How to buy a house in Switzerland - part 3: Who is allowed to buy property? Mortgage? Legal topics?
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- In this video you will learn step by step what you have to consider when buying a house/flat in Switzerland. So sorry if this is a little bit of a "talking only video". But this information, which we had to painstakingly work out, will help you to navigate more easily through the house-buying jungle in Switzerland!
Here are the steps for a successful house purchase in Switzerland:
Step 1: Search for real estate and look at different properties - video: • How to buy a house in ...
Step 2: Decide on a property - video: • How to buy a house in ...
Step 3: Who can buy a house in Switzerland and how? - this video
Step 4: How do I get a mortgage? - this video
Step 5: The legal aspects and what the notary does - this video
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We appreciate all we have learned from your videos. Our unfortunate real estate story is as follows: We are being held liable for someone else’s taxes!
I am Belgian and my wife is American; both of us are also US citizens. We are retired and our only income is US social security. We bought a modest house in Kanton Solothurn and had no way of knowing how vulnerable we were.
In the purchase agreement, buyer and seller agreed that the seller would pay the tax on her profit. However, the Notary did not make us aware that, if the Kanton can’t collect the tax from the seller, the buyer has to pay this tax on the seller’s profit.
In our case, the Kanton is unable to collect 35,000 CHF from the seller. So, the Kanton has put a lien on OUR house and is demanding payment from us with interest and under the threat of taking our house. (According to Art. 818 ZGB Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch mom 10. December 1907; SR 210)
Lesson: When you buy real property, make sure the purchase agreement includes the withholding for this tax (Grundstückgewinnsteuer). Especially in the German-speaking Kantons, few have a withholding procedure in place.
Oh this sounds terrible. Luckily we have not made such an experience. Always good to have a lawyer buy your side especially in a foreign country. We know that issue so we always doublecheck with a lawyer. All the best for you!
Ouch, really painful experience! The only way is to contact the seller and threaten them. They should have the money from the sale after all.
Buying a house in Switzerland also means to be confronted with a lot of burocracy, paperwork, rules and regulation. Not a topic we love. But I think this is the same all over the world. What are your experiences here in Switzerland or in other countries with this topics? Share with us what ahppend to you or where you struggle.... 🤘
Very useful video. Thank you very much :)
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Best of luck 👍
Thanks a lot 🙏😍
thank you for the useful video! could you tell us more about the fees for the notary? what do you pay for exactly, for their time? and how much does this usually cost?
The fee of the notary is about 2% of the price of the property. He deals with all the beaurocratic topics, checks that the ownership is legally transferred and handles the payment - meaning, he collects the money (cash, deposits, oension fonds) and when everything is ready he makes the payment to the previous owner.
Great videos. Great channel!
One question, so if you pay your reservation fee and after the bank does not grant you the mortgage, then you loose the reservation fee money?
No, for the reservation fee you always have a contract. In case you will not buy it for whatever reason, you will get your money back.
@@HolamundoCH oh really?, so its always good to pay it and later get it back?...it sounds to me a no-risk decision. In Spain it isn't like this. If you reserve and you later think twice you loose the money of the reservation.
@@lluhu you will get it back!
thank you so much for this video! When you say "pension" which pillar do you mean? 1,2 or 3?
Pillar 2.
@@HolamundoCH thank you! what confused me a bit that in the "5 reason to buy" video you mentioned that one reason to buy is that you are afraid that due to the economic situation the government might not be able to pay pension so it is good to use it now if we can. But pillar 2. is private, so I thought that somehow you could access the governmental pension payments, the pillar 1.
@@xrambo true that it is called private.... But in my opinion that will make no difference. The money I earn is also private, still I have to pay taxes....... You get what I mean? They take it away anyway.
Danke sehr ! Can you tell us how much all the fees are when buying a house ? Your answered another comment saying the notary fee is about 2%. Are there any other big fees when purchasing a house like a mortgage fee ? Maybe all the fees come out to less than 5% ?
It is a bit difficult to give a clear answer for this in Switzerland, as it varries from canton to canton. The notary fee seems to be the same all over the coutnry and is about 2%. Then you have to pay another 1-2% directly to the land registry and some miner fees to the local government. In total in our case this came up to 4,5%. If you use your pension fonds be aware that you have to pay the taxes for that! From my understanding this is completely unfare beause you pay taxes already when you earn the money. But in reality you pay again when you take them out. In our case it was about 3% of the amount of the pension fonds we took out. So, in the end it adds a bit up. To claim taxes back by the end of the year, I highly recommand a good fiduciary who can help you get back of some of that money again :-).
@@HolamundoCH Merci viel mal !
if you have a registered AG in Switzerland - can the AG be the owner of the property?
Yes that is possible. Just check about the mortgage. As far as I am informed, you need to bring 50%.
I have heard that one can buy commercial property if from outside Europe!without residing in the nation
Correct?
Yes that is correct!
@@HolamundoCH Thanks for response
I have query
I am from India
I have firm
Wanna invest in Zurich
where Indian population is there.
My firm is interested in investing in commercial property with minimum risk and investment
What would be best?
Shops or holiday home or small hotels or what?
What would be minimum investment,tell in CHF or USD or INR
@@shyamaa9259 If you want to invest in Zurich, I would personally invest in a company/shop - depending on your competence. There are already many hotels. About the min. investment: it is min. 40% of the price of the property to get a mortgage depending on the business plan.
@@HolamundoCH
THANKS for answering me.
If buying a property doesn’t give you residency then how do you get residency permit in Switzerland?
By getting a job, being a pensioner with proven pension fonds, having a remote job with proven income or getting married to a swiss. By the way, swiss unemployment rate is still super low. Finding a job pretty much possible. Once you have a permit you can change jobs as you want.
Извинявай за тази стара чанта ми намекваш със изтъркан лак съжалявам не ,2024😊😊😊😊
So if I buy a house and then lose my Swiss job, I won't be allowed to reside in my home any longer and will have to leave the country if I can't find a new employment!?
It depends what kind of working permit you have and how long you have been working in Switzerland. If that is longer than 1 year, there are possibilities to stay.
@@HolamundoCH I appreciate your response. I suppose you are referring to any remaining time on the B Permit, such as if someone quits their employment while the permit is still valid for another 6 months, then they can stay for those 6 months, however, to extend the permit beyond that, one must find a job. It therefore still does not provide homeowners with a sense of security over their stay.
Swiss real estate is highly illiquid, the Swiss don't want you here and will cause you endless legal and financial problems, there are zero consumer protection laws and you can't even always trust your lawyers or notaries. You'll get charged twice for the same work, which you must pay because there are no consumer laws against fake bills from your attorneys or notaries. Everyone around the world is trying to get in for relative safety of living but you've no idea what you're getting into by coming here. And the problems of the outside world are coming here, too these days. This is an easy way to bankrupt yourself. I've seen the system here take down decamillionaires....if you buy a property and improve it over time, then your asset taxes here go up, too. They get you coming and going. Stay in your lane at home where you at least know what's coming for you.
Yes. And you can't rent out your property unless you're a citizen.
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Indian citizen can buy home in citizenship
What about the Portuguese citizens? Can they buy h'me there?
You can buy a home in Switzerland with a european passport.
Sori не си на нивото на очите ми съжалявам.ок не 20240не