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- What is a house in Zofingen worth, when there is no official price index?
- How much property gains tax do I pay on a sale in Zofingen?
- What else does selling in Zofingen cost – transfer, land registry and notary?
- What do population and tax rate say about Zofingen?
- Does the value capture levy affect a sale in Zofingen?
- Estate agent in Zofingen
- Frequently asked questions
Suppose you bought your house in Zofingen in 2002. The stairs are getting harder, the garden more work, and you wonder whether a flat would suit you better.
Before you think about a price, three documented points are worth a look. The housing market is tight. After 24 full years the tax rate is low. And a flat-rate amount can replace your old purchase price.
What is a house in Zofingen worth, when there is no official price index?
| Indicator | Zofingen | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Residents | 13,054 | 31.12.2025 |
| Municipal tax rate / with canton, excl. church | 99% / 202% | 2026 |
| Train to Aarau (cantonal capital) | from 18 minutes, no change | 2026 timetable |
| Responsible land registry office | Grundbuchamt Zofingen, Brühlstrasse 5, 4800 Zofingen | 2026 |
What is a house in Zofingen worth, when there is no official price index?
No authority gives you an average price for Zofingen. The Canton of Aargau keeps no price statistics by municipality. Figures from portals rest on asking prices, not on notarised sales.
What is official is a picture of the housing market. On 1 June 2026, 41 flats stood empty in Zofingen, 0.6 per cent of the stock. Across the canton it was 1.05 per cent. Anyone looking for a flat in Zofingen therefore finds less choice than the cantonal average.
A tight market is a good sign for demand, but no price can be read from it. The value of your house comes from land, building and comparable sales in the region. Location includes the train: from 18 minutes to Aarau, from 45 minutes to Zürich HB with one change.
What this means for you: the pages house valuation and flat valuation show how to derive the value.
How much property gains tax do I pay on a sale in Zofingen?
Aargau has a single scale for property gains tax; Zofingen's tax rate plays no part. The rate falls with each full year, from 40 per cent to 5 per cent from 25 full years. After 24 full years, as in the example, it is 6 per cent. Zofingen's tax commission assesses it; canton and town each get half.
After more than 10 full years, the flat-rate amount counts at least as the acquisition cost of a built-on property. In year 25 of ownership that is 66 per cent of the sale price, from 25 full years 65 per cent. Fully documented higher costs count instead. Maintenance is excluded, value-adding investments are not.
If you replace the house you live in with a home in Switzerland, the tax is deferred. The purchase falls within 2 years before or 3 years after the sale. You must live in both permanently and exclusively yourself. If the new home is cheaper, only part is deferred. It is deferred, not waived.
Worked example
Worked example, Zofingen: house, 24 years of ownership
Suppose a purchase price in 2002 of CHF 660,000 and a sale price in 2026 of CHF 980,000, so 24 full years of ownership. Neither investments nor a replacement purchase are included. Both amounts are assumed, not collected in Zofingen.
- Sale price
- CHF 980,000
- Purchase price
- – CHF 660,000
- Property gain
- CHF 320,000
- Property gains tax (6% in year 25 of ownership)
- CHF 19,200
- Remaining after tax, before mortgage
- CHF 960,800
What else does selling in Zofingen cost – transfer, land registry and notary?
Besides property gains tax, two fixed items apply in Zofingen. The first is the cantonal land register charge of 4 per mille of the purchase sum, at least CHF 100. In Aargau it takes the place of a property transfer tax. The purchase contract states who bears it; buyer and seller are jointly liable.
The second is the notarisation. You choose a notary with Aargau authority, also from another Aargau municipality. A deed from a neighbouring canton is not recognised for a property in Zofingen. The fee follows the cantonal tariff in three steps, at 4, 2 and 1 per mille, plus VAT.
Registration is handled by the Zofingen land registry office, Brühlstrasse 5, which also serves the districts of Aarau and Kulm. What this means for you: the municipality assesses the tax, the charge arises on registration, the notary bills the fee. Three bills from three offices.
