Rousseau 5's guides, analyses and definitions: what properties are worth, what the law says, what a transaction costs — written from the ground on the Left Bank, never copied from elsewhere.
Deux parcours complets, à lire d’un bout à l’autre ou à consulter chapitre par chapitre.
There is no single price per m² in Geneva, but three measures and two markets. The official OCSTAT medians, commune by commune, and how to read them correctly when valuing your property.
552 terms from law, taxation and financing, explained simply.
Search for a term →Commission, instructions, Lex Koller, capital gains tax, Casatax: the cross-cutting answers.
Read the answers →What actually sold on the Left Bank, municipality by municipality.
Explore the map →Two, four or eight million doesn't buy the same thing in Cologny, Collonge-Bellerive or Veyrier. A reading of the 971 sales published over the…
Bill 13711 would remove prices and names from Geneva’s land publications. What this transparency gives sellers and buyers today, what would remain, and what…
You are not buying a flat but the shares of a company: why banks no longer follow, what latent tax is, how to calculate…
In Geneva, you don't choose your child's school: your address does. Here is what each of the five neighbourhoods where families settle really costs.
Where to live, which schools, and whether you may buy at all: the Geneva relocation guide for international families — written by a Left…
The owner's identity and a building's description can be consulted free of charge online. A certified extract costs 50 francs and, depending on the…
The 2026 UBS study puts Cologny at 43'000 CHF/m². The previous edition said 36'000. Before drawing any conclusions about your property, let's look at…
Scarcity, discretion and off-market sales: how the top of the Geneva market actually works — and why searching property portals alone shows you the…
Up to CHF 20’924 less in registration duties and half-price mortgage note, under a cap of CHF 1’394’928: the 2026 scheme, in figures.
From 50% before two years to 2% after twenty-five: the Geneva IBGI scale, what can be deducted from the gain — and why an…
Taxed on your lifestyle rather than your income: who is eligible, how the base is calculated in Geneva — 7 times the rent —…
Micro-areas, international schools, off-market listings, LFAIE, the purchase process: everything a demanding buyer needs to know before targeting Cologny.
Land register extract, OIBT, PPE documents — and the two documents everyone throws away even though they reduce the tax on resale. The complete…
There is no legal holding period before reselling — but IBGI at 50%, the fixed-rate penalty and Casatax repayment all work against you. The…
Balcony at half, garden at a tenth: how the m² of a PPE really add up — and why two listings never refer to…
Broker, federally certified expert, bank, online tool: who values what, what it costs — often nothing — and how to recognise a serious valuation.
Building zone, land use index, easements: how to verify that a plot is buildable — and why, in a development zone, its price is…
Development zone with controlled prices or ordinary zone, off-plan purchase, guarantees: what you need to know before buying — or reselling — a new-build…
From the right price to the notarial deed: the ten steps of a Geneva sale, the pre-emption right that can delay it, and what…
Experience, network, listening skills: every agency ticks every box. What sets them apart is what an agency agrees to put in writing — and…
About three months to find the buyer, one to two more until completion: the average — and everything that stretches it or shortens it,…
Before the notarial deed, almost everything is still open; afterwards, almost nothing is — except hidden defects and defects of consent. The details, step…
Four scenarios, an order to choose based on the market, bridge financing — and reinvestment relief that defers tax: the complete guide for seller-buyers.
The lease survives the sale, the LDTR governs everything, and the vote on 27 September 2026 could change the picture: the guide for the…
Reading the balance of power, costing renovation work through quotes, knowing when there is no margin — the buyer's negotiation method, without illusions.
From 600 to 1'200 CHF/m³ depending on the standard, 5'000 to 10'000 CHF/m² excluding land: the real orders of magnitude, item by item —…
The notarised promise to sell that obliges you to sell, the option agreement that reserves, the right of pre-emption that gives priority: the three…
Off-market doesn't mean an invisible sale: in Geneva, acquisitions are published every Friday. What the method protects, what it doesn't, and what it costs.
Neoclassical lanes, artisan workshops, the banks of the Arve: what drives prices in Carouge, the city within the city — and where to read…
When no property is comparable, how do you set a price? Plot, rarity, perceived value, positioning: the valuation method for the top of the…
Voted on 28 September 2025, the abolition of imputed rental value will come into force on 1 January 2029. What changes — and what…
Parc La Grange, the lake shore, Léman Express: the Eaux-Vives neighbourhood has changed scale — what that does to prices, and where to read…
Chevrens, Bassy, the shores of Lake Geneva ten kilometres from Geneva: what drives prices in Anières, a lakeside village — and where to read…
What makes the Geneva market, prices commune by commune, the method for selling and buying, tax pitfalls: the starting point, all linked together.
Two-thirds agricultural land, hamlets, century-old oaks, golf: what drives prices in Vandœuvres, 4.5 km from the city — and where to read the real…
The port, the shores of Lake Geneva, preserved countryside: what drives prices in Corsier, a village on the lakeside chain — and where to…
Waterfront villas, Vésenaz and its lively centre, schools and a beach: what drives prices in Collonge-Bellerive — and where to read the real sales.
