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- How have house and flat swapped roles in Neftenbach?
- How useful is the district of Winterthur as a yardstick for Neftenbach?
- What reduces the property gains tax on a sale in Neftenbach?
- What matters in Neftenbach besides the price?
- Is there a value capture levy in Neftenbach?
- Estate agent in Neftenbach
- Frequently asked questions
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Suppose you want to know the median price of a house in Neftenbach in 2025. The official statistics give no figure: 9 houses were sold on the open market, 7 in 2015. Both numbers are below the threshold of 15 sales.
In 2007 it looked different. Back then 25 house sales produced a median, while only 4 condominiums were sold on the open market. By 2025 the relationship has reversed.
How have house and flat swapped roles in Neftenbach?
Worked example
Worked example, Neftenbach: flat at the district median, 10 years of ownership
Assumption: a flat at the median of the district of Winterthur, bought in 2015, sold in 2025, without investments or costs. Neftenbach itself has no flat median for 2015; there were only 6 sales then.
- Sale price (district median 2025, provisional)
- CHF 950,000
- Purchase price (district median 2015)
- – CHF 695,000
- Property gain
- CHF 255,000
- Tax per tariff, before reduction
- CHF 91,400
- Reduction for 10 full years: 20%
- – CHF 18,280
- Property gains tax
- CHF 73,120
- Remaining after tax, before mortgage
- CHF 876,880
How have house and flat swapped roles in Neftenbach?
The canton only publishes a median from 15 open-market sales a year.2 In 2007 only houses reached that number in Neftenbach, with 25 sales. Only 4 flats were sold on the open market then. In 2015 both stayed below, with 7 houses and 6 flats.
In 2025 the relationship is reversed: 9 house sales against 27 flat sales. Of the three reference years, 2025 is the only one with a flat median, at CHF 905,000. The years between the reference years are not evaluated here.
Fewer house sales do not imply that houses are hard to sell. The statistics only count how many were sold on the open market in a year, not how long a sale took. What this means for you: a house in Neftenbach has no official comparison value for 2025. Location, plot and building are derived separately, backed by comparable properties from the region.
How useful is the district of Winterthur as a yardstick for Neftenbach?
It provides what Neftenbach lacks for 2015: a flat median. In the district of Winterthur it was CHF 695,000 in 2015, from 413 sales, and CHF 950,000 in 2025, from 536 sales.2 That is 37 per cent more. The figures are based on sales from the whole district, which also includes the city of Winterthur.
The Neftenbach flat median for 2025, at CHF 905,000, is slightly below. For houses the district gives a 2025 median of CHF 1,330,000, from 309 sales. That too is a figure for the surroundings, not for a house in Neftenbach.
For land, a second measure helps. The canton's model puts residential building land in Neftenbach at CHF 1,445 per square metre in 2025, 76 per cent more than in 2015.7 It applies to undeveloped land, not to your plot. What this means for you: district and land model set the frame; the figure for your property comes from the property itself.
What reduces the property gains tax on a sale in Neftenbach?
Neftenbach levies the tax, but the tariff applies across the canton.1 It starts at 10 per cent on the first CHF 4,000 of gain and reaches 40 per cent above CHF 100,000. The holding period lowers it: 10 full years bring 20 per cent off, leaving CHF 73,120.
The reduction grows up to 20 full years and is then 50 per cent, CHF 45,700 in the example.1 After more than 20 years, the market value of 20 years ago may count as the purchase price. Documented value-enhancing investments lower the gain; plain maintenance does not.
If you then buy a home in Switzerland and live in it yourself, as in the old one, the tax can be deferred.9 If part of the proceeds is left over, that part is taxed at once. If the new property costs no more than you once spent on purchase and investments, there is no deferral. The tax is not waived, only postponed.
| Indicator | Neftenbach | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Median condominium price (27 sales) | CHF 905,000 | 2025, provisional |
| Houses sold on the open market | 9 (no median; 2015: 7, 2007: 25) | 2025 |
| Median Winterthur district, condominium (536 sales) | CHF 950,000 (2015: CHF 695,000) | 2025, provisional |
| Residential building land per m² (cantonal model) | CHF 1,445 (2015: CHF 819) | 2025, provisional |
| Residents, of whom 65 and over | 5,773, of whom 1,181 (20.5%) | 2025 |
| Tax rate municipal / total, excl. church | 98% / 193% | 2026 |
| Bus and train to Zürich HB | from 42 minutes (bus 671, then IC 8) | October 2026 timetable |
| Municipal value capture levy | no levy (draft only reviewed) | not in force today |
What matters in Neftenbach besides the price?
Neftenbach has no station. From the stop Neftenbach, alte Post in the village centre, bus 671 runs to Winterthur, and from there the IC 8 to Zürich HB, together from 42 minutes.5 20.5 per cent of the population are 65 or older, 1,181 of 5,773 people; 5.5 per cent are 80 or older.4
The tax rate is 98 per cent, 193 per cent together with the canton.3 On the same income and wealth you pay about 1 per cent more cantonal and municipal tax in Seuzach, about 14 per cent more in Winterthur.
Notarisation and land register are the responsibility of the notary, land registry and bankruptcy office of Wülflingen-Winterthur, Stadthausstrasse 12, 8400 Winterthur.10 More in the guide notary and land registry.
Is there a value capture levy in Neftenbach?
The building and zoning regulations in force, from 2020, contain no article on value capture.6 Article 35(4) does set a replacement charge, but only for missing parking spaces. Neftenbach charges no municipal value capture levy today.
According to the cantonal overview, a partial revision with value capture has been reviewed in advance; it is not in force. No document on it is available, so this page names neither rate nor exempt area. The building authority can confirm the current status.
Independently of this, the canton charges 20 per cent of the increase in value on newly zoned land and on rezoning a zone for public buildings, small gains exempt.8 On newly zoned land it falls due with the building permit, or at an earlier sale. Background in the guide value capture levy.
Where house and flat have swapped roles, a figure needs a derivation, not a village price. I calculate district, land and building separately.
Prefer to talk? +41 76 325 11 95 – you speak directly with Dominik Devaja.
Estate agent in Neftenbach
Selling in Neftenbach with Immosmile: four phases, one contact person
I support sales throughout the Canton of Zurich, including Neftenbach. 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 Neftenbach worth?
What else do owners in Neftenbach ask?
How do I find the right estate agent in Neftenbach?
Ask to see which comparable properties stand behind the figure for your house, since there is no house median for 2025. I handle sales across the whole Canton of Zurich. District figure, land and building should be shown separately and the tax calculated with your purchase date. Helpful for this: the 12 checking questions.
Which purchase price does the tax office use for an inherited house in Neftenbach?
As a rule, the purchase price and purchase date of the deceased person. Inheriting does not trigger property gains tax; only the later sale does. Details on the inheritance page.
Is a value capture levy due when selling in Neftenbach?
There is no municipal levy today. On newly zoned land the canton charges 20 per cent of the increase in value, small gains exempt, due with the building permit or as early as the sale. Whether the municipal rule changes, the building authority can tell you.
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: Neftenbach, alte Post – Zürich HB (bus 671, then IC 8), fastest connection departing 09:00–09:59 · 2026 timetable, queried 23.10.2026 for 27 and 29.10.2026
- Municipality of Neftenbach: building and zoning regulations 2020 (fully reviewed, no article on value capture), in German · adopted 28.06.2020, approved 15.07.2021, 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 09.10.2026
- 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 Wülflingen-Winterthur (responsible for Neftenbach), 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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