Switzerland’s residential market is defined by a low home-ownership rate, structurally tight supply and years of resilient rent growth. OwnMore presents the fundamentals the way an institutional investor expects: every figure with a named source and an as-of date — attributable, not asserted.
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Share of owner-occupied dwellings — among Europe’s lowest; Switzerland is structurally a tenant market.
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS)As of 2021
Share of the population renting — the highest in Europe; drives broad, durable rental demand.
EurostatAs of 2023
Share of empty dwellings on 1 June 2024 — well below the ~1.5 % regarded as balanced; supply is tight.
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS)As of June 2024
Permanent resident population 2023 (8.96 m) — continued growth against limited new build tightens housing scarcity.
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS)As of 2023
Permitted dwellings — below estimated annual need; supply is not keeping pace with demand.
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) — construction statisticsAs of 2023
Year-on-year change in advertised rents 2024 — rent growth carried by scarcity and reference-rate adjustments.
Wüest PartnerAs of 2024
Range for residential investment property in Swiss centres — low internationally, supported by low financing cost and stability.
Wüest PartnerAs of 2024
Monetary policy rate as of December 2024 — low financing cost underpins income-property valuations.
Swiss National Bank (SNB)As of December 2024
CHF/m²/month · median asking rent (illustrative, rounded)
Wüest PartnerAs of 2024
The Swiss Financial Services Act (FinSA/FIDLEG) governs which investor categories (retail, professional, institutional) may access which offers. OwnMore serves qualified, professional and institutional investors.
Swiss Confederation — FinSA (SR 950.1)As of January 2020
Lex Koller restricts the acquisition of residential property by persons abroad. Commercially used income property is generally exempt — a key parameter for foreign capital.
Residential rents are linked to the mortgage reference interest rate; its changes permit (or require) rent adjustments. Tenancy law thus directly shapes achievable rent growth.
Federal Office for Housing (BWO)As of 2024