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Suppose a prospective buyer has done his homework. He shows you an overview of the value capture levy that lists a levy for Egg. That, he says, is why he can offer less.
In Egg, he would be wrong. The valid building and zoning regulations expressly waive a municipal value capture levy. That text is what counts, not an overview. If you know the original, you negotiate more calmly.
Which figures on Egg should you check yourself before selling?
Worked example
Worked example, Egg: house, 18 years of ownership
Assumption: bought in 2007 and sold in 2025, each at the Egg median for houses, without investments or costs. In 2007 there were only 9 flat sales, too few for a median.
- Sale price (median 2025, provisional)
- CHF 1,790,000
- Purchase price (median 2007)
- – CHF 930,000
- Property gain
- CHF 860,000
- Tax per tariff, before reduction
- CHF 333,400
- Reduction for 18 full years: 44%
- – CHF 146,696
- Property gains tax
- CHF 186,704
- Remaining after tax, before mortgage
- CHF 1,603,296
What counts in Egg for the value capture levy: the map or the regulations?
The Building Department keeps an overview of how each municipality applies the value capture levy.7 When I queried it in October 2026, its entry for Egg did not match the regulations. The valid building and zoning regulations settle the question themselves. Their article 49 is headed «waiver of the municipal value capture levy».6
The wording is clear. No levy is charged on benefits from upzoning or rezoning.6 Legally, the text of the regulations counts, not the overview. A map is an aid, not a municipal enactment. The building authority can confirm the current status.
A levy is still possible in one case. If land becomes building land for the first time, the canton charges its own levy of 20 per cent of the increase in value.8 It also falls due on a sale.9 What this means for you: if a buyer brings the map to the negotiation, put the article next to it. A levy that does not exist does not belong in the price.
How much does the Egg house median say about your house?
It is a solid first figure. In 2025, 27 houses were sold on the open market, at a median of CHF 1,790,000.2 That is 13 per cent more than in the canton. Since 2015 it has risen by 28 per cent, from 32 sales back then.
About your plot, it says little. Per square metre of plot, a house cost a median of CHF 3,527 in 2025.2 The cantonal model puts bare residential land at CHF 2,196 per square metre for 2025. Typical values lie between CHF 1,536 and CHF 3,097.11 Since 2015, when it was CHF 1,190, that is a rise of 84.5 per cent.
What this means for you: plot size, location and condition can shift the value considerably. With a large plot, it pays to look at land and building separately. A good valuation shows how it arrives at its figure. A figure without a derivation is no substitute for a valuation.
| Indicator | Egg | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price (27 sales) | CHF 1,790,000 | 2025, provisional |
| Median condominium price (37 sales) | CHF 1,200,000 | 2025, provisional |
| Median house / flat (32 / 16 sales) | CHF 1,400,000 / CHF 852,500 | 2015 |
| Residential building land per m² (cantonal model) | CHF 2,196 (2015: CHF 1,190) | 2025, provisional |
| Residents, of whom 65 and over | 8,726, of whom 2,025 (23.2%) | 2025 |
| Tax rate municipal / total, excl. church | 101% / 196% | 2026 |
| Train from Egg to Zürich HB | from 41 minutes (Forchbahn, 1 change) | 2026 timetable |
| Municipal value capture levy | waived (art. 49 of the zoning regulations) | valid version, retrieved 14.10.2026 |
How much tax is due on a sale in Egg, and what reduces it?
In the median example, CHF 186,704. A house bought in 2007 at the then median of CHF 930,000 gains CHF 860,000 by 2025.2 The tax takes 21.7 per cent of that. Measured against the sale price, it is 10.4 per cent.1
The canton sets the same tariff for all municipalities; Egg only levies the tax.1 The tax rate of 101 per cent, 196 per cent including the canton, only affects income and wealth.3 On the same income, Maur means about 10 per cent less cantonal and municipal tax, Uster about 6 per cent more.
