Selling property in Suhr: the station area and a vision to 2050

Anyone selling in Suhr 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 Suhr are asking prices, not prices paid.

What is on record is the stock: Suhr has 1,846 buildings with residential use in the Aarau district. 1,259 of them are single-family houses, or 68.2%. The cantonal figure is 65.9%. Suhr ranks 8 of 12 in the Aarau district. In total, Suhr has 5,365 dwellings. 56.3% were built before 1981, against 51.8% in the canton. 15.8 hectares of 258.4 hectares of building zone are undeveloped, or 6.1% (as of 2022). For the share of undeveloped zone, Suhr ranks 104 of 196 in the canton.

What your house in Suhr is worth follows from comparable sales, the plot and its condition. The free assessment provides a written range with its explanation.

In Suhr, 66.9% of residential buildings are heated with oil or gas. That is rank 15 of 196 municipalities in the canton. Heating is therefore an obvious topic in any sale. For the centre, the building and zoning code applies. The special development plan for the station area is the basis there for a mixed-use central district.¹² It also calls for safe walking and cycling routes and well-designed squares and places to linger.¹²

On 15 December 2025, the municipal council adopted a spatial development vision.¹³ It shows how Suhr is to develop over roughly the next 25 years.¹³ The municipal assembly had approved the funding in November 2021.¹⁴ Numerous new homes are also planned, for example on the Henz site, at Bahnhof Süd and on the Huggler site.¹⁴ The vision is one basis for the full zoning revision, which is the next step.¹³ Only the zoning plan itself is binding on landowners.¹³ Until that revision, the current building and zoning code continues to apply.

In Suhr, 1,039 of 1,846 buildings with residential use date from before 1981. That is 56.3%. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 47, counting from the highest share. In the Aarau district: rank 6 of 12. Suhr therefore has a higher share than the canton at 51.8%. Compared with Suhr, the figure in Aarau is 72.1%.

In Suhr, oil or gas heats 1,235 buildings with residential use, 66.9%, against 51.8% in the canton. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 15, counting from the highest share. For many owners in Suhr, the heating is therefore a topic.

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

Suhr has 11,760 residents. 2,015 of them, 17.1%, are 65 or older, against 19.5% in the canton. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 159, counting from the highest share. In the Aarau district: rank 11 of 12. Compared with Suhr, the figure in Aarau is 18.4%.

On 1 June 2026, 34 homes in Suhr were empty, 0.63% of the stock, against 1.05% in the canton. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 72, counting from the lowest vacancy. For Suhr, the figure counts all homes; it does not measure houses on the market.

The municipal tax rate of Suhr is 112%. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 119, counting from the lowest tax rate. How Suhr compares for the same income and wealth is shown in the municipality atlas. By public transport, Zurich HB is 39 minutes away from the Suhr 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