Bourgeois apartment buildings, penthouses with Salève views, Bertrand Park and the Léman Express: what shapes prices in Champel — and where to find the…
The hillside facing due west, the lake view, the golf course, the large plots: what makes Cologny the pinnacle of the Geneva market —…
La Gradelle, Grange-Canal, Malagnou: what drives prices in Chêne-Bougeries, a commune of families and schools — and where to find the actual sales.
Villa zone, free-market PPE (condominium), development zone: three markets overlap on the Left Bank. Reading a price per m² without distinguishing them leads straight…
What a purchase offer truly commits you to in Swiss law, how to read it beyond the price, and the rules for a counter-offer…
3% registration duty, degressive fees, mortgage certificate: what the notary costs in Geneva, who pays it — and why they hold back the seller's…
The renewal date is prepared 12 to 24 months in advance. The timetable, the hidden cost of a reserved rate, and what happens if…
The season, the rate cycle, your tax and banking situation: three clocks determine the right moment — and the most important one isn't the…
Only one check is required by law when selling — the OIBT electrical inspection. CECB, asbestos, radon, lead: what's genuinely mandatory, recommended, or French.
A viewing doesn't sell a house: it sets the discount. And in Geneva it binds you legally long afterwards — showing a defect releases…
The SNB policy rate is at 0%. This changes your monthly instalments, not your borrowing capacity: the bank calculates using a theoretical rate of…
The Code of Obligations says some very concrete things about your sales agreement with an agency — including this: exclusivity does not lock you…
In Geneva, most deeds exclude the warranty against defects: the pre-purchase inspection is your only real protection. What it covers, what it costs.
Three statistical models, seventy criteria, then an expert on site: how the LaMap–Rousseau 5 partnership values your property — and where its limits lie.
First and second rank, fixed rate or SARON, withdrawal or pledge of the 2nd pillar: how a mortgage works — and what is decided…
The United Kingdom abolished the non-dom regime on 6 April 2025. Between deciding to leave and holding the keys in Geneva, there is a…
Renting or buying, budget, pension provision — the exact rules for the 2nd pillar —, search, deed: the complete first-purchase journey, step by step.
A fair price, a margin decided with a cool head, ready answers to the buyer's three classic attacks: negotiation is won before the first…
There is no Swiss law on AI yet. Here are the four places it works on this site, what data protection already requires, and…
Repay the bank, or save into a pledged pillar 3a? The two mechanisms compared, their effect on Geneva wealth tax — and what 2029…
Estimate or valuation? Market value, intrinsic value, income value: what an expert calculates, what goes into the report, and when you need one.
Old Town, Sardinian town, bourgeois apartment buildings, Le Corbusier's Clarté — and what a listing or registration changes when you buy or sell.
Four measurements, four figures for the same flat. What each one counts, which appears in a Geneva listing, and which sets the price.
The title of pledge that secures your mortgage: what it is, what it costs at the notary, and why to keep it after repayment.
Apartment by the weighted m², house by SIA m³ plus the land, rented property at yield value: the three calculations used by professionals, with…
From accepted offer to registration in the land register: the forms the contract can take, what it must contain, and the moment the buyer…
Swiss banks all apply the same calculation: a theoretical rate of 5%, amortisation, upkeep. Here is the income required, price by price.
From Roman Genava to the PAV: every era has left a layer of building still bought today — the old town, the Fazy belt,…
Five criteria you can verify — registered sales, municipality, valuation method, agreement, network — and the questions to ask before signing.
An exceptional property does not sell like a flat: rare buyers, mandatory discretion, prices with no comparables. The method, step by step.
Detached mansions overlooking the lake, architecture inspired by the open sea, absolute specifications: why Nautilus is Cologny's flagship project.
Municipalities at 20%, old-law dwellings freely purchasable, October 2024 revision: what the secondary residences law still allows.
Why Geneva is so expensive, why averages tell you nothing, and what really moves prices — a municipality-by-municipality reading.
APA, DD, DP, appeals: the LCI sets every stage and every deadline. Where the weeks of a Geneva project actually go — and which…
Agricultural land, Lex Koller, Lex Weber, State pre-emption, LDTR: five regimes can stop or pre-empt your transaction. Check before you sign.
Selling your main residence and buying again lets you defer the IBGI — five years to reinvest in Geneva. Conditions, deadlines and a worked…
From the search to registration at the land registry: the steps, the forms of ownership — PPE, superficie, co-ownership — the costs and the…
Own funds, 2nd pillar, theoretical rate of 5%, one-third ratio: how banks calculate your purchasing potential — full example at 2.5 million.
Permit B, permit C, cross-border worker, foreign company: what the Lex Koller allows — and forbids — when buying a home in Geneva, case…
Decluttering, fixing the small things, revealing the light: what staging really changes in a sale — and the cases where it isn't the right…
A Rousseau 5 valuation rests on transactions actually recorded in your area — free, confidential, with no obligation.
Rousseau 5 has been the high-end estate agency specialising in residential property on Geneva's Left Bank since 2012. Villas, apartments, penthouses and off-market opportunities — every mandate is handled by a dedicated broker with precise knowledge of Cologny, Champel, Chêne-Bougeries, Collonge-Bellerive, Vandœuvres and the whole lakeside area.
