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Which estate agent should you choose in Nice in 2026? How agencies are ranked, and what to check

November 2026 · 5 min read

Which estate agent should you choose in Nice in 2026? The short answer

There is no official ranking of estate agents in France: each website ranks agencies by its own criterion. For a seller or a buyer, the most telling figure is the number of sales actually completed, which RealAdvisor publishes for each agency in Nice over the last 24 months, followed by the rating and the number of Google reviews. Then four checks make the difference: a professional licence with the « Transaction » mention, a financial guarantee, a published fee scale, and real sale prices for your street. Compare two or three agencies on these points before you sign a mandate.

Source	What it ranks	What to take from it
RealAdvisor	Each agency's number of sales over 24 months, then its reviews	The best reflection of real activity: completed sales, not listings
The agency's Google profile	Rating and number of reviews	Read the recent reviews and the agency's replies, not just the score
top-agence-immobiliere.fr	Google rating weighted by the number of reviews	An automatic ranking, with no paid positions
MeilleursAgents	Client reviews and recent sales declared by the agency	Useful to compare one agency's reviews on two sites
« Top 5 » blog articles	Often no published method	Check who writes them, and whether a position is a partnership

Where to read a ranking of estate agents in Nice, and what each one measures.

And us? We are an estate agency, so we are judge and party. Here are our figures, each one verifiable at its source (checked on 10 November 2026): 36 sales over the last 24 months and a 5/5 rating on RealAdvisor, 5/5 on Google, 2nd out of 50 estate agencies in Nice on top-agence-immobiliere.fr, professional licence CPI 8305 2024 000 000 026, a €120,000 financial guarantee from Galian, a published fee scale of 5% to 10% including VAT depending on the price, and real sale prices published by neighbourhood and by street. Our team works in English, French and Slovak, and a valuation is free, with a reply within 24 working hours.

Five legal checks you can make in five minutes

Estate agents in France are regulated by the Hoguet law of 2 January 1970. An agency must make certain information public: you can read it before you even walk in, in the window, on its website and at the bottom of its documents.

What to check	Where to find it	What it tells you
The professional licence	In the window, on the website, on documents, as « CPI » followed by a series of digits	The agency is licensed. The « Transaction sur immeubles et fonds de commerce » mention allows it to sell; « Gestion immobilière » is a different business. The licence is issued by the chamber of commerce and renewed every three years.
The financial guarantee	In the same places: the name of a guarantor and an amount	It protects money held by the agency, such as a deposit.
Professional liability insurance	In the legal notice, or on request	It covers the consequences of a professional error. It is compulsory.
The fee scale	Displayed in the window and published on the website	Since 2017 this is a legal obligation. An agency that answers « it depends » before seeing your property has no fee scale.
The mandate number	At the top of your copy, as soon as you sign	Every mandate is numbered in order and entered in a register. A mandate without a number does not legally exist.

The five items an estate agency must make available, and what each one tells you.

You can also look the agency up on the French government's official company register, the Annuaire des Entreprises: it gives its creation date, legal form, manager and declared activity.

Questions that separate a serious agency from the rest

How many properties comparable to mine have you sold in my neighbourhood over the last year, and at what price?
What real recorded sales does your valuation rest on, street by street?
How will you market the property, and what happens in the first two weeks?
Who will be my single point of contact, and how often will I hear from them?
What exactly do your fees cost on my price, and who pays them?
If I am abroad, can I sign at a distance, by power of attorney or video call with the notary?

A reliable agency answers with figures and examples; a weak one answers with adjectives. For the prices themselves, our table of median prices per m² by neighbourhood over the last 12 months is on our Nice property prices page.

Questions fréquentes

Which estate agent should you choose in Nice in 2026? How agencies are ranked, and what to check

Who is the best estate agent in Nice?

There is no official ranking. The most solid criterion is the number of sales actually completed, which RealAdvisor publishes for each agency in Nice over the last 24 months, together with the rating and number of Google reviews. Then check the professional licence (« Transaction » mention), the financial guarantee, the published fee scale and whether the agency can show you the real sale prices of your street. The best agency is the one that sells properties like yours, in your neighbourhood, and proves it with figures.

Is there an English-speaking estate agent in Nice?

Yes. Cabinet Immobilier Nice, an independent agency at 8 avenue Auber in the centre of Nice, works in English, French and Slovak, from the first viewing or valuation to the signature at the notary. Buyers and sellers abroad can sign at a distance by power of attorney or, where the notary offers it, by video call.

How much does an estate agent charge in Nice?

Fees are free in France but every agency must publish its scale. At Cabinet Immobilier Nice they range from 10% including VAT up to €100,000 to 5% above €1,000,000 (7% up to €200,000, 6% up to €1,000,000). They are a maximum, negotiable when the mandate is signed, and only due when the final deed is signed.

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