Swiss property market experiences strong upswing

The Swiss property market recovered significantly in 2025 after a two-year correction phase. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Prices for residential investment properties rose by 5.2% year-on-year in the second quarter, while prices for commercial properties rose by 4.1%, as the consultancy firm Wüest Partner reported on Thursday. + Zurich: the world capital of housing shortages Indirect real estate investments also rose sharply: listed real estate companies by 15.2% and funds by 10.2% since the beginning of the year, according to the analysis of real estate investments. The increases were thus significantly higher than those of the SPI (+8.3%). "Safe haven" According to the experts, the upturn is primarily driven by the SNB's monetary policy turnaround: as is well known, it lowered the key interest rate from 1.75% to 0% from March 2024 to June 2025, making financing cheaper and fixed-interest investments less attractive. At the same time, low vacancy ...