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- How narrowly does Freienstein-Teufen miss the official house median?
- What does the land model show, when both property types stay under the median threshold?
- What reduces the property gains tax on a sale in Freienstein-Teufen?
- What matters in Freienstein-Teufen besides the price?
- Is there a value capture levy in Freienstein-Teufen?
- Who notarises a house sale in Freienstein-Teufen?
- Estate agent in Freienstein-Teufen
- Frequently asked questions
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Suppose you open the cantonal statistics to place your house in Freienstein-Teufen. For 2025, 2015 and 2007 there is no median, for houses or for flats.
For houses in 2015, just one more sale was needed to reach the cantonal threshold of 15: there were 14. In 2025 there were 9, in 2007 only 5. For flats the gap is wider; there were 8 in 2025.
How narrowly does Freienstein-Teufen miss the official house median?
Worked example
Worked example, Freienstein-Teufen: flat at the district median, 10 years of ownership
Assumption: a flat at the median of Bülach district, bought in 2015 and sold in 2025, without investments or costs. Freienstein-Teufen itself has no median in any of these years.
- Sale price (district median 2025, provisional)
- CHF 1,125,000
- Purchase price (district median 2015)
- – CHF 790,000
- Property gain
- CHF 335,000
- Tax per tariff, before reduction
- CHF 123,400
- Reduction for 10 full years: 20%
- – CHF 24,680
- Property gains tax
- CHF 98,720
- Remaining after tax, before mortgage
- CHF 1,026,280
How narrowly does Freienstein-Teufen miss the official house median?
In 2015, 14 houses changed hands in Freienstein-Teufen. That is one short of the cantonal threshold of 15 for a median.2 In 2025 it was 9, in 2007 only 5. In none of the three years is the count enough for an official figure.
For flats the gap is wider: 8 sold in 2025, 6 in 2015, 11 in 2007. Here too each of the three years stays below 15. Sellers in Freienstein-Teufen have no official comparison figure from the village itself, for either house or flat.
That leaves Bülach district, to which the municipality belongs and whose medians pool sales from across the district. A flat there cost a median of CHF 1,125,000 in 2025, against CHF 790,000 in 2015.2 What this means for you: this figure shows a direction, not a price for your house or flat.
What does the land model show, when both property types stay under the median threshold?
Land offers an anchor, even without a median of its own. The cantonal model puts residential building land in Freienstein-Teufen at CHF 1,007 per square metre for 2025.7 In 2015 it was still CHF 732, a rise of 37.6 per cent in ten years. Typically the model ranges from CHF 705 to CHF 1,450 per square metre.
The canton also reports prices actually paid, pooled over five years.7 The median was CHF 1,742 per square metre for 2021–2025 and CHF 800 for 2011–2015. Model and paid median are two different measures. They only offer a rough sense of scale, not a price for one particular plot.
The model only estimates undeveloped land, not your own plot and not the building on it. For a house in Freienstein-Teufen, the building comes on top, with its age, condition and fit-out, proven on the property itself, not on the model.
What reduces the property gains tax on a sale in Freienstein-Teufen?
The property gains tax follows the same tariff throughout the canton; Freienstein-Teufen only levies it.1 The first CHF 4,000 of gain are taxed at 10 per cent, the part above CHF 100,000 at 40 per cent. After 10 full years of ownership, the tax in the example falls by 20 per cent.
The reduction is strongest from 20 full years, at 50 per cent.1 Then only CHF 61,700 would be due instead of CHF 98,720. After over 20 years, the market value of 20 years ago may also replace the purchase price. Maintenance does not reduce the gain; documented value-enhancing investments do.
Put the proceeds into a new, owner-occupied home in Switzerland, and the tax can be deferred.1 The old home must also have been self-occupied. If the new home costs less than the proceeds, the difference is taxable at once. If its price is no higher than the old purchase price and investments, there is no deferral.10 Deferred is not the same as waived.
| Indicator | Freienstein-Teufen | As of |
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| Houses sold on the open market | 9 (no median; 2015: 14, 2007: 5) | 2025 |
| Flats sold on the open market | 8 (no median; 2015: 6, 2007: 11) | 2025 |
| Median flat price, Bülach district (557 sales) | CHF 1,125,000 (2015: CHF 790,000) | 2025, provisional |
| Residential building land per m² (cantonal model) | CHF 1,007 (2015: CHF 732) | 2025, provisional |
| Residents, of whom 65 and over | 2,360, of whom 575 (24.4%) | 2025 |
| Tax rate municipal / total, excl. church | 99% / 194% | 2026 |
| Bus and train to Zürich HB | from 48 minutes (2 changes) | October 2026 timetable |
| Municipal value capture levy | 10% of the gain in value minus CHF 100,000 | in force since 24.08.2026 |
What matters in Freienstein-Teufen besides the price?
