# Real-estate transactions: every sale published, price included

_Thematic alert · Real-estate sales · Updated 2026-10-17_

In Geneva the law requires every acquisition of real property to be published in the Official Gazette (FAO), with the parcel, the parties and, as a rule, the price. Publicus reads every edition and sends you the transactions in your canton.

## In short

- Geneva publishes every property acquisition in the FAO and on the land registry website (art. 157 para. 1 LaCC).
- The notice states, among other things, the parcel, its area, the parties, the cause of acquisition and the consideration in Swiss francs (art. 157 para. 2 LaCC).
- The price is not published for certain family transfers: between spouses, registered partners or direct-line relatives, estate partitions, advances on inheritance, marriage contracts or the winding-up of a marital regime (art. 157 para. 3 LaCC).
- Publicus' "Real-estate sales" alert delivers these notices for CHF 5/month; it is included in the Cabinet plan.

## What does an art. 157 LaCC notice contain?

Article 157 of Geneva's Civil Code Implementing Act (LaCC) lists the information published for each acquisition of real property:

- the property number, its area, type and location, and the type of buildings listed in the property description;
- the names and domicile or registered office of the sellers and of the buyers;
- the date on which the seller had acquired the property;
- co-ownership and condominium shares;
- the cause of acquisition (sale, gift, inheritance…);
- the consideration stated in francs in the deed; ancillary or in-kind consideration is flagged without detail.

## When is the transaction published?

The law requires publication "within an appropriate period", without a fixed number of days. In practice it follows the land registry's processing of the deed: it reports completed transactions, not properties for sale.

The FAO is published continuously Monday to Friday, except public holidays (art. 2 RFAO). Publicus collects every new notice and sends it in your daily digest or, with Pro and Cabinet, as a fast alert.

## What are these notices used for?

- Brokers and agencies: track actual prices by neighbourhood and spot new owners.
- Developers and investors: detect acquisitions of parcels next to a project.
- Notaries, lawyers, fiduciaries: check that a transfer involving a client has been registered.
- Residents: find out who is buying the plot next door.

## What about other cantons?

Publishing real-estate transactions is a matter of cantonal law. When ownership transfers or property auctions appear in the gazette of a covered canton, Publicus files them under the same "Real-estate sales" category. The level of detail, including whether a price is shown, depends on each canton.

## How Publicus delivers them

- "Real-estate sales" thematic alert: every transaction published in your cantons, CHF 5/month.
- Keywords: follow an address, a parcel number, a name or a company to receive only what concerns you.
- Every alert links to the official FAO notice, which prevails.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is the sale price always published?

No. Art. 157 para. 3 LaCC excludes the consideration for transfers between spouses, registered partners or direct-line relatives, and for estate partitions, advances on inheritance, marriage contracts or the winding-up of a marital regime.

### Can I follow just one municipality or street?

Yes: set an address or parcel number as a keyword. The thematic alert, by contrast, covers every transaction in your cantons.

### Does Publicus replace the FAO?

No. Publicus is not the official source within the meaning of the law. Every alert links to the text published in the FAO, which prevails.

## Official sources

- [LaCC (GE), art. 157 — Publication of real-estate transactions](https://silgeneve.ch/legis/program/books/rsg/htm/rsg_e1_05.htm)
- [RFAO (GE), art. 2 — Publication schedule of the Geneva Official Gazette](https://silgeneve.ch/legis/data/rsg_b2_10p01.htm)

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