Selling property in Egliswil: figures and rules

Anyone selling in Egliswil will find no official price figure. The Canton of Aargau keeps no median prices by municipality; the Canton of Zurich does. What portals quote for Egliswil are asking prices, not prices paid.

What is on record is the stock: Egliswil has 450 buildings with residential use in the Lenzburg district. 293 of them are single-family houses, or 65.1%. The cantonal figure is 65.9%. Egliswil ranks 16 of 20 in the Lenzburg district. In total, Egliswil has 777 dwellings. 42.9% were built before 1981, against 51.8% in the canton. 7.6 hectares of 66.9 hectares of building zone are undeveloped, or 11.4% (as of 2022). For the share of undeveloped zone, Egliswil ranks 35 of 196 in the canton.

The price of your house in Egliswil depends on location, plot and building, measured against similar sales. The free assessment gives you a written price range with its reasoning.

In Egliswil, 193 of 450 buildings with residential use date from before 1981. That is 42.9%. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 138, counting from the highest share. In the Lenzburg district: rank 16 of 20. Egliswil therefore has a lower share than the canton at 51.8%. Compared with Egliswil, the figure in Lenzburg is 65.2%.

In Egliswil, oil or gas heats 200 buildings with residential use, 44.4%, against 51.8% in the canton. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 105, counting from the highest share. In Egliswil, a smaller share of houses uses oil or gas than in the canton.

Records of heating, roof and windows therefore belong in the sale documents for Egliswil. For owner-occupied homes in Egliswil, the imputed rental value and the maintenance deduction end on 1 January 2029.¹ Whether a renovation in Egliswil still pays off first is covered in Renovate or sell.

Egliswil has 1,627 residents. 313 of them, 19.2%, are 65 or older, against 19.5% in the canton. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 109, counting from the highest share. In the Lenzburg district: rank 7 of 20. Compared with Egliswil, the figure in Lenzburg is 18.4%.

On 1 June 2026, 5 homes in Egliswil were empty, 0.64% of the stock, against 1.05% in the canton. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 73, counting from the lowest vacancy. For Egliswil, the figure counts all homes; it does not measure houses on the market.

The municipal tax rate of Egliswil is 105%. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 78, counting from the lowest tax rate. How Egliswil compares for the same income and wealth is shown in the municipality atlas. By public transport, Zurich HB is 47 minutes away from the Egliswil, Zopf stop, with 1 change.

In Aargau, property gains tax falls with every full year of ownership. The rate drops from 40 per cent in year one to 5 per cent after 25 full years.² After more than ten full years, a house gets at least a flat-rate cost deduction: 80 down to 65 per cent of the sale price.³

If you sell your permanent and exclusive home, you can apply to defer the tax.² You must buy or build a new Swiss home within 2 years before or 3 years after the sale.² Only the reinvested proceeds are deferred.² Deferred does not mean waived: the next taxable sale also taxes this gain.²

Aargau has no classic transfer tax. Instead, the canton charges a land register levy (Grundbuchabgabe) on every sale: 4 per mille of the price.⁴ Buyer and seller are jointly liable; the law does not say who bears it.⁴

Only an Aargau notary (Urkundsperson) may notarise the sale contract.⁵