BKW Building Solutions is strengthening itself with takeovers
BKW Building Solutions is expanding its company network to include the two companies Aerovent Crissier SA and Aerovent Service SA. They are intended to strengthen the BKW Group in the…
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Managing Director Audergon leaves arv Baustoffrecycling
Managing director Laurent Audergon is leaving the association arv Baustoffrecycling Schweiz after five years of activity. The association is therefore looking for a new managing director with immediate effect.
Mountain cantons insist on imputed rental value
The mountain cantons speak out against the abolition of the rental value for second homes. In addition, they consider adjustments to the Second Home Act to be necessary. Maintaining the…
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Betterhomes Switzerland has over 22,000 referrals
Betterhomes Switzerland has now carried out over 22,000 successful referrals. This enabled the brokerage company to more than double the number of referrals within five years. Betterhome Switzerland attributes this…
Swiss Prime Site can look back on a successful half-year
Swiss Prime Site was able to significantly increase its operating result in the first half of 2021 year-on-year. The value of the company's real estate portfolio also increased further in…
Federal Council advocates abolishing imputed rental value
The Federal Council supports the abolition of the imputed rental value. However, he proposes changes to the submission of the responsible Council of States commission. The Federal Council also wants…
Sika sells industrial coatings business in Europe
Sika is selling its European industrial coatings business. According to its own statements, the Zug-based specialty chemicals company sees little potential for synergies in this niche business within the Sika…
Valuu extends to personal loans
Valuu now offers a comparison option for personal loans. Previously, mortgages could be compared and concluded on the Postfinance platform. In the long term, Valuu wants to become the leading…
CKW buys Elektro Basilisk AG
Centralschweizerische Kraftwerke AG (CKW) has taken over Basler Elektro Basilisk AG. With this, CKW is expanding its electrical installation and solar business to north-west Switzerland.
Homeownership prices continue to rise
The Swiss residential property index rose by 2.2 percent in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the previous quarter. Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, it…
Ina Invest has made millions in profit
Ina Invest reports a net profit of 2.9 million francs in the first half of 2021. The value of the real estate portfolio rose to 385 million francs. In addition,…
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Novavest is growing profitably
Novavest Real Estate AG was able to increase the value of its real estate portfolio by 3 percent to around CHF 664 million in the first half of 2021. Rental…
Homes have only limited protection against inflation
The risk of inflation can only be cushioned by home ownership in very long-term perspectives. In contrast, the rental housing market has shown itself to be crisis-resistant. The Raiffeisen economists…
UBS warns of overheating in the home market
UBS's real estate bubble index rose to the upper end of the risk zone in the second quarter. The drivers were rising house prices and increased household indebtedness for home…
Swiss Prime Investment Foundation achieves high returns
With its Real Estate Switzerland investment group, the Swiss Prime Investment Foundation achieved a return of 3.28 percent in the first half of 2021. That is almost double that of…
Sika expands in the Mexican market
Sika AG takes over Bexel Internacional SA de CV By taking over the Mexican manufacturer of tile adhesives and plastering mortars, the specialty chemicals group from Baar expects to gain…
Buildings insurance canton Zurich leaves index unchanged
The building price level in the canton of Zurich rose slightly in 2021. The building insurance of the Canton of Zurich leaves its insurance index based on it unchanged. The…
Rents remain unchanged
In July, asking rents remained at the June level across Switzerland. This is shown by the current homegate.ch rental index. However, the developments vary depending on the canton. Renting became…