Switzerland

Real estate market key facts:

Government efforts to slow property price rise successful – slowdown inevitable
85% of buyers are Swiss, but foreigners from Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Russia and Belgium also invest in property
After 15 years of rising house prices the cost of property is decreasing – it’s a buyer’s market again
Switzerland has one of the world’s lowest home ownership rates. Only 37.4% of the population own the home they live in
The vacancy rate for the Swiss housing market is at 1.47%

RE/MAX Switzerland at a glance:

RE/MAX Switzerland is still the country’s market leader in real estate brokerage. In the past few years service revenue has been steadily increasing and maintained at a high level. In 2000, when the first two Swiss RE/MAX locations were opened in Möhlin and Frick, the starting signal was given for the first real estate franchise in Switzerland. Today RE/MAX Switzerland has over 100 offices and more than 300 associates.

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