Selling property in Bubikon: value without an official figure

From the house itself, step by step. First the plot: the cantonal model puts residential building land in Bubikon at CHF 1,451 per square metre in 2025.¹¹ Typical values in the model range from CHF 1,015 to CHF 2,051. For your plot, that is a guide, not a price. Location, zone and shape count.

Then the building: year of construction, floor area, condition and fittings. And finally comparisons, where they exist: sales of similar houses in Bubikon and neighbouring municipalities, with date and size. Only these three parts together give a figure you can justify to a buyer.

For comparison: in 2015 the house median was CHF 970,000, from 17 sales.² For 2025 the figure is missing because there were too few sales. What this means for you: ask to see the workings behind any valuation. In Bubikon, a figure without workings remains a guess.

It provides the more reliable figure. In 2025, 33 condominiums were sold on the open market, at a median of CHF 975,000.² That is 28 per cent more than in 2015 and 19 per cent less than across the canton. In 2015 the flat median was CHF 760,000, from 23 sales.

For a house it serves only as a rough frame. Across the canton, a house cost 1.3 times as much as a flat at the 2025 median.² Whether that ratio also holds in Bubikon, the data do not show. A large plot or an older building can shift it considerably.

What this means for you: if you own a flat, the median gives you a solid reference point. If you own a house, you need a derivation. In both cases, the median is the middle of the market, not your property. For the details, a conversation is worthwhile.

In the flat example, CHF 90,776. Bought in 2007 at the median of CHF 543,250 and sold in 2025 at the median, the gain is CHF 431,750.² The tax takes 21 per cent of that and 9.3 per cent of the sale price.¹ For a house the same tariff applies; only the gain differs.

Bubikon levies the tax; the canton sets the tariff.¹ The municipal tax rate of 118 per cent, 213 per cent including the canton, only affects income and wealth.³ After 20 full years the property gains tax is halved, to CHF 81,050 in the example.

Documented value-adding investments reduce the gain; ordinary maintenance does not.¹ If you lived in the property and buy another owner-occupied home in Switzerland, the tax can be deferred. If you later sell without a new replacement, the deferred gain is taxed. What this means for you: find your purchase contract and invoices before you negotiate.