Sextant celebrates its anniversary!

On 5th October, Sextant marks its candles! Everything began in 2005, in London, when two French people, Matthieu Cany and Brice Bonato were seeking to promote French property to Anglo-Saxon clients. They then created Sextant Properties in 2005.

It only took them a few years to become leaders in the market. Mastering this concept of property agent networks, and always on the lookout for new projects, they wanted to put their passion for property and their experience to work, this time for French clients: this is when Sextant France was born! Since its creation, the group has continued to evolve financially and humanly. It is now present in more than 50 French departments, and still equally renowned for its strong international reputation. Let us look back together at the key milestones in the group’s history, which constitute its success today.

After several years of evolution, the group experienced very strong growth in 2015, with sales up 211% and revenue up 300%. This evolution was strongly rewarded in 2016, when Sextant received the Best Bilingual French Property Agency award, at the European Property Awards ceremony, during the European Property Awards 2016-2017. A true consecration for the group.

But success did not stop there; the following year, the group won the European Property Award in the Real Estate Agency 5-20 offices category at the European Property Awards 2017-2018 ceremony. This award, attributed by a jury of over 70 professionals, was an honour and a fine reward for the company. Matthieu Cany and Brice Bonato wanted to make France accessible to an international clientele, and they succeeded.

In 2016, the group continued to modernise. It implemented new tools, innovative and useful, for property agents as well as sellers or buyers, which enabled virtual tours and interactive 3D plans to be carried out. Sextant is an ultra-connected network, fully aware that the internet, social media and new technologies are part of the new property landscape. It is a true 2.0 network, turned towards the future.

The group has always been grateful for the work of its agents, and their effectiveness comes through quality training. Sextant then created its online training platform in 2017: Formez-vous! But also through adapted prospecting, and this is the very purpose of Pige SMS, software developed by the group the same year.

Since always, Sextant has been present in the Anglo-Saxon press, among the country’s biggest media (The Times, The Telegraph, French Property News…).

In 2018, Sextant got a new look: new logo and new website designs! The logo no longer matching the group’s latest developments, it was modified for a simple and modern design, reflecting the group’s dynamism, through its originality and vivid colours.

13 years later, Sextant is today a recognised property agency, a network of property agents, accompanying you through every step of your life project. Sextant is a presence on more than 1,000 French websites and 12,000 properties for sale throughout France. But Sextant is also an international reference for more than 10 years, with 2,000 properties online on the British website, attracting more than 100,000 potential buyers from around the world.

With offices in Paris and London, property agents established throughout France, a bilingual team and cutting-edge technology tools, Sextant is a group that makes the difference and deserves to blow out its 13 candles!