How can you benefit from selling with Engel & Völkers?

If you can choose the point in time when to sell your property, we know that you will consider changes in inflation, interest rates, and buyer behavior. Whatever the changes, we can achieve the best sale price for you, due to the existing demand for living space and the desire to own a home. Seen as a place of safe retreat and stable investment, real estate is still in high demand.

Real estate is seen as an anchor for stability and is used as an attractive instrument for long-term asset protection. Clients looking to buy are still ready to invest in real estate and willing to pay the appropriate price.

You can request an on-site valuation with our experts. Contact us online and we will contact you soon with a proposed date.

Good to know: If you are intent on selling your property, contact the Engel & Völkers experts to help achieve the optimal price for your house or apartment.

This question can hardly be answered in general terms because there are too many individual factors involved. The more precisely the market price of your property is assessed right at the start of the marketing phase, the faster the entire sales process will be. Basically, you must always weigh up what the aim of the sale is and whether a quick sale has priority. Accordingly, our experts can advise you on the best sales strategies and methods to achieve your goals.

Selling with a real estate agent significantly reduces your efforts, and in particular your time investment. However, you will need to pay an estate agent fee which is evenly split between you and the buyer.

Engel & Völkers real estate agents:

• know the market and evaluate the exact value of your property

• take the full potential of your property into account, including characteristics and details

• value the individuality and history of each property with an eye for any “hidden values”

• put together a professional exposé with meaningful property descriptions, high quality photos, 3D tours, and clear floor plans

• suggest a target-oriented marketing strategy and utilise carefully selected sales channels

• access an extensive data base with earmarked prospective buyers

• take on all correspondence with prospective buyers and act in their best interests

• confidently take on a selling position and execute price negotiations

• carry out viewings and swiftly find the right buyer

• achieve the highest possible sales price on the market

• check the notarised agreement and prepare the appointment with the notary

To sell your property in Switzerland, you need to have a few documents ready:

• Extract from the land register

• Private law agreements, building regulations and zoning plan

• Cadastral plan

• External property valuation

• Net living space calculation

• Building plans such as floor plans, facades

• Building permit, building description, building lease agreement

• Sales documentation

• Building insurance certificate from the insurance company

• Renovation certificates, if applicable

• Community plan

• Tenant list (if rented property)

• Financing details

• Tax value

• Energy certificate (if available)

The list is a guide for your planning. Errors and changes excepted.

Depending on the canton and municipality, taxes and fees of varying amounts are payable on the sale of real estate. These include the following:

• Notary fees (preparation of purchase contract, notarization fees, etc.)

• Land register fee & fees for authorization Office of Justice, Land Transactions Department

• promissory note

• Property gains tax

Absolutely – you can sell your house or apartment when you have an existing rental agreement with a tenant to live there. However, please keep in mind that buying a property does not end an existing tenancy. If you want to buy as an investment, a tenancy is not an issue for the time being. For buyers who seek to move into the property, this is a disadvantage, and sellers will have to expect a lower sales price. You should also check if the current tenant might have the right of first refusal.

If you are the sole heir, you are free to decide on the sale. However, you need the authority (through a will or certificate of inheritance) to correct the land register entry and must do so beforehand. If there are other heirs, they are considered co-owners and their consent is required.

Yes! In this case, you repay the existing mortgage with the bank with the corresponding proportion of the sales proceeds. Please note, however, that most banks charge a prepayment penalty for such early repayment.

You can only avoid this if you buy a new property promptly and take over the existing mortgage on the new property or if the buyer takes over the current mortgage.