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Q&A / Analysis — 2b. Returns if Sold in 3 / 6 / 10 Years

Assumptions: buy at CHF 625'000, 20% down (CHF 125'000) + ~CHF 2'000 buyer costs, 80% mortgage amortized CHF 6'250/yr. On sale: broker ~2.5% and Basel-Stadt real-estate gains tax (Grundstückgewinnsteuer) on the profit — high for short holdings, falling the longer you hold (modelled ≈ 40% at 3y, 28% at 6y, 20% at 10y of the taxable gain). Three price-growth paths on the flat's value. Figures are estimates, exclude interior modernization spend, and exclude the annual carrying cost / avoided rent discussed on the previous page.

Net cash returned to you at sale, and gain on the equity you invested

Hold Growth path Est. sale price Selling costs + gains tax Net cash out Gain on equity
3y Conservative 1.0%/yr 643'900 17'200 145'500 300
Base 2.0%/yr 663'300 25'300 156'800 +11'000
Optimistic 3.5%/yr 692'900 37'600 174'100 +28'400
6y Conservative 1.0%/yr 663'500 22'700 178'200 +13'700
Base 2.0%/yr 703'900 34'700 206'600 +42'100
Optimistic 3.5%/yr 768'300 53'900 251'800 +87'300
10y Conservative 1.0%/yr 690'400 26'900 226'000 +36'500
Base 2.0%/yr 761'900 42'600 281'800 +92'300
Optimistic 3.5%/yr 881'600 69'000 375'200 +185'700

How to read this

  • 3 years — don't. Transaction costs + the steep short-hold gains tax eat almost all appreciation. You roughly break even at best; a flat/soft market loses money. Selling this soon means you also carry the building renovation risk without time to benefit.
  • 6 years — modest. You clear costs and build a real equity cushion in the base case; the amortization (CHF 37'500 repaid) does much of the work. Reasonable if you also lived in it (avoided rent ≈ CHF 24k+/yr is the bigger "return").
  • 10 years — this is the horizon that pays. Lower gains tax, ~CHF 62'500 mortgage repaid, appreciation compounding, and the façade/roof renovation completed (condition upgraded). Base case ~+CHF 92k of equity gain plus ~a decade of rent avoided.

Bottom line: as a home to live in for 610+ years, financially sound; as a short-term flip, poor. The real return of this purchase is avoided rent + forced saving, not price speculation.