Two things legally reduce property gains tax. Documented investments that add value, such as an extension. And a longer period of ownership: after 20 full years the example would come to CHF 166,700.1 If you lived in the house and buy another owner-occupied home in Switzerland, the tax can also be deferred. That does not cancel it. What this means for you: find your invoices before you name a price.
What matters in Egg besides the price?
In Egg, 23.2 per cent of the population are 65 or older, 2,025 of 8,726 people.4 From Egg station the journey to Zürich HB takes from 41 minutes, on the Forchbahn to Stadelhofen with one change.5 That is the longest journey among the 36 municipalities I describe here.
In 2025 a condominium cost a median of CHF 1,200,000, exactly the same as across the canton.2 In Egg, house and flat are CHF 590,000 apart. Moving from a house to a flat in the village therefore frees up capital. How much of it remains after tax depends on your purchase year and your receipts.
In Egg, what counts is what the original says. I check your documents, calculate tax and net proceeds with your figures and explain how the value comes about. Without sales pressure.
Prefer to talk? +41 76 325 11 95 – you speak directly with Dominik Devaja.
Estate agent in Egg
Selling in Egg with Immosmile: four phases, one contact person
I support sales throughout the Canton of Zurich, including Egg. 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 Egg worth?
What else do owners in Egg ask?
How do I find the right estate agent in Egg?
Ask for evidence, not promises. I handle sales across the whole Canton of Zurich. What matters is whether an agent derives the valuation, calculates the tax with your purchase date and checks legal questions such as the value capture levy against the original. With the 12 checking questions you can compare offers properly.
Do I have to pay a value capture levy as a seller in Egg?
Not on upzoning or rezoning; Egg has waived it. If land is newly zoned for building, the canton charges its own levy. It falls due with the building permit or on a sale.
By when must I declare the property gain?
Within 30 days of the transfer, you file the return with the Egg municipal tax office. Transfer means the buyer is entered as owner in the land register. The deadline can be extended on request.
Nearby
Selling property in neighbouring municipalities
Sources
- Tax Act of the Canton of Zurich (StG ZH, LS 631.1), §§ 205, 216(3)(i), 219, 221, 225, 226 (Nachtrag 132), in German · as of 1.4.2026, retrieved 14.10.2026
- Canton of Zurich, Office for Statistics and Data: Freihandverkäufe von Immobilien inkl. Medianpreisen seit 2007 (KTZH_00000077) · data as of 2025/Q4, 2023–2025 values provisional, retrieved 14.10.2026
- Canton of Zurich, Statistical Office: municipal tax rates 2026, in German · as of 24.03.2026, final
- Canton of Zurich, Statistical Office: population by municipality and age (KTZH_00000254) · year 2025, retrieved 14.10.2026
- SBB online timetable: Egg – Zürich HB, fastest connection departing 09:00–09:59 · 2026 timetable, queried 14.10.2026 for 20 and 22.10.2026
- Municipality of Egg: building and zoning regulations, art. 49 «Verzicht kommunaler Mehrwertausgleich», in German · valid version, retrieved 14.10.2026
- Building Department, Canton of Zurich: status of value capture levies in the municipalities (map), in German · as of 10.10.2026, retrieved 14.10.2026
- Value Capture Act of the Canton of Zurich (MAG, LS 700.9), §§ 2, 4, 10, 19, in German · retrieved 09.10.2026
- Value Capture Ordinance of the Canton of Zurich (MAV, LS 700.91), §§ 20, 21, in German · retrieved 09.10.2026
- Government Council, Canton of Zurich: RRB No. 42/2026, cantonal tax rate 2026 (95%), in German · dated 14.01.2026
- Canton of Zurich, Office for Statistics and Data: Immobilienpreise im Kanton Zürich (KTZH_00003158), residential building land, model by municipality and median of sales in the canton, in German · data as of 2025/Q4, 2022–2025 values provisional, retrieved 14.10.2026
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