Selling property in Uetikon am See: no official house price

Because too few are sold on the open market. The canton only publishes a median from 15 sales a year.² In 2025, 10 houses were sold in Uetikon; in 2015 there were 9. In 2007 there were still 21, enough for a median.

Without an official figure, individual cases fill the gap. The price of the neighbouring house, a figure from a listing, a value from an online calculator. Each of these describes a different house, with a different plot, condition and year of construction. Listings also show what was asked, not what was paid.

What this means for you: the value of your house has to be derived, not adopted. That includes the value of the land, the condition of the building and comparisons from similar locations. Only then does an estimate become a figure you can negotiate with. It takes some work, but it prevents surprises.

It shows the direction. The canton’s model puts residential building land in Uetikon at CHF 4,114 per square metre in 2025. In 2015 it was CHF 1,634.⁹ That is 152 per cent more, the third-strongest rise of all 160 municipalities in the canton. Only Rüschlikon and the city of Zurich rose faster.

For comparison: across the whole canton, residential building land changed hands from 2021 to 2025 at a median of CHF 1,742 per square metre.⁹ Uetikon’s model value is among the ten highest in the canton. The model typically ranges from CHF 2,908 to CHF 5,859. That is not a price for your plot.

What this means for you: for a house on a large plot, the land can make up a large part of the value. If you know the area, the zone and the permitted density, the land value can be estimated carefully. Permitted density means how much may be built. The building then adds its own value according to its condition.

For flats there is an official figure. In 2025, 34 condominiums changed hands, at a median of CHF 1,785,000.² That is 56 per cent more than in 2015 and 49 per cent above the canton. In 2015 the median rested on only 19 sales.

In the example, the tax takes CHF 190,064, 21.7 per cent of the gain.¹ After 20 full years it is halved; with the same gain it would be CHF 169,700. Receipts for value-adding investments reduce the gain. Maintenance and repairs do not count.

The tax rate is 84 per cent, 179 per cent including the canton.³ It only affects income and wealth. In Meilen you pay about 3 per cent less cantonal and municipal tax on the same income, in Männedorf about 2 per cent more. What this means for you: between these lakeside municipalities, your next home shifts the calculation only slightly.