Have you ever wondered what the difference between asking price and the final transaction price was for a property?

At least in Geneva, you can look up who paid how much for what by checking the registre fonciere section of the weekly official announcement bulletin:

http://www.ge.ch/fao/2012/welcome.asp

also, you can query directly the register:

http://www.ge.ch/registre_foncier/pu...-foncieres.asp


there is a large difference between average asking prices in Geneva and the average transaction prices (10%, sometimes up to 20% less). This is not new (as banks are getting stricter on loans) but it's interesting to see the actual numbers (even names of who bought what ..)