Selling property in Regensberg: a single house sale in 2025

It puts residential building land in Regensberg at CHF 991 per square metre for 2025.⁷ In 2015 it was CHF 679, so the model value rose by 45.9 per cent. Of the 160 municipalities in the canton, 113 have a higher model value and 46 a lower one. Typically the model ranges from CHF 651 to CHF 1,510 per square metre.

For comparison: across the canton, residential building land sold for a median of CHF 1,742 per square metre in 2021 to 2025.⁷ That figure comes from prices paid, the model value from an estimate. The two can therefore only be set side by side roughly.

For a house in Regensberg, the land is the starting point, not the result. Where your plot sits in that range only shows once size, zone and access are examined. Then comes the building, with its age, condition and fit-out. It is derived and documented separately.

It provides the nearest official median. Dielsdorf district recorded 193 open-market sales of condominiums in 2025, with a median of CHF 920,000.² In 2015 there were still 303 sales, at a median of CHF 690,000. That is 33 per cent more. The worked example above rests on this figure.

For houses, the district's 2025 median was CHF 1,350,000, from 178 sales. The rise since 2015: 36 per cent.² The house median was thus about 15 per cent below the cantonal one, the flat median about 23 per cent. Both figures mix sales from across the whole district. In the Zürcher Unterland planning region the 2025 house median was CHF 1,390,000.

Regensberg itself contributes exactly one house sale to them in 2025. A district median therefore describes the surroundings, not your house. Where your property sits depends on plot, building and location within the village. These three parts can each be documented, even without a comparison in the village.

The cantonal tariff applies; Regensberg levies the tax like every other municipality.¹ The first CHF 4,000 of gain are taxed at 10 per cent, everything above CHF 100,000 at 40 per cent. Ten full years of ownership bring a 20 per cent reduction.

Long ownership pays off here. From 20 full years the reduction is 50 per cent. The example would then owe CHF 40,700, not CHF 65,120.¹ If the purchase lies over 20 years back, the market value from 20 years ago may stand in for the purchase price. Documented value-enhancing investments reduce the gain, pure maintenance does not.

A deferral is possible if you lived in the house and buy another owner-occupied home in Switzerland.¹ If the new price stays below the proceeds, the difference is taxed at once. If it is no higher than what house and investments once cost, there is no deferral.¹⁰ The deferred tax is not waived.