How to exchange an apartment for an apartment: with and without surcharge

Do you want to improve your living conditions, provide your children with separate housing, or move closer to your parents?

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Our specialists will provide qualified advice in exchanging apartments and will tell you which exchange option is right for you! Real estate transactions are our specialty.

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Direct apartment exchange

Not every agency offers exchange services for unregistered apartments. The reason for this is the complexity and long period of preparation for entering into a transaction. Domel agency specialists will organize the exchange as soon as possible, guaranteeing legal purity and providing full support.

Our clients have the opportunity to choose any of the following schemes:

1. Barter exchange of residential apartments
2. Exchange of real estate under a purchase and sale agreement

The second scheme is suitable both for transactions in which one of the objects has the status of municipal housing, and for the exchange of two objects registered as property.

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Legislative regulations

Are there special conditions stipulated in the law in the case of related exchange of apartments?

The legislation covers in detail the issues of barter in any interpretation.

Article 567 of the Civil Code talks about what this agreement is, and the following articles, numbered after it, reveal individual nuances of the exchange and its foundations.

One way or another, the material of the Civil Code is very well compiled and answers all the basic questions that citizens may have in the process of drawing up an agreement. And yet, these articles are about everything except the subject composition.

Barter is a two-way transaction, which means that the parties can be both relatives and complete strangers to each other. The articles of the Civil Code do not mention that this transaction has any privileges if it is carried out between two related persons.

This means that regardless of who you are to your opponent under the contract, you will be subject to the same terms of the contract.

You can also become familiar with the issues of barter between related persons by referring to the judicial practice of the court closest to you.

You will not find new norms or references to the act in the court decisions, but you will once again make sure that the subject composition of the transaction does not in any way affect its conclusion and completion.

You can learn about how to exchange a room in an apartment for a house and a plot of land, how to exchange a private house or cottage for an apartment with an additional payment, as well as how to draw up an agreement to exchange an apartment for a house with a plot of land from our articles.

Exchange of apartment for apartment with additional payment

This type of transaction makes it possible to receive a large sum of cash and purchase an equivalent area without a significant deterioration in living conditions.

Our real estate agency has a large database of properties, which will allow you to conduct a transaction on the most favorable terms.

• We will select new housing of suitable size
• We will help you negotiate the price and payment terms
• We will prepare an agreement and check the legal purity of the property
• We organize secure mutual settlements

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How to exchange a 3-room apartment?

Only owners can exchange housing. Real estate should be privatized. An exchange between privatized housing and housing used under a social rental agreement is not allowed. Non-privatized objects can be exchanged under an exchange agreement in accordance with articles , , , of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation.

For the exchanged property, the conditions of equivalence must be met. In accordance with Art. 568 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, if real estate is exchanged that is not equal in price, then the owner of the cheaper property pays the difference in prices to the other party.

Only two parties can participate in an exchange agreement . If a three-room apartment is exchanged for two one-room apartments, then the one-room apartments must have one owner. Otherwise, it is impossible to draw up an exchange agreement.

For example, the apartments being exchanged have different owners who want to move in together. Such a transaction is formalized by mutual purchase and sale agreements, which stipulate the estimated value of the property. If an exchange is expected without additional payment, then the physical transfer of money does not occur. It turns out that the actual exchange of apartments is covered up by purchase and sale.

Property comparison options:

• area;
• footage;
• condition of apartments;
• floor;
• year and material of construction of the house;
• market and cadastral value.

Help: the fewer rooms in an apartment, the more expensive it costs per square meter.

The equivalence of the exchange and the amount of additional payment are determined by the parties to the contract themselves. Not only money, but also other objects of movable and immovable property can be used as payment: a garage, a car, a motorcycle, etc.

Options

Here's what you can exchange a three-room apartment for:

