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Home Select searches, visits and negotiates for you in Lyon. 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 Lyon founded in 2011, searches for apartments and houses exclusively on behalf of the buyer. Its hunters give access to off-market properties, from the noble floors of Ainay on the Presqu’île to the avenues around the Parc de la Tête d’Or, with fees 100% on success.
France’s second heritage market, Lyon lines up very different micro-markets: the noble floors of Ainay and the Presqu’île, the avenues of the 6th around the Parc de la Tête d’Or, the reinvented canuts of La Croix-Rousse and the properties of the western suburbs. Fine addresses first circulate through professional word of mouth.
A buyer’s agent works for the buyer, and for the buyer alone. Here is what Home Select changes, concretely, for your purchase in Lyon.
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 Lyon 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 - Lyon - Fourvière at blue hour
A buyer-side search mandate, a written method, fees due on success. Here is what you entrust to Home Select in Lyon.
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 Lyon, 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 Lyon 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 family surfaces of the 2nd and the 6th, sellers choose the safest file, not merely the highest offer. Financing validated by the bank, a notaire appointed, the ability to sign quickly: everything is settled before the first visit.
In La Croix-Rousse as on the Presqu’île, value plays out in the common parts: the structure of canut buildings, roofs, façades, meeting minutes and voted works. Have these documents read before entering negotiation, not after.
Within the classified perimeter, from Vieux Lyon to the slopes, visible works go through the Architecte des Bâtiments de France: windows, air conditioning, openings. Verify the feasibility of your project before the offer: delays and refusals carry a real cost.
From your brief to the handover of the keys: what Home Select does for you in Lyon, 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 Lyon 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 - Lyon - A square in Vieux Lyon
Rhône-Alpes - Lyon - Façades on the hillside
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 Lyon.
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 - Lyon - The rooftops and the Saône 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, 7,260 sales were recorded in Lyon: enough to choose from, never enough for the finest addresses.
The median for apartments has moved -12% since June 2022 and 0% over one year: a market correcting, address by address.
Sales range from €2,800/m² to €6,000/m²: address and condition make the price.
Lyon is a sum of micro-markets more than a city: the noble floors of Ainay compare neither with the canut floors of La Croix-Rousse nor with the houses of western Lyon. Each has its own rules of value, its streets to avoid and its addresses that go within days.
On fine bourgeois surfaces, the market moves fast: a well-distributed through apartment in the 6th, free of heavy works, finds a buyer before the first open viewing. Preparation of the file and daily monitoring make the difference between proposing and enduring.
Western Lyon, from Sainte-Foy to Tassin and the Monts d’Or, works by network: a significant share of the houses sells without publicity, between neighbours, notaires and professionals. And Lyon’s old buildings, traboules and co-ownership included, demand a technical eye that passing buyers often lack.
| 12 months to end of June | Median | Sales counted (apartments) |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | €5,000/m² | 8,514 |
| 2023 | €5,000/m² | 7,604 |
| 2024 | €4,600/m² | 6,002 |
| 2025 | €4,400/m² | 6,496 |
| 2026 | €4,400/m² | 7,061 |
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: Lyon trades 19% above its department median (€3,700/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 - Lyon - The Grand Hôtel-Dieu and the Rhône
From the Presqu’île to the canut slopes, Lyon reads hill by hill: each has its own light, its volumes and its loyalties.
The bourgeois heart of the Presqu’île, between Bellecour and Perrache: Haussmannian and Belle Époque buildings, noble floors with parquet, mouldings and fireplaces, the volumes that make the Lyon safe value. Quality through apartments are counted and go fast.
The 6th between the Parc de la Tête d’Or and the central schools: quiet avenues, large bourgeois surfaces, the address of Lyon families. Demand is permanent and supply scarce: faultless properties go within days.
The canut quarter, on the slopes and the plateau: high ceilings, stone walls, artists’ workshops and terraces overlooking the city. A character market, where light, floor level and the condition of the building create every value gap.
Western Lyon, the house with a garden ten minutes from the centre: Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Écully, Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, Charbonnières and its spas. A family market that largely trades by private agreement, where the network and the knowledge of quarters surface the best addresses.
The largest Renaissance ensemble in Europe, listed with Fourvière and the Presqu’île: galleries, traboules, ceremonial staircases, and the plunging views from the Fourvière gardens. A connoisseurs’ market, demanding on the condition of the building and on works permits.
The market, the neighbourhoods, the addresses
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Lyon at a glance
Living in Lyon means a morning at the Halles Paul Bocuse or the Saint-Antoine market on the banks of the Saône, lunch in a bouchon on Rue des Marronniers, then a walk up the Presqu’île to the Musée des Beaux-Arts on Place des Terreaux. The city is lived on foot: the traboules of La Croix-Rousse, the courtyards of the Grand Hôtel-Dieu, a terrace on Place Sathonay. A city that has kept the habit of doing things slowly, and well.
The seasons set the tempo: the Nuits de Fourvière in the Roman theatres in summer, the Fête des Lumières in December, the first evenings on the banks of the Rhône in spring. Sundays climb to the rose garden of the Parc de la Tête d’Or or head for the Monts d’Or and the Beaujolais, vines and golden stone at the gates of the city. Paris stays 2 hours away by TGV: near enough for a day return, far enough to feel away.
