Estate agent in Arth and Goldau: selling your house

Selling in Arth

Arth consists of three villages and a mountain, and each location appeals to different buyers. Of 2,202 residential buildings, 987 are detached houses; 1,056 were built before 1981 (2025). This gives three starting points:

• Arth on Lake Zug (Zugersee). Here, proximity to the water counts. Lake view and zoning plan belong in the documents, backed by evidence.
• Oberarth and Goldau. Buyers factor in the distance to Arth-Goldau station; with older houses they ask about heating, roof and windows.
• The Rigi. Holiday homes and properties for enthusiasts call for details of access and utilities, operation and upkeep.

Which starting point applies to you is shown by the valuation of your property.

The market in Arth

At the end of 2025, Arth had 12,469 residents, 8.5% more than in 2015 (11,492). The Canton of Schwyz grew by 9.8% to 168,046 over the same period.

Vacant dwellings are rare: on 1 June 2026 there were 18, a vacancy rate (Leerwohnungsziffer) of 0.29%; in the canton, 422 stood vacant (0.50%). In 2017 Arth still counted 101 vacant dwellings (1.78%), in 2025 only 9.

Alongside the 987 detached houses there are 795 apartment buildings (Mehrfamilienhäuser), 250 residential buildings with secondary use and 170 buildings with partial residential use. From 2022 to 2024, 22 detached houses and 16 apartment buildings were newly built. The building zone (Bauzone) measures 250.3 hectares (2022), and the share of second homes (Zweitwohnungen) is 13.23% (2025).

We have not found officially published sale prices for Arth. We therefore derive the value for each property individually.

What makes Arth special

The municipality (48.5 km²) stretches from the Rossberg across the valley between Lake Zug and Lake Lauerz (Lauerzersee) to Rigi Kulm at 1,797 m above sea level. Arth lies at 422 m, Oberarth at 450 m and Goldau at 513 m; on the mountain, Klösterli, First, Staffel and Kulm belong to it. Its neighbours include Küssnacht am Rigi, Walchwil and Zug.

In 1806 the Goldau landslide (Goldauer Bergsturz) from the Rossberg destroyed Goldau and 457 people lost their lives; today's village grew with the Gotthard railway, opened in 1882.

From Arth-Goldau, direct trains run to Zug in 15 minutes, to Lucerne in 26, to Zurich main station in 39 and to Schwyz in 7. The bus from the village of Arth to the station takes 10 minutes.

Tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) 2026: 110% canton, 35% district, 110% municipality, 255% in total, or 282% with Roman Catholic church tax. Notarisation (Beurkundung) takes place at the Goldau district notary's office, Parkstrasse 3.

How Rudat AG sells in Arth

This is how Rudat AG proceeds in Arth:

1. Deriving the value. Model value according to IAZI/CIFI, viewing on site, written reasoning.
2. Calculating the tax in advance. You know the expected property gains tax (Grundstückgewinnsteuer) before the listing is published.
3. Showing the property. Professional photos, drone footage, 360° virtual tour (in German), our own sales documentation, portals, pre-registered buyers.

Our documented mandate in the municipality is the Hotel Felchlin on Rigi Staffel (in German): marketed by Rudat AG, reserved since October 2026. In addition, there are two mandates in Rothenthurm. Rudat AG holds 5.0 stars from 26 Google reviews.

More on fees and deadlines: selling property in the Canton of Schwyz (in German). You can reach Conrad Rudat on +41 41 763 33 66.

Indicative figures without guarantee; what is binding is the assessment by the cantonal tax administration and the information provided by the notary's office.

Conrad Rudat · reviewed on 12 October 2026Owner of Rudat AG, estate agent in Baar ZG. Values with the IAZI/CIFI models and guides you through to notarisation.