Border regions are coming under pressure from interest rates in France
On the French side of Lake Geneva and around Basel, the housing market is at risk of losing momentum. Higher refinancing costs for the French government are driving up mortgage…
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immo!nvest+ Schwyz ends tax relief on company sales
The Schwyz Cantonal Assembly has clearly rejected a change to the property gains tax system. Gains from the sale of commercial property will therefore continue to be taxed separately, rather…
Basel and Managed Offices Drive a New Growth Strategy
Following a strong third quarter, Swiss Prime Site has raised its guidance for 2026 and, at the same time, outlined a growth agenda through 2030. The focus is on increasing…
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Senior housing is forcing new construction and municipalities to renovate
57 percent of the population places the responsibility for independent living in old age on the state and local governments, while 44 percent places it on the real estate industry.…
Zurich Continues to Push Households to the Outskirts of the Metropolitan Area
Since 2021, nearly 240,000 additional households have emerged in Switzerland, while only about 220,000 new apartments have been built. The impact of this is particularly evident in the Zurich area,…
Geneva’s Real Estate Market Hits New Price Records
The real estate market in the Canton of Geneva remains high-priced and active. In the third quarter of 2026, properties worth just under two billion francs were sold. While the…
Rent Reform: Federal Government Considers Fundamental System Change
The Swiss rent model may be facing a major overhaul. The Federal Council plans to examine statistical comparative rents and the indexation of current rents. The real estate industry views…
Birr Opens 250,000 Square Meters for Data and Heating
In Birr, a 250,000-square-meter ABB site is changing hands and will become a new data center location. This move brings a long-stalled industrial development project to fruition and integrates digital…
immo!nvest+ Swiss Ratings Combine Power and Distrust
According to the company, more than half of the Swiss market for valuing investment properties is controlled by a single provider. It is precisely this concentration that fuels criticism of…
Hunzenschwil is set to attract tenants for a logistics facility from 2030 onwards
A logistics project worth up to 50 million Swiss francs is taking shape at Hauptstrasse 58 in Hunzenschwil, even though Rosta AG is still operating on the site. Up to…
European fund collapses under pressure to redeem
Trading on the Swiss stock exchange has been suspended; delisting will take place on 23 October 2026. After two years of deferred redemptions, the fund management company has pulled the…
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High rents are forcing more households to move house
According to a new survey, 23.4 per cent of tenant households in Switzerland are looking for a new flat or want to move house soon. In the 2026 Property Barometer,…
Housing construction masks the shortage
The 52,000 approved flats indicate a substantial pipeline in Switzerland, yet the market remains tight. At the end of June 2026, the vacancy rate stood at just 0.93 per cent.…
More planning permissions, but housing construction is stalling
20,600 flats approved in August 2026 sound like an upturn. Yet in Germany, new-build construction continues to stall, as high financing costs, an increase in cancellations and a huge backlog…
Berlin is pushing its expropriation plans to the very limits of the law
Berlin is heading for a major housing policy initiative. The Left Party, the Greens and the SPD want to nationalise up to 160,000 flats owned by large corporations and cap…
Lucerne Saves Millions with Estimates Done Right from the Desk
Lucerne is continuing to use digital real estate appraisals. An impact report confirms that the system, which has been in effect since January 1, 2022, has resulted in annual savings…
immo!nvest+ Bern Maps Displacement
In the canton of Bern, eviction notices, building renovations, and massive rent hikes are now being compiled on an interactive map. The Bern Tenants’ Association reports that there are already…
Rorschach relaunches the Feldmühle Quarter
Construction is getting under way on the Feldmühle site near Rorschach’s city railway station. Following the change of ownership to Mettler Entwickler AG, the development – which was approved back…