Our services for owners

If you can choose the point in time when to sell your property, we know that you will consider changes in inflation, interest rates, and a buyer behavior. Whatever the changes, we can achieve the best sale price for you, due to the existing demand for a living space and the desire to own a real estate. Seen as a place of safe retreat and stable investment, real estate is still in high demand.

Particularly in the premium segment, real estate is seen as an anchor for stability and is used as an attractive instrument for long-term asset protection. Clients looking to buy are still ready to invest in real estate and willing to pay the appropriate price.

The most important criteria are property type, usable area, macro and micro-location, and the year of construction or reconstruction. You can request an on-site valuation with our experts. Contact us online and we will contact you soon with a proposed date.

Selling a property privately takes on average one to six months. The more precisely the market price of your property is determined at the beginning of the marketing phase, the faster the whole selling process will be.

Good to know: If you want to sell your property quickly, you should not set the selling price too high. The more the selling price is raised above the property evaluation, the longer it will take to sell the property.

Selling with a real estate agent significantly reduces your efforts, and in particular your time investment. However, you will need to pay an estate agent fee.

Engel & Völkers real estate agents:

• know the market and evaluate the exact value of your property

• take the full potential of your property into account, including characteristics and details

• value the individuality and history of each property with an eye for any “hidden values”

• put together a professional exposé with meaningful property descriptions, high quality photos, videos, and clear floor plans

• suggest a target-oriented marketing strategy and utilise carefully selected sales channels

• access an extensive data base with earmarked prospective buyers

• check the relevance of the potential buyers

• take on all correspondence with prospective buyers and act with all professionality

• provide you and your property the best negotiating skills

• confidently take on a selling position and execute price negotiations

• carry out viewings and swiftly find the right buyer

• achieve the highest possible sales price on the market

• check the notarised agreement and prepare the appointment with the notary

When selling your property, you will need the following documents:

• land register documentation

• construction plan and floor plans with precisely calculated living and property areas

• energy certificate 

• final approval of usage

• table of tenants if commercial real estate

• other documents

You will not be required to pay tax, if you have owned your property for more than ten years (there might be exceptions). To determine your exact situation, we recommend a consultation with a tax advisor.

Absolutely – in the case of your house or apartment, you can sell you can sell your house or apartment when you have an existing rental agreement with a tenant to live there. However, please keep in mind that buying a property does not end an existing tenancy. If you want to buy as an investment, a tenancy is not an issue for the time being. For buyers who seek to move into the property, this is a disadvantage, and sellers will have to expect a lower sales price. You should also check if the current tenant might have the right of first refusal.

It is a different story when selling commercial property. Commercial buildings with offices and retail premises are better to be sold with existing and long term tenants, especially if the income is split into more than one tenant - 5-10+ tenants are welcome to ensure the constant flow of rental income. In terms of apartment houses, it is important to have as less regulated tenants or tenants for indefinite period as possible and not having lease contract for a longer time period than 2 years. These lease contracts block potential buyers from having absolute control over the building in terms of planning and reconstruction. Apart from that, rented or empty, apartment buildings have high demand especially in top locations.

Yes you can. In this case, you will have to pay off the mortgage with the sales proceeds. However, please keep in mind that prepayment penalties might be charged by banks.

You can avoid this if you buy a new property around the time of the sale and then use this new property as a new asset for the new mortgage ("property exchange"), or if the buyer of your property takes on the mortgage as well ("debitor exchange").