Selling Your Property

To sell, you must provide your title deed, an ID document, the technical survey file (mandatory surveys), the latest property tax notice and, in co-ownership, the documents known as "ALUR Act" documents: bylaws, meeting minutes, maintenance logbook and the dated statement.

The mandatory surveys to sell depend on the property's age, nature and location: energy performance (DPE, always), asbestos (permit before July 1997), lead (before 1949), electricity and gas (installations over 15 years old), termites and the natural-risk statement (ERP) depending on the zone. They form the technical survey file.

With an open mandate, you entrust the sale to several agencies and can sell on your own. With an exclusive mandate, a single agency is instructed and you cannot sell by your own means during its term. The exclusive mandate commits the agency to enhanced efforts and is often more effective.

To set a fair sale price, rely on the actual prices of comparable properties recently sold in your area (the DVF database, notarial data), adjust according to condition, floor level, orientation and energy performance, then compare the result with current competing supply. A price aligned with the market sells faster.

The seller's net proceeds are the amount you keep after the sale. You start from the sale price, from which you deduct the agency commission (if borne by you), the outstanding loan capital and any penalties, the mortgage-release fees, then capital-gains tax if the property is not your main residence.

You must distinguish two timelines: the time to find a buyer (highly variable depending on the price, the property and the local market, often from a few weeks to several months) and the time between the sale agreement and the final deed at the notary's office, generally two to three months.

Yes, you can sell a rented property. Two options: sell it "occupied", with the buyer taking over the current lease (the tenant stays in place), or sell it "vacant" by giving the tenant notice to sell. For an unfurnished rental, this notice constitutes an offer to sell and the tenant has a pre-emption right.

There is no such thing as a Hoguet floor area: Act no. 70-9 of 2 January 1970 regulates how estate agency and property management businesses may operate, and defines no method of measurement. Selling a co-ownership lot means the private floor area known as the Carrez area; letting a home as a main residence means the habitable area known as the Boutin area.