Sextant properties

What Sextant properties does

Sextant Properties Ltd is a UK-registered private real estate agency (Companies House No. 5583408), headquartered at 254 Pentonville Road, London, with operations focused on the French property market. Founded in 2005 and operating with 51–100 employees, the company operates under the trading style "Sextant French Properties" and is led by co-founder Matthieu Cany. Sextant's core function is brokering residential property transactions — resale and new-build — for international buyers, particularly English-speaking clients seeking to purchase in France for relocation, holiday-home, or investment purposes.

The platform is a bilingual (French/English) property listing portal covering 14 French regions (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Paris Île-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Occitanie, Normandy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Grand Est, Centre-Val de Loire, Hauts-de-France, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, Corsica, and Dom-Tom), with roughly 1,380 active listings and a distributed network of local French estate agents providing on-the-ground support. The technology stack is a standard WordPress property portal with Google Maps integration for property location display; no public API, SDK, or proprietary AI capability is exposed. A free Property Valuation Simulator at jestimemonbien.fr uses EPC data for pricing, and ancillary tools cover French mortgage guidance, money transfer, and the legal buying process. Sextant also distributes a parallel French Leaseback (LMNP) investment product line — student, senior, business, tourist, and medical residences — operated in conjunction with managed-residence partners such as Appart'City (94 residences across 90+ French cities).

Sextant's revenue model is commission-based, charging sellers a transaction fee on completed property sales (fee schedule provided as a PDF; pricing not publicly itemized), with no platform fee charged to buyers. Distribution combines direct-to-consumer web enquiry with a field force of local French agents and PR-led top-of-funnel acquisition via UK media placements (Daily Mail, Sunday Express, Daily Telegraph, Place in the Sun) and Trustpilot social proof. The firm has won the European Property Award for "Best bilingual French real estate agency" for eight consecutive years through 2024, operates GDPR/UK-data-protection compliant data handling, and has no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, or external investors.

Name

Sextant properties

Legal name

Sextant Properties Ltd

Website

https://sextantproperties.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Sextant Properties Ltd is a UK-registered bilingual real estate brokerage that helps international buyers purchase residential and leaseback investment properties across 14 French regions, earning revenue through transaction commissions on homes ranging from €10,000 to €6,000,000.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Brokerage Services

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Real Estate (6500)

akta.pro primary industry

Traditional Residential Brokerage (Existing Homes) (BPAJAAAA)

Keywords

• French real estate agency
• International property buying
• French leaseback investments
• Bilingual property services
• Residential property listings

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Commission: The company earns revenue through commissions on property transactions in France. Fee schedule is available via PDF document.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sextant Properties is a bilingual (French/English) real estate agency that helps international clients buy residential and investment properties in France. The company operates a property listing platform across 14 French regions supported by a network of local French estate agents, and provides legal, financial, mortgage, and after-sales support throughout the buying process. Revenue is earned through commissions on property transactions in France.

Product overview

Sextant Properties operates a bilingual (French/English) property listing and inquiry platform for international buyers seeking French real estate. The core offering is the French Homes service — a searchable database of residential properties (houses, apartments, villas, chateaux, stone houses, barns, farms, and more) distributed across 14 French regions. Complementing this is French Leaseback — a managed furnished investment property service offering LMNP tax-status units in student, senior, business, and tourist residences across France, with professional operators handling day-to-day management. The platform also provides ancillary services including free property valuation, French mortgage guidance, legal process support, money transfer advice, and curated regional area guides. The platform does not charge buyers a fee and handles the full buyer journey from search through legal completion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• French Homes Residential property brokerage service providing searchable listings of houses, apartments, villas, chateaux, character properties, mills, barns, and village houses across 14 French regions for international buyers seeking homes in France.
• French Leaseback Investment property brokerage service offering furnished rental properties under the French leaseback (LMNP) regime, including student residences, senior residences, business residences, tourist residences, and medical residences with professional property management.
• Property Valuation Tool Free online property price simulator that estimates property value using EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) data, accessible at jestimemonbien.fr.
• Legal and Finance Services Support services for property buyers covering French mortgage assistance, international money transfer to France, legal process guidance for property transactions, and French income tax information.
• French Area Guides Editorial guides covering 14 French regions — Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, Brittany, Burgundy–Franche-Comté, Centre–Val de Loire, Corsica, Dom-Tom, Grand Est, Hauts de France, Normandy, Nouvelle Aquitaine, Occitanie, Paris–Ile de France, Pays de la Loire, and Provence–Alpes Côte d'Azur — providing local market information for prospective buyers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8 consecutive years winning European Property Award for Best bilingual French real estate agency

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Appart'CityminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProperty management company managing business residences listed on Sextant Properties platform. Appart'City operates 94 residences in over 90 French cities, offering quality accommodation with services tailored to business and leisure travelers. Properties managed by Appart'City feature commercial leases guaranteeing rent payments to investors.
• Various French Financial InstitutionscoreOthersPartnerships with French banks and financial institutions to help international clients obtain French mortgages, transfer money internationally, and navigate French financial processes when purchasing property.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Rightmove: UK's largest property portal. Relevant as a discovery channel for UK-based international buyers who may also search French property; broader and UK-focused rather than French-property specialized.
• LeBonCoin: France's largest general classifieds portal, including a major real estate vertical. Broad incumbent with massive inventory and traffic; competing for property discovery across France, including international-buyer segments.
• A Place in the Sun: UK-based international property portal/agency focused on overseas property purchases (France, Spain, etc.). Comparable cross-border buyer audience, though broader than France-only niche.
• SeLoger: Largest French property portal with the most comprehensive inventory across France. Broader incumbent than Sextant; overlapping inventory but oriented to French-domestic buyers and without Sextant's dedicated bilingual international-buyer focus.

Regional players

• Green-Acres: European-wide property portal for international buyers, including French listings. Comparable international-buyer targeting; geographically broader (pan-European) rather than France-only specialist.

Emerging players

• Property Hunters France: Smaller UK-based buying agent focused on helping international clients purchase property in France. Comparable service model (bilingual agent support, end-to-end transaction assistance), but at smaller scale.

Direct peers

• France Property Shop: UK-based agency specializing in marketing French properties to British and international buyers. Directly comparable in customer base, language solution, and French property focus.
• My-French-House: UK-headquartered agency focused on selling French residential property to English-speaking buyers. Comparable bilingual service model, niche international-buyer focus, and French property inventory.
• Leggett Immobilier: French real estate agency focused on selling French properties to international buyers, with English-speaking agents and a network across France. Directly comparable to Sextant in target customer (international buyers), geography (France), and service model (bilingual agency + portal).
• FrenchEntrée: Property portal and agency for French real estate aimed at English-speaking buyers. Comparable bilingual positioning and international-buyer service offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sextant

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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