Selling property in Neuheim: only one empty flat in the village

No official price series exists for Neuheim. The Canton of Zurich issues median prices for each municipality; Zug has no such statistics. Portals show asking prices, what sellers hope for, not prices paid. They also lump new and old houses together.

What the federal government does record is the building stock. 51.4 per cent of buildings with residential use in Neuheim are single-family houses, rank 2 of 11 in the Canton of Zug. Only Hünenberg is higher; the canton stands at 40.1 per cent. Just 38.6 per cent of buildings with residential use were built before 1981, fewer than the cantonal average. No price follows from these figures.

Your price depends on location, plot and building, each valued separately. The benchmark is the prices paid for similar houses in the area. Age, condition and floor area also count. The house valuation and the flat valuation follow this method. Ask for the reason behind every figure. The free assessment gives you a written range with its reasoning.

On the reference date of 1 June 2026, the vacancy count found a single empty flat in Neuheim. That gives 0.09 per cent, the lowest figure of the 11 Zug municipalities. The canton stands at 0.20 per cent. A year earlier, five flats stood empty in Neuheim, 0.47 per cent and so more than the canton at 0.42 per cent.

The figure covers all empty dwellings, whether for rent or for sale. It does not reveal how many single-family houses are on the market. It describes a market situation: anyone looking for a vacant flat in Neuheim will currently find hardly any.

That does not justify a premium on your house. The valuation still rests on comparable sales, not on the vacancy rate. In the free assessment I show you which range can be justified for your house today, and where it comes from.

In the Canton of Zug, the tax rate follows from your return. The gain is divided by the investment costs, and the result is converted to a single year of ownership. That rate applies to the entire gain and lies between 10 and 60 per cent (§ 199 Zug Tax Act).

Long ownership brings a lower ceiling. From the 12th year of ownership, it falls by 2.5 percentage points a year, and after 25 years the maximum is 25 per cent. The municipality of Neuheim assesses the tax. Its high tax multiplier plays no part, because none is applied to this tax.

Gains below CHF 5,000 remain tax-free. Only documented investments that add value reduce the gain, never ordinary maintenance. If you sell your owner-occupied house and buy a home in Switzerland, usually within two years, the tax is deferred. This only covers the part of the proceeds you put into the new home. Deferred does not mean waived, even if no bill arrives for now.

The Canton of Zug levies no transfer tax as a percentage of the price. The entry is made by the cantonal Land Registry and Geoinformation Office at Aabachstrasse 5 in Zug. It charges CHF 180 per hour, billed per quarter hour or part thereof.

For the transfer of a property, this fee is multiplied by four, but only up to a limit of CHF 6,000. In the statutory standard case, seller and buyer each pay half. Both are jointly and severally liable to the office, so either side can be charged the full amount.

The purchase contract is, as a rule, notarised by the notary of the municipality where the property lies. For a house in Neuheim, that is the Neuheim municipal administration, not a private law firm. The tariff sets notarisation at CHF 300 to 4,000. If it takes longer than an hour, a surcharge is possible. So you budget for fixed fees, not a share of the price.