If you’d love to move to France, where do you start? How do you know which location would suit you best? Even after you’ve chosen an area, there are thousands of properties for sale on several hundred agency websites, curated on a regional, departmental and even by city or town basis, and the details are nearly always in French.
In summer 2025, a new website was launched that answered many a house-hunter’s prayers. For Sale in France is a one-stop solution listing all the properties for sale in any given region, covering many agencies and providing details in English. It did such a good job of responding to what house-hunters were looking for, that its visitor numbers exploded in its first three months, and the trend is continuing.
Who’s behind For Sale in France?
The site was launched by British marketing expert Phil Coley, along with two partners who bring legal and accounting expertise. All three have hands-on experience of life in France, and Phil bought his own French renovation project with his wife Kirsti in 2017 in the Haute-Vienne, where they now live with their young family.
“I started a You Tube channel, not focused on our renovation, as many other channels are, but more about the information you need to find out about buying a place in France,” he explains. We all have questions, such as what’s the best region to move to, whether I can make a living there, and if I’ll need a visa. When you’re thinking about moving to France, you want to look at all the properties in your budget and get more support for the whole process.”
A property site unlike any other
“Because of my marketing background, the infrastructure was already in place to set up a unique website,” explains Phil, “and we took a radical approach of inviting French real estate agents to list their properties with us for free. Of course, that brought us a lot of listings very quickly, which is ideal for buyers!
“The big plus for house-hunters is that you can look at thousands of French properties for sale across the whole country. If you’re an English-speaker and you want to buy your dream French home, visit For Sale in France and you’ll find everything you need.”
Find properties for sale all over France
Whether you’re looking for a Parisian pied-à-terre, a Bordeaux townhouse, a traditional stone cottage in the French countryside, or a glamorous seaside villa on the French Riviera, you’ll find a wide range on the website, from multiple agencies across the country.
“If you’re looking for a cheap house in France, we currently have renovation projects on the market for as little as €15,000,” says Phil. “These are existing buildings with land around them, ready to be renovated into your own home. There are also affordable village homes and townhouses with a courtyard garden, and opportunities for barn conversions, which are wonderful if you have building experience.
“At the high end, you’ll find exclusive city penthouses and luxury ski chalets in Val-d’Isère and Meribel, vineyard properties with a profitable business, and of course, fairy-tale pretty châteaux and elegant manor houses with all the original features. Currently the most expensive property we have listed is €15.6m.
“And in between, French real estate offers an incredible variety for buyers. A three-bedroom family home in France could be a rural farmhouse in the Limousin, a villa with a swimming pool, a granite longère in Normandy or a sea-view apartment on the Côte-d’Azur. We even offer building plots if you want to build an ideal home in France, made to measure. Whatever your budget, if you’re looking to relocate to France, you’ll probably be spoilt for choice.”
What do buyers need to know?
“We work primarily with British and American clients,” explains Phil, “and most potential buyers know that they want to move to France, but they have no idea where they want to live. That’s because most of us generally have an idea of French culture – but we don’t know what the temperature is like in different locations, what the local economy is like or even regional customs.
“A key advantage of For Sale in France is that house hunters can click through to a whole range of practical fact files about French life. This might be about the climate, visa requirements, citizenship and legal issues, but we also offer ‘real life stories’, video case studies of other English-speakers who have moved to France, people who are happy to share their own experience.”
Visitors to the website can also download a free buyers’ guide that explains the process of buying a house in France, including what to expect from a French estate agent and a notaire, how the diagnostic checks work, the ‘cooling-off’ period and various other legal steps that lead to a successful purchase.
What about selling?
For any French estate agents (or realtors), there is a clear advantage to listing with For Sale in France. Agents can advertise as many properties as they want, for as long as they want, with no commission or sign-up fees. This is radically different from the majority of online websites that promote properties for sale in France, because neither the house-hunters nor the agents need to pay for the service.
“When a client finds a home that they’re interested in, they fill in their contact details and those are sent directly to the agent,” says Phil. “We don’t take any commission from anyone; we’re just there to put people in touch with the relevant agency. Our income is generated from ad revenue, so it’s absolutely in our interests to ensure that we have as many listings as possible, and that the website offers buyers and sellers exactly what they need.”
Good news for private sellers
If you have a house in France that you’re looking to sell without going through an agent, you also have the option of listing on For Sale in France. The site charges a small fee for private sellers, but you will reach the same international audience as all the major national agencies. That’s a win-win!
It’s easy to see why For Sale in France has become so popular so rapidly: it’s a game-changer for the French property market. Whether you want to browse through the listings of houses for sale in France, sell your French home, or find out more about the practicalities of relocating to France, this is the place to be. Just be aware of one thing: it’s so easy to use that before you know it, you could be getting the keys to your own place in France and living the French dream!
Start your search for your dream home in France at forsaleinfrance.com
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