Basel real estate remains a worthwhile investment

Basel , April 2022

Investment properties in Basel-Stadt achieved a higher performance in 2021 than in 2020. Residential properties in particular show a high increase in value. This shows the current real estate compass from Basler Kantonalbank and IAZI AG.

Investment properties in the canton of Basel-Stadt would have proven to be a “crisis-resistant investment” in 2021 as well, according to the Basler Kantonalbank ( BKB ) in a statement on the real estate compass it created in cooperation with IAZI AG . According to the announcement, all property categories increased their performance in 2021 compared to 2020. According to the BKB, residential properties even achieved “a record-high overall performance” of 7.9 percent in the year under review.

The analysts of the current real estate compass observed the greatest increase of 1.0 percentage points to 7.1 percent in mixed-use real estate. Office and commercial real estate lagged behind with a recovery of 0.4 percentage points to 3.8 percent.

The increase in overall performance across all property categories was primarily due to increases in value, the analysts explain. Therefore, “a different picture” emerges from the gross return that excludes the increase in value.

In the year under review, the analysts observed gross returns of less than 4 percent in Basel, Binningen and Bottmingen. In general, the more centrally located the property, the lower the yield. The analysts attribute this to the tightened law on housing subsidies, according to which rent adjustments as a result of renovations are “only possible to a limited extent”.

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