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Home ownership guide

The dream of owning your own home can be realized with good planning. Find interesting articles in our guide – from financing a property to housing in your golden years.

Financing your own home

Buying a house or apartment

Selling real estate

Sustainable building and living

Residential property in your golden years

Building a house

Renovations and remodeling

Everything you need to know about home ownership

Swiss real estate market

Our expertise

Anyone who owns a house or apartment or is about to buy a property will encounter a number of challenges: The property needs to be renovated in order to maintain its value. By contrast, remodeling enables you to customize your home. Some people then want to move out right away – meaning it's time to sell the property. Whatever your needs, you will find valuable tricks and tips on the topic of home ownership in our guide.

Financing your own home

Would you like to finance your dream property? Our articles on financing a home of your own familiarize you with repayment rules, help you choose the right mortgage, and submit a corresponding application.

Owning your dream property – from acquisition to sale

Buying a house or apartment

Buying a house – many people’s dream. But it requires a lot of equity and good planning along the way. Just searching for a property takes a lot of time and strong nerves. Our articles on these topics and more tell you the best way to approach buying a property:

  • Viewing property
  • House or apartment?
  • Buying property together

Selling real estate

Selling a house or apartment takes time. To put your home on the market, you need a good advertisement and a successful viewing, among other things. Read our articles to find out how to sell and market property skillfully. Topics include:

  • Creating a sales dossier
  • Selling a house via the bidding process
  • Transferring an existing mortgage

Sustainable building and living

Sustainable building and living is good for the environment. Energy-efficient living also saves on ancillary costs. Measures range from facade insulation to the use of renewable energies. Funding creates additional incentives for energy-efficient renovations.

Residential property in your golden years

The demands on your own four walls change as you age. Your house may be too large or the stairs may become difficult to manage. Financing could also become a problem in your golden years. Find out what types of housing and residential solutions are available as you age.

Small and large construction projects

Whether you want to build your long-awaited dream home or finally redesign your kitchen, both processes have one thing in common: time-consuming planning. We’ve already done the research for you. Financial and organizational tips can be found below. Read for yourself.

Building a house

Build your own home the way you want. This allows you to customize your living experience and cover all your housing needs. If you have a strategy, nothing can stop you. Building your own home – we have prepared these topics for you:

  • Planning house construction
  • Developing the land for your property
  • Choosing building materials
  • Financing construction with a construction loan
  • Obtaining a building permit

Renovations and remodeling

By renovating your home, you can maintain its value. Remodeling enables you to adapt your home to better suit your needs. While these projects have different objectives, they both require good planning. Read various articles on the following topics:

  • Planning a renovation
  • Financing a renovation
  • Increasing energy efficiency
  • Reducing ancillary costs
  • Boosting the value of your property

Articles on real estate for those eager to find out more

Anyone who owns residential property should always stay up to date with imputed rental value, taxes, and legal obligations. Topics such as exciting construction trends and technological developments in housing are also worth a look. Familiarity with developments on the Swiss real estate market is ideal when it comes to making important decisions about home ownership.

Current articles

Tips, tricks, and information – you can find our latest articles on the topic of home ownership in an overview.

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