• For 2 one-room apartments or for one, but with an additional payment . A three-room apartment can be exchanged for one or more one-room apartments. The easiest way would be to find an exchange for one 1-room apartment with an additional payment. An exchange for two 1-room apartments will most likely require an additional payment from the owner of the 3-room property, because the market value of 1-room apartments is higher when converted to square meters.
• For 3 one-room apartments . It will be quite difficult to exchange a three-room apartment for three one-room apartments. In this case, the 3-room housing should be located in a more prestigious area, a good house, have an improved layout and large square footage. Such a transaction will be possible if the three-room apartment is located in the city center, and the one-room apartment is in the suburbs or province.
• For a 2-room apartment . A three-room apartment can be exchanged for a 2-room apartment with an additional payment if the property has approximately equal cost and area parameters. You can exchange a 3-room property for a 2-room one without additional payment if the two-room apartment is located in a more prestigious area, has an improved layout or is located in a new building, and the three-room apartment is in an older building.
• For 2 and 1 room apartments . It is difficult to exchange a three-room property for a two-room and one-room property. Here, an additional payment will be required by the owner of a 3-room apartment, since the total market value of a 2-room and 1-room apartment will be significantly higher. An equivalent exchange is also possible, but in this case the three-room apartment must be significantly superior in many respects to the housing for which the exchange is being made.
• For a 3-room apartment . You can change objects with the same number of rooms. In this case, the presence of an additional payment will depend on how different the exchanged real estate is from each other in terms of price, area, area, renovation, and quality of the house.
• On house . A three-room apartment can be exchanged for a house. Most likely, an additional payment will be required from the apartment owner, although an equivalent exchange is possible. It all depends on the parameters of the housing being compared. The apartment may be located in the center of a metropolis, and the house in the suburbs. The area of ​​the exchanged housing, its condition, repairs, construction materials, etc. are also important.

Exchange of housing near Moscow for apartments in Moscow

Are you planning to become a resident of a metropolis or are you looking for an opportunity to move out of town?

Whatever your goal, becoming a client of the Domel real estate agency, you can achieve it.

We offer to exchange real estate in Moscow for housing in the Moscow region or vice versa. Take advantage of our experience and professionalism to provide yourself and your loved ones with comfortable living conditions!

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Required documents

The list of required documents is similar to the list required when registering the purchase and sale of real estate:

• Certificate of ownership
• Cadastral passport
• Extract from the house register
• Certificate from the Criminal Code confirming the absence of debts for utilities
• Permission from the guardianship authorities to conduct an exchange (if there are registered minor children)
• Notarized consent of the second spouse (for the sale of an object if the seller is married)

Depending on the situation, the list may contain other documents.

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Methods

Now it’s worth talking about options for related barter of housing in property.

The first and simplest method follows from the title of our article. It consists of drawing up an exchange agreement.

The essence of the transaction is that the parties exchange real estate , that is, they are simultaneously sellers, alienators and acquirers.

Of course, the transaction can be either equivalent or not - this is decided by each owner in agreement with the other on an individual basis. The contract may include a condition for additional payment on both sides.

This transaction can be immediately submitted (with the appropriate submission of documents and agreement) to Rosreestr or certified in advance by a notary. This agreement is certainly subject to tax at the rate of 13 percent .

The second way to exchange living space with relatives is to draw up a sales contract . Basically, this method is used by those who are not interested in keeping the maximum amount of money from the transaction for themselves, as well as those who do not trust the exchange procedure.

Since both parties are both alienators and acquirers, two sales contracts are drawn up. Each of them is subject to notarization, but only if opponents do not want to be deceived. Afterwards the transaction is formalized in Rosreestr.

This method of bartering is the most expensive. The fact is that this method involves paying a tax of 13 percent of the agreement amount twice - for each drawn up and certified agreement.

Now let's talk about the least expensive method of related barter apartment for apartment. Now we are talking about giving. The fact is that gifts are taxable, but only if they do not occur between close relatives.

So, if a person is in a close family relationship, then it is much more profitable, from a financial point of view, to draw up two gift agreements and receive ownership of new property to replace the alienated one.

True, there is one minus. If the exchange involves an additional payment, then this cannot be stipulated in the gift agreement.

You will have to be content only with the fact that you have exchanged living spaces, but the additional payment of funds will not be regulated by law.

Technologies for quick sale of real estate

To conduct alternative transactions, we work as actively as possible in the following areas:

1. Urgent sale.

   Active advertising of the property on the most visited resources and among the company’s clients who are looking for housing.

2. Search for alternative housing.

   Our daily updated database of objects allows us to find options that suit the client in just a few days.

3. Preparation of documents.

   Due to the increased complexity, the lawyer prepares the documents in advance so that when a buyer appears, they can immediately conclude a purchase and sale agreement.

Read more about apartment exchange options.

Reasons for the exchange

The reasons for exchanging a three-room property can be various factors that you need to get acquainted with:

1. Divorce is the main reason for the exchange of apartments. The spouses no longer want to live together, which means they need separate areas. When there is no time to sell your home and then buy living space one by one, you can turn to the exchange option.
2. Children grow up and they also need their own housing , but parents can be content with a smaller area. In this situation, an exchange of apartments is also possible.
3. The real estate that was inherited will lie with me and so that everyone becomes the owner of their own real estate and the exchange is carried out.

There are also other reasons for exchange, but we have considered the most basic and common ones.