Lyon is the second heritage market in France and one of the safest for a lasting purchase: universities, healthcare, corporate headquarters and a city that lives all year. The fine floors of Ainay, the Presqu’île and the 6th are rare and circulate first by word of mouth: these are the addresses people keep and pass on. Older stock on the Presqu’île and the Croix-Rousse calls for a serious survey of the building: facade works, lift, communal heating, energy performance. That is where value is won or lost.
A Lyon pied-à-terre is bought for the city itself: Ainay, the Presqu’île, the 6th around the Parc de la Tête d’Or. Fine floors are rare and circulate first by word of mouth. For occasional use, the lift, the aspect and the quiet of the courtyard matter more than the floor area advertised.
Lyon offers what few French cities combine: employment, international schools, two hours from Paris by TGV and an international airport. Families weigh the 6th, the Croix-Rousse and western Lyon, from Sainte-Foy to Écully, for a house with a garden. The decisive criterion remains the school run and crossing the bridges at peak hours.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport, France’s fifth busiest, serves 135 destinations across 42 countries, including London, Amsterdam, Madrid and Montreal, and is 30 minutes away on the Rhônexpress shuttle. The TGV links Paris in about 2 hours, as little as 1 h 42 on the fastest services, and runs direct to Geneva, Brussels and Barcelona. Few French cities are as easy to fit into a regular international calendar.
The international community in Lyon. Lyon hosts an established international community, supported by its universities, corporate headquarters and several international schools. Formalities and settling in still take time when run from abroad, and the Lyon market reads building by building: the floor, the courtyard, the co-ownership make the difference. Home Select works in French and English and checks those points before you travel.
When to visit, when to buy? The market is active from February to July, then in September and October, with a spring peak when characterful stock moves quickly. For a remote buyer, March-May and September combine a wider choice with quieter viewings, outside school holidays. Summer and late December bring the classic slowdown, suited to negotiation but with thinner inventory.
Rhône-Alpes - Lyon - A façade and its balconies
Rhône-Alpes - Lyon - A café terrace in the centre
Because the local market has its own rules. A fast market on rare properties: large faultless surfaces go within days. 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 Lyon stands at €4,400/m² for an apartment and €5,300/m² for a house. The highest-priced sector in the survey: Foch et Tête d’Or (6e), €5,400/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, 3 rooms traded at a median of €4,400/m², on a median surface of 68 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 €299,000; condition, floor and address then make the rest of the price.
Yes: Sainte-Foy, Écully, Tassin, Charbonnières and, depending on the project, the rest of the metropolis and the Monts d’Or.
Home Select runs your search from its national desk and relies on its network of 15,000 partners, including Lyon professionals. Viewings are organised and qualified before you travel.
Over the 12 months to end of June 2026, 7,260 sales were recorded in Lyon: enough to choose from, never enough for the finest addresses. The median for apartments has moved -12% since June 2022 and 0% over one year: a market correcting, address by address.
The calendar depends on how rare the target property is in Lyon 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 Lyon, the monitoring starts with two sectors: Ainay and the Presqu’île (2nd), then Foch, Tête d’Or (6th). That is often where the unfindable property is.
Both schools coexist. The noble floor in Ainay or the 6th offers volume, ceiling height and period features, with very steady value. The top floor, on the slopes of La Croix-Rousse especially, brings light and views, sometimes a terrace, at the price of extra vigilance on the roof and the lift. The choice is settled by use: entertaining on one side, privacy on the other.
Ainay and the Presqu’île carry the Haussmannian apartments and noble floors, Lyon’s safe-haven value; Foch and Tête d’Or, the large bourgeois family flats; la Croix-Rousse, the former silk-workers’ lofts and the terraces; Sainte-Foy, Écully and Tassin, the family houses of the West, with parks and schools. Many Lyon journeys start in an apartment and end in the West: the hunt can follow that thread.
The building as much as the flat: traboules and shared courtyards, old co-ownership rules, charges and voted works, the state of the common parts that tells the building’s future. The classified site of Fourvière adds its own constraints. On rare properties the market moves fast: a file ready before the first viewing makes the difference.
It is fast on rare properties: large flawless flats go within days, and a share of the West’s houses sell without publicity, through networks. The market is held by the city’s families, joined by Parisians moving down. Daily watching and knowledge of the local networks show what never reaches a listing.
Two hours by TGV: Lyon is the easiest big city to hunt from Paris. One day covers the Presqu’île and Croix-Rousse, a second the West. Home Select groups viewings by quarter, video filters upstream, and the offer can follow the same day: on rare properties, speed wins.
The buildings of the 2nd and 6th sometimes hide heavy charges and old rules: the minutes are read like the technical survey. La Croix-Rousse’s lofts ask for structure and light. On Fourvière, the classified site frames the facades. Home Select’s building and co-ownership audit always comes before the apartment 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 Lyon, 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 Lyon, 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 Lyon. Many projects play out over two or three towns, and the brief allows for it from the first conversation.
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