs away by TGV, Geneva and its airport 45 minutes: a life that gives up nothing.
Annecy is a market stretched by permanent demand: local employment, the proximity of Geneva, schools, and a lake that cannot be replaced. The eastern shore, from Veyrier to Menthon and Talloires, forms the summit of French lakeside addresses, and waterfront properties almost never appear in a listing. The real difficulty comes earlier: supply is tiny, and without access to properties before publication you always arrive second.
The lake is the market: the eastern shore, from Veyrier to Menthon and Talloires, forms the summit of French lakeside addresses. Waterfront properties almost never appear in a listing. To investigate: the right to use the shore, easements, access and winter upkeep, which weighs heavily on a house closed for five months.
Annecy is lived all year, mountains and lake included, with schools and a solid employment area, and Geneva under an hour away, which weighs on prices as much as on journeys. Families aim for Annecy-le-Vieux and Albigny, the old town to walk everywhere. The daily sticking point is traffic around the lake in season.
Annecy enjoys top-tier international access: Geneva airport, about 45 km or 30 minutes away, serves more than 100 destinations worldwide. Lyon Saint-Exupéry is about 1 h 30 away, and Annecy Haute-Savoie Mont-Blanc airport mainly handles business aviation. The TGV station links Paris in about 4 hours and serves Lyon, while the A41 motorway puts Geneva, Chambéry and the Alpine network within quick reach. This crossroads position between Switzerland and the Alps is the decisive asset for regular international use.
The international community in Annecy. Annecy hosts a dense international community, driven by cross-border employment towards Geneva and a fabric of technology and industrial firms. English-speaking services, schools and healthcare are well developed. The tension here comes from the market itself: the lake is scarce and cross-border demand permanent, which leaves little time to decide. Home Select tracks properties upstream so that you do not discover a listing at the same moment as everyone else.
When to visit, when to buy? Unlike the ski resorts, Annecy lives and trades year round, which makes it a particularly fluid market. Spring, March to June, and the September-October return are the most active windows, with fine homes changing hands quickly. Summer brings an intense tourist peak around the lake: viewings slow and logistics tighten, without halting transactions. December and January, quieter, can open room to negotiate on homes that have sat for several months.
Rhône-Alpes - Annecy - The Vassé canal
Rhône-Alpes - Annecy - The Thiou canal
Because the local market has its own rules. Waterside homes unfindable in listings: most shore sales happen by private agreement. 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 Annecy stands at €5,100/m² for an apartment and €6,100/m² for a house. The highest-priced sector in the survey: Rive est (Veyrier, Menthon, Talloires), €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 €5,000/m², on a median surface of 67 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 €335,000; condition, floor and address then make the rest of the price.
The eastern shore (Veyrier, Menthon, Talloires) is the most prized and the rarest; the western shore offers evening exposure and more opportunities. Home Select hunts both in parallel and makes the trade-off objective.
It is the most closed segment: protected shores, almost zero supply, discreet sales. Home Select’s network and direct approach to owners are the only serious way in.
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, 1,705 sales were recorded in Annecy: enough to choose from, never enough for the finest addresses. The median for apartments is up +5% since June 2022, +2% in the last year alone: the trend holds, and sellers know it.
The calendar depends on how rare the target property is in Annecy 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 Annecy, the monitoring starts with two sectors: Old Annecy and L’Impérial, then Annecy-le-Vieux and Albigny. That is often where the unfindable property is.
It depends on use. For a lively year-round pied-à-terre, the old town and L’Impérial put lake, market and restaurants within walking distance. For family summers, Talloires or Duingt offer the bay, the beaches and the silence. In between, Sevrier gives the view with quick access to town. Home Select frames the trade-off around your seasons of use.
Old Annecy and the Impérial carry the character apartments between canals and lake; Annecy-le-Vieux and Albigny, the family addresses near the shores; the east bank (Veyrier, Menthon, Talloires) remains the top of the lakeside market; the west bank (Sevrier) and the far end (Duingt) offer other lights and other prices. Each bank is a market: the hunt begins by choosing yours.
The view and exposure first: two neighbouring properties can differ by tens of percent, and evening light cannot be fixed. The French Coastal Law next, which frames what may be built or altered on the shores. And the pontoon: a right of access to the water is not bought as an annexe, it is verified deed by deed. Shore sales happen privately, so preparation is everything.
Cross-border executives working in Geneva who choose to live on the French side, Lyon and Paris families buying a main home or a summer house, entrepreneurs of the local industry. This solvent demand absorbs a scarce supply: waterside properties unfindable in listings sell privately, and you must be ready before the others to hope to see one.
Three hours fifty from Paris by TGV, forty minutes from Geneva: the lake is viewed from either shore in a day, when properties exist. Shore properties selling privately, Home Select’s monitoring prepares the list before the trip. Video makes the first sort, the ground decides.
Shore houses face damp by the water and rising outdoor upkeep: pontoons, retaining walls, greenery. The height properties live easier but need winterising. The Coastal Law frames any visible alteration. These items are costed before the offer: on the lake, upkeep is part of the price.
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 Annecy, 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 Annecy, 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.
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One point of contact, one method, the same fees: the search does not stop at the limits of Annecy. Many projects play out over two or three towns, and the brief allows for it from the first conversation.
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