What do population and tax rate say about Zofingen?
13,054 people call Zofingen home. 21.0 per cent are 65 or older, against 19.5 per cent in the canton. The town is therefore older than the Aargau average.
Zofingen's municipal tax rate for 2026 is 99 per cent; including the canton, 202 per cent. On the same income and wealth, 47 of the 196 Aargau municipalities charge less municipal tax and 142 charge more. This does not matter for the sale itself, but it does for a move afterwards.
The 41 empty flats of 1 June 2026 include rented and owned flats. The count is not a stock of houses for sale. It only shows how tight housing is overall.
Does the value capture levy affect a sale in Zofingen?
The value capture levy is paid by owners whose land is newly placed in a building zone: in Aargau, 20 per cent of the increase in value. Rezoning from a zone where building was banned or allowed only for public purposes is treated the same. Municipalities can raise the rate to 30 per cent.
Such an increase is not documented for Zofingen in the sources checked. If you sell a house on a plot that was neither newly zoned nor rezoned, no levy under s. 28a arises. The guide value capture levy has the details.
Zofingen has a tight housing market but no official price. I derive the value of your house, set the flat-rate amount against your receipts and show what remains after tax, fees and mortgage.
Prefer to talk? +41 76 325 11 95 – you speak directly with Dominik Devaja.
Official figures
Zofingen in figures: homes, people, market
- Residential buildings built before 198170.4 %Rank 5 of 196 in the Canton of AargauCanton: 51.8 % · rank 1 = highest shareAs of 31.12.2025
- Residential buildings heated by oil or gas68.3 %Rank 12 of 196 in the Canton of AargauCanton: 51.8 % · rank 1 = highest shareAs of 31.12.2025
- Single-family houses among buildings with residential use54.6 %Rank 186 of 196 in the Canton of AargauCanton: 65.9 % · rank 1 = highest shareAs of 31.12.2025
- Residents aged 65 and over21.0 %Rank 59 of 196 in the Canton of AargauCanton: 19.5 % · rank 1 = highest shareAs of 31.12.2025
- Vacancy rate0.60 %Rank 62 of 196 in the Canton of AargauCanton: 1.05 % · rank 1 = lowest vacancyAs of 01.06.2026
- Municipal tax rate99%Rank 48 of 196 in the Canton of AargauCanton: 103.77% · rank 1 = lowestAs of Steuerjahr 2026
- Undeveloped building zone7.2 %Rank 81 of 196 in the Canton of AargauCanton: 7.7 % · rank 1 = highest shareAs of 01.01.2022
- Train to Zurich HB45 minRank 69 of 194 in the Canton of AargauCanton: 44 min · rank 1 = fastestAs of Fahrplan 2026
Canton figure: weighted average of all 196 municipalities. All 196 municipalities compared
Sources
- Residents and age – Federal Statistical OfficeAs of 31.12.2025
- Buildings: age, heating, type – Federal Statistical OfficeAs of 31.12.2025
- Vacant dwellings – Federal Statistical OfficeAs of 01.06.2026
- Tax rates – Canton of AargauAs of Steuerjahr 2026
- Undeveloped building zones – Federal Office for Spatial DevelopmentAs of 01.01.2022
- Train connections – Swiss timetable dataAs of Fahrplan 2026
Estate agent in Zofingen
Selling in Zofingen with Immosmile: four phases, one contact person
I support sales in the Canton of Zurich and across German-speaking Switzerland, including Zofingen. Through all four phases you have one contact person: me, Dominik Devaja, managing director of Immosmile. You pay nothing beforehand. Our fee falls due only when you sign the contract at the notary (Beurkundung).
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Clarity
Independent valuation, net calculation after taxes and costs, a look at what comes after. You decide on figures, not on hearsay.
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Preview
Before anyone sees your house, film, photography and exposé are produced. Then we show it to vetted buyers first – not yet on the portals.
