Houzy is a young Swiss PropTech company with one goal: Making homeownership simple. The platform integrates user-friendly online tools such as the property valuation, the renovation calculator or the property gains tax calculator, which help to optimally manage private property and save effort and costs in the process. The scope of Houzy is constantly being expanded. You can find out more under About us.

We have determined the average costs of the sale price-increasing measures in discussions with professional craftsmen from our network. The result is an estimate so that you can compare the costs with the possible additional proceeds and decide whether the measures are worthwhile.

We estimate the market value of real estate according to hedonic valuation. This means that we analyse the sale prices for comparable properties in the same region and estimate the market value of a house or flat on this basis. For the possible sales price after the sales price-increasing measures, we have spoken to real estate professionals from the Houzy network. Their experience and figures have been incorporated into our simulation and calculations.

A property valuation is significant for both home buyers and home sellers. Many owners do not have a clear idea of the market value of their property before selling it. The self-assessed property value is often based on the market value at the time or the emotional value of the property. Accordingly, home buyers are often uncertain about the actual value of the property due to a lack of transparency. The market value of a property changes depending on the economic situation and is dependent on supply and demand. Therefore, comprehensive knowledge of the regional real estate market is indispensable for an accurate valuation of the property. As a seller, you can only achieve a realistic price on the property market if you know the actual, data-based value of your property. A price that is set too high will scare off potential buyers, while a sales price that is too low can lead to a large loss of assets. With a data-based property valuation, these mistakes can be avoided and the property can be sold quickly and satisfactorily. Accordingly, a data-based property valuation also helps home buyers to obtain the necessary certainty about the price of the desired property and to make informed decisions in the purchase process. You can also read our article "Hedonic Valuation: See How We Rate the Market Value of Properties" in the Houzy Magazine.

We estimate market values using hedonic estimation. This is a statistical comparative value method and takes into account all transaction prices of comparable houses or flats in the region. The computer model divides a property into quality characteristics so that it can be compared with other properties and uses multiple regression analysis to calculate how strongly the quality characteristics influence the price of a property. Regression analysis is a statistical procedure with which a dependent variable, for example the market value of a property, is explained by one or more independent variables, for example the location and property-specific criteria of the property. The result of this statistical comparative value procedure is a well-founded market value estimate that is real and objective for standard properties such as single-family houses, condominiums or apartment buildings.

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