The Erbbauzins is to rise: check the letter together with the contract and your personal housing budget
How do I react to a announced Erbbauzins increase without replacing the contract and legal limits with my own budget calculation?
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A shorter useful life of the building is said to allow more depreciation: Make a sales promise into a concrete examination mandate
Which data and documents must make a promised higher AfA due to a shorter useful life of the building traceable?
A savings contract is to provide money early for the purchase: distinguish balance and confirmed payout amount
How do I compare continuation and early termination of an explicitly hypothetical savings contract?
An employer loan helps with the house purchase: read job commitment and housing finance together
What consequences of changing employer must be clarified before an employer loan can permanently be part of my housing plan?
Listed apartment with a big tax promise: link measures, coordination and certification before financing
What evidence do I need before I include increased heritage deductions in my personal financing calculation?
The property purchase is undone: do not plan on real estate transfer tax as an automatic refund
Which documents and outstanding prerequisites belong to a possible amendment of the real estate transfer tax after a reversal?
Purchase price for land and building: Two allocations change the assumed depreciation differently
How do I check a building assessment basis used in the purchase offer without adopting a blanket land quota as official?
Renting out an inherited family home later: Check the assumed inheritance tax exemption before the change
How do I combine a planned rental of the inherited family home with a separate review of the previous tax exemption?
Part of the loan remains unused after renovation: Reconcile undrawn funds with the actual contract
What should I clarify if the financing requirement originally agreed turns out to be lower than planned after the work is completed?
A calculated share of the reserve is not private credit: keep two pools of money separate when buying a flat
How do I prevent planning to use a share of an Austrian communal reserve as my own immediately available purchase or kitchen funds?
Loan with value participation: Assessing a future repayment amount under different property values
How do I understand a proposed repayment that is explicitly tied to a percentage of the future property value?
Housing finance is caught up with additional debts: Preparing the first appointment with the state-recognised counselling service
How can I in Austria find a suitable debt counselling service if I do not yet have a complete overview of all my obligations?