Real estate listings in France are not the same as in the United States (where you can search every property that’s for sale –and all past sale prices– in one MLS system that every agent uses), or in Canada and the UK (where sellers price their properties at close to market value). On the French Riviera, prices are often unrealistic and it’s hard to find good listings or reasonably-priced villas for sale. This is due to a number of reasons….
Real Estate Listings in France
You may find this shocking, but only 58% of all villa sales are via real estate agents, and many of those are sold ‘off-market’ to their clients (or developers, which then give the agent another commission when they flip it) without the need to publish the listing online.
