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Moving Checklist: Step-by-Step to a Successful Move

Moving and wondering where to start? With the right moving checklist, you'll stay organized and avoid stress. Whether you're a buyer moving into a new house, a renter using a moving in checklist for apartment, or moving abroad – a well-structured moving checklist is essential. This comprehensive moving checklist guide covers all the important steps, helps you keep moving costs under control, and explains when you need to update your address. Our moving into a new place checklist will help you remember everything.

Relocating to Lugano? Here’s why more and more foreigners are making the move

Summer 2025 confirms a growing trend: the interest of foreign citizens in Lugano is increasingly pronounced.

Sustainable, stylish, smart: living and investing in 2025

Calculating the income value of real estate

The income value is used to value real estate based on its expected long-term return. Learn how the calculation works, which factors are decisive, and where the limitations of this method lie.

Tax Optimization Despite the Abolition of Imputed Rental Value

Key Insights:

Real value

What is the real value of a property and what does it comprise?

The success story of Engel & Völkers in Switzerland - an interview with Peter Frigo

Peter Frigo is the founder of Engel & Völkers Master License Residential in Switzerland. Find out more about Peter Frigo and the founding and development of Engel & Völkers in Switzerland in the following interview.

Brokerage agreement: Points to consider

Are you planning to sell a property? Then you have a choice to make: either you sell the property yourself, which involves a lot of effort, or you hire an estate agent to do the job for you.

Brokerage commission for property sales

If you wish sell your property, you have many options. You can sell the property yourself – to do this, most vendors place listings in the appropriate online real estate portals. This is extremely economical as well as practical since these websites are specifically visited by prospective buyers searching for properties. As a vendor, you must of course take care to provide as much important information as possible since prospective purchasers can filter their searches according to various criteria. We have put together additional tips for you in this informational chart on the subject of selling property on your own.

The canton of Zug - Switzerland's tax haven

Zug is a canton in German-speaking Switzerland and is part of the greater Central Switzerland region (Central Switzerland) and the Zurich metropolitan region. Zug is one of the smallest cantons in Switzerland, but with a population of 126,837 (31 December 2018) and 500 inhabitants per square kilometer, it has a high population density by Swiss standards.

Searching, finding and buying a gorgeous apartment with Engel & Völkers

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and is surrounded by beautiful nature. The strategic location of Zurich and the excellent infrastructure make Zurich the city of Finance one of the most interesting places to live in Switzerland. Depending on the personal preferences for an apartment buyers are quickly faced with a limited choice of equivalent real estate in Zurich. You can buy attractive high-quality apartments in Zurich at a reasonable price with the help of our experienced real estate agents from Engel & Völkers Zurich Paradeplatz and Oerlikon. You can also benefit from our agents’ market knowledge of Zurich's real estate market. Find your dream apartment in Zurich with our E&V real estate agents, whether you want to buy, rent, or live in the property.

Discover dream properties on Lake Maggiore in Switzerland

Majestic mountains, blue water and exotic palm trees: this charming charming scenic combination awaits you around the unique properties on Lake Maggiore in Switzerland. The northern part of Lake Maggiore also scores with the best of two countries - the Italian way of life, Mediterranean climate, Ticino cuisine and Swiss noblesse. Find out more about the fascinating properties on Lake Maggiore in Switzerland from our Engel & Völkers real estate agents in Ascona.

Calculating the income value of real estate

The income value is used to value real estate based on its expected long-term return. Learn how the calculation works, which factors are decisive, and where the limitations of this method lie.

Guide to investment alternatives

Reinvesting proceeds from a sale

Guide Insurance - Comprehensive insurance coverage for private residential property

Safety is one of the most important housing needs because there is always the possibility of something going wrong and causing damage where you live and spend a lot of time. Questions about appropriate insurance solutions are therefore very diverse and individual, sometimes also requiring intensive consultation. For this reason, dealing with the topic of timely insurance for one’s own home is indispensable.