Selling property in Hombrechtikon: choosing your own moment

There is no moment that is right for everyone. But there are moments you choose yourself, and moments that circumstances choose for you. A sale that follows a hospital admission leaves little time for documents, valuation and negotiation. A planned sale gives you exactly that time.

For the tax, full years of ownership count. After 20 years, the property gains tax is halved.¹ In the median example it would then be CHF 95,100 instead of CHF 106,512 after 18 years. There is no reduction beyond half, not even after 30 or 40 years.

What this means for you: decide while the choice is yours. An assessment today commits you to nothing. But it gives you and your family a documented figure. Whether you then sell in one year, in five or never then stays more your decision than that of circumstances.

The inheritance itself does not trigger property gains tax.¹ If the heirs sell later, the acquisition by the deceased is usually the starting point. Their period of ownership counts too.¹ So the tax does not disappear. It passes to the heirs together with the house.

For children, that can be a relief or a task. If there are several heirs, they have to agree on sale, price and timing. That is easier when a comprehensible valuation exists and everyone knows the same figures.

If you sell yourself, you decide the price and the process. If you lived in the house and buy another owner-occupied home in Switzerland, the tax can also be deferred.¹ Deferred does not mean waived. What this means for you: discuss the question with your family before it becomes pressing. More on the page about inheritance.

In 2025, 24 houses and 26 flats were sold on the open market.² The house median was CHF 1,450,000, 21 per cent above 2015. Flats cost CHF 1,100,000, 43 per cent more than in 2015. Both are slightly below the canton, the house by 9 per cent and the flat by 8 per cent.

Per square metre of plot, a house cost a median of CHF 3,389.² House and flat are CHF 350,000 apart. At the median, the house is therefore 1.3 times the flat, as across the canton. Moving into a flat locally frees up capital in the median comparison, before tax and costs.

Hombrechtikon has no railway station of its own. From the Hombrechtikon, Post stop you take bus 955 towards Stäfa and reach Zürich HB with one change, from 45 minutes.⁵ That is the longest journey of the 12 municipalities in the Pfannenstiel region, ahead of Egg at 41 minutes. For buyers who commute to the city, this connection counts.