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Market decision
You receive the demand report and every offer immediately. Then you choose the path to the best price: accept, bidding round – or the broad public phase on the portals, the normal case.
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Completion & move
Notary appointment, key handover, documents for what comes after – and, if you wish, guidance into your next home. Our fee only falls due now, with the notarised deed.
The full process in detail What is your property in Zofingen worth?
What else do owners in Zofingen ask?
How do I find the right estate agent in Zofingen?
Ask to see how the figure was derived, not just the figure. I handle sales across the Canton of Zurich and German-speaking Switzerland. Anyone advising you in Zofingen should, after long ownership, set the flat-rate amount against your receipts unprompted. The 12 checking questions help in the meeting.
Does a house in Zofingen sell more easily because vacancy is low?
The figure cannot tell you that for certain. 0.6 per cent empty flats show a tight market, measured over rented and owned flats together. Whether your house finds a buyer quickly depends on price, condition and location. The count gives no official price.
I have owned my house in Zofingen for over 25 years. What counts as the purchase price?
At least 65 per cent of the sale price, if the property is built on. This flat-rate amount applies from 25 full years of ownership, and the tax rate is then 5 per cent. If your documented purchase price plus investments is higher, that counts, because the higher amount applies. Both can be compared in the Aargau property gains tax calculator.
Which purchase price counts for an inherited house in Zofingen?
Usually what the deceased person paid counts, and their years of ownership keep counting. Inheritance only defers property gains tax; it does not make it due. If the house is sold only after decades, the flat-rate amount often counts instead of the old price. What else heirs should know is under inheritance.
Which land registry office is responsible for Zofingen?
The Zofingen land registry office, Brühlstrasse 5, 4800 Zofingen. It keeps the land register for the districts of Aarau, Kulm and Zofingen. The sale is registered there after notarisation, and the land register charge of 4 per mille arises. Property gains tax, by contrast, is assessed by the town tax commission.
Sources
- Aargau Tax Act (Steuergesetz, StG, SAR 651.100), ss. 2(4), 95–111, 164 and 234a, in German · version of 1 January 2025, retrieved 24.10.2026
- Information sheet on property gains tax (Merkblatt Grundstückgewinnsteuer), Aargau Cantonal Tax Office, in German · amended 1 July 2023, retrieved 24.10.2026
- Ordinance to the Aargau Tax Act (Verordnung zum Steuergesetz, StGV, SAR 651.111), ss. 44–46, in German · version of 1 January 2026, retrieved 24.10.2026
- Land Register Charges Act (Gesetz über die Grundbuchabgaben, GBAG, SAR 725.100), ss. 5 and 8, in German · as of 1 January 2020, retrieved 24.10.2026
- Notarisation and Certification Act (Beurkundungs- und Beglaubigungsgesetz, BeurG, SAR 295.200), ss. 4 and 5, in German · version of 1 January 2025, retrieved 24.10.2026
- Decree on notarial fees (Notariatstarif, SAR 295.250), in German · retrieved 24.10.2026
- Aargau Building Act (Baugesetz, BauG, SAR 713.100), s. 28a: value capture levy, in German · in force since 1.7.2025, retrieved 24.10.2026
- Federal Statistical Office: permanent resident population by municipality and age group (STAT-TAB px-x-0102010000_103) · as of 31.12.2025, retrieved 24.10.2026
- Canton of Aargau: municipal and church tax rates 2026, in German · 2026, retrieved 24.10.2026
- Federal Statistical Office: vacancy count, empty flats by municipality (data cube DF_LWZ_1), in German · as of 1.6.2026, retrieved 24.10.2026
- Canton of Aargau: Zofingen land registry office (districts of Aarau, Kulm, Zofingen), in German · 2026, retrieved 24.10.2026
- transport.opendata.ch: timetable query Zofingen – Zürich HB / Aarau · 2026 timetable, queried 24.10.2026 for 27 and 29.10.2026
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