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What stage are you at: setting the initial price, already listed, or considering whether to renovate first? Also, are you comparing properties in one arrondissement or across Paris? Those details would change which discussions are most useful.

One more point: record the original asking price and every relisting you notice, not just the current figure. That should make it easier to spot whether 49 days is truly the first marketing period or part of a longer attempt to sell.

More listings do not necessarily mean more usable choices. I’d track new stock, genuine reductions and withdrawals separately for a few weeks. If many buildings disappear without a visible sale, the apparent supply may be stale or merely testing the market. If reductions cluster after a similar...

I would not proceed on a verbal assurance alone. Ask the agent to explain in writing whom they represent, who pays the fee, what information will remain confidential, and how offers or counteroffers will be communicated. Also ask for a named contact for each side rather than one person...

Hello from Paris. I’m a mortgage adviser, but I’m here as a learner: most of my property time currently goes into understanding condos, transaction costs, and the gap between advertised and completed prices. I’d like to compare notes across markets rather than stay in a Paris bubble. For...

Treating 113 days as firm leverage feels premature. Ignoring it completely is not satisfactory either. A studio that was withdrawn and then returned can appear slower than it really is, while vacancy may reflect an ambitious asking price rather than an urgent seller. I would first establish...