The fastest connection to Zürich HB is bus 522 to Embrach-Rorbas, then the S 41 to Bülach, then the S 9, from 48 minutes, with 2 changes, from the stop Freienstein, Alte Brücke.5 Freienstein-Teufen has no station of its own; the nearest stations are Embrach-Rorbas and Bülach, both outside the municipality.
Freienstein-Teufen taxes income and wealth at 99 per cent, 194 per cent together with the canton.3 24.4 per cent of the population are 65 or older, 575 of 2,360 people; 5.4 per cent are 80 or older.4 Only 10 of the 160 municipalities in the canton have a higher share aged 65 and over, Oberrieden has the same, and the other 148 a lower one. On the same income and wealth, Embrach means about 7 per cent more cantonal and municipal tax, Winkel about 12 per cent less.
Is there a value capture levy in Freienstein-Teufen?
Since 24 August 2026, Freienstein-Teufen has levied a municipal value capture levy of 10 per cent of the gain in value minus CHF 100,000, on upzoning and rezoning.6 Plots under 2,000 square metres are exempt, unless the gain in value exceeds CHF 250,000.8 The cantonal building department approved the partial revision on 5 May 2026.6
The levy only falls due once building starts, not on sale.9 If the plot changes hands first, the obligation passes to the buyer, so it belongs in the purchase contract.8 The cantonal levy applies in addition: if land is newly zoned for building or a zone for public buildings is rezoned, the canton charges 20 per cent of the increase in value, small gains exempt.8 With new zoning, it falls due as soon as a sale takes place. More in the guide value capture levy.
Who notarises a house sale in Freienstein-Teufen?
Freienstein-Teufen belongs to the Embrach notarial district.11 The responsible office is the Embrach notary, land registry and bankruptcy office at Dorfstrasse 113 B, 8424 Embrach. It notarises the purchase contract and registers the transfer in the land register. More in the guide notary and land register.
A house median missed by one sale does not replace a derivation, and for upzoned or rezoned land the new levy belongs in the price discussion. I work out land, district and building separately and show what remains after tax.
Prefer to talk? +41 76 325 11 95 – you speak directly with Dominik Devaja.
Estate agent in Freienstein-Teufen
Selling in Freienstein-Teufen with Immosmile: four phases, one contact person
I support sales throughout the Canton of Zurich, including Freienstein-Teufen. 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 Freienstein-Teufen worth?
What else do owners in Freienstein-Teufen ask?
How do I find the right estate agent in Freienstein-Teufen?
Ask how anyone proceeds when the 2015 house median was missed by just one sale. I handle sales across the whole Canton of Zurich. Make sure land and district value are derived separately from your own property and the tax is calculated with your own purchase date. A list for the first meeting: the 12 checking questions.
Which purchase price counts if I inherited the house in Freienstein-Teufen?
The inheritance itself does not yet trigger property gains tax. On a later sale, the purchase price and purchase date of the deceased person generally count. What else applies when inheriting is explained on the inheritance page.
Will selling in Freienstein-Teufen cost me a value capture levy?
The sale alone does not trigger the municipal levy. It applies to upzoned or rezoned plots of 2,000 square metres or more, smaller ones only above a CHF 250,000 gain in value, and only falls due once building starts; if the plot changes hands first, the obligation belongs in the purchase contract. With new zoning, the cantonal levy can fall due on the sale itself.
Sources
- Tax Act of the Canton of Zurich (StG ZH, LS 631.1), §§ 205, 216(3)(i), 219, 220(2), 221, 225, 226 (Nachtrag 132), in German · as of 1.4.2026, retrieved 23.10.2026
- 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 23.10.2026
- 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 23.10.2026
- SBB online timetable: Freienstein, Alte Brücke – Zürich HB (bus 522, then S 41, then S 9), fastest connection departing 09:00–09:59 · 2026 timetable, queried 23.10.2026 for 27 and 29.10.2026
- Municipality of Freienstein-Teufen: partial revision of the building and zoning regulations, art. 28 "value capture levy", approved and in force, in German · approved 05.05.2026 (ruling no. 0036/26), in force since 24.08.2026, retrieved 23.10.2026
- Canton of Zurich, Office for Statistics and Data: property prices in the Canton of Zurich (KTZH_00003158), residential building land, model value per municipality, in German · data as of 2025/Q4, 2022–2025 values provisional, retrieved 23.10.2026
- Value Capture Act of the Canton of Zurich (MAG, LS 700.9), §§ 2, 4, 10, 19, in German · retrieved 23.10.2026
- Value Capture Ordinance of the Canton of Zurich (MAV, LS 700.91), § 21, in German · retrieved 23.10.2026
- Cantonal Tax Office Zurich: Zurich tax manual no. 216.3, replacement purchase, paras 19–25, in German · as of 1.2.2018, retrieved 23.10.2026
- Notary offices of the Canton of Zurich: notary, land registry and bankruptcy office of Embrach (responsible for Freienstein-Teufen), in German · retrieved 23.10.2026
- Government Council, Canton of Zurich: RRB No. 42/2026, cantonal tax rate 2026 (95%), in German · dated 14.01.2026
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