Selling property in Fällanden: when the house figure is out of date

Because it describes a different market. The canton only reports a median from 15 sales a year.² In 2015 the house median in Fällanden was CHF 1,237,500, from 26 sales. In 2025 only 10 houses sold. So there is no current official house figure for the village.

And since 2015 not everything has moved alike. The cantonal model puts residential building land in Fällanden at CHF 1,765 per square metre for 2025.⁷ In 2015 it was CHF 993, a rise of 77.7 per cent. Over the same period the flat median rose by 5 per cent.² One is a model for undeveloped land, the other a median of prices paid.

What this means for you: projecting the old house figure forward by a percentage can mislead. Neither trend applies automatically to your house. On a large plot the land can count for a lot, in a newer house the building. Your value comes from land, building, condition and location, each derived.

For flats there is a current figure. In 2025, 36 open-market sales produced a median of CHF 1,100,000.² That is 8 per cent below the cantonal median of CHF 1,200,000. In 2015 it was CHF 1,050,000, from 62 sales at the time.

So the flat median has risen by 5 per cent since 2015. Of the 160 Zurich municipalities, 69 have a flat median for both years; only 4 of them are lower than Fällanden. But a median can also rise little because different flats were sold, older or smaller ones for instance. The statistics do not say which.

What this means for you: for a flat, the median is a useful start, no more. Floor, layout, year of construction and condition can take your price well away from it, up or down. Where your flat stands in that range only becomes clear when it is compared with similar properties.

In the example, the flat median rose from CHF 600,000 in 2007 to CHF 1,100,000. On the gain of CHF 500,000, CHF 106,064 in tax is due.¹ That is 21.2 per cent of the gain and 9.6 per cent of the sale price. The canton sets the tariff; Fällanden only levies the tax.

For a house, the same calculation can only be done with your own purchase price, as the 2025 median is missing. In any case, your figures count, not the village’s. They include the purchase date, the purchase price and everything you have put into the house since.

Among other things, two routes lower the tax. The first is documented investment that adds value, such as a conservatory. The second is the period of ownership: from 20 full years the tax is halved, which with the same gain would mean CHF 94,700.¹ What this means for you: before discussing a price, gather contract and invoices.