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  • Rental prices rise only modestly in January

    Rental prices rise only modestly in January

    The Homegate rental index for advertised rents, which is compiled by the real estate marketplace Homegate in collaboration with Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB), measures the monthly, quality-adjusted change in rental prices based on current market offers. For January 2026, the index shows a slight increase of 0.2 per cent compared to the previous month. Compared to January 2025, advertised rents rose by 2.2 per cent across Switzerland.

    At the cantonal and municipal level, the picture is unusually varied. At the start of the year, rents were down in half of the cantons, particularly in Nidwalden (minus 2.7 per cent) and Schwyz (minus 2 per cent). In several cantons, this development followed a phase of one to three months of strong increases. Compared with the previous year, however, asking rents rose in all cantons, particularly in Graubünden (up 7.7 per cent), Glarus (up 6.4 per cent) and Valais (up 6.2 per cent).

    Cities also showed downward trends in January. Compared with December 2025, all cities showed unchanged or lower values. Rents fell particularly sharply in Geneva (down 1.2 per cent) and Lugano (down 1 per cent). Only Zurich recorded an increase in rents in January (up 0.5 per cent). As in the cantons, however, asking rents in all cities are above the previous year’s level. Rents rose particularly sharply in Lugano (up 7.6 per cent) and Lucerne (up 3.8 per cent) in 2025.

    Homegate is a platform of the SMG Swiss Marketplace Group. It brings together the digital marketplaces of TX Group, Ringier and Mobiliar.

  • Nidwalden drives asking rents

    Nidwalden drives asking rents

    The monthly rental index compiled by the digital property marketplace Homegate in collaboration with Zürcher Kantonalbank closed at 131.2 points at the end of August. Compared to the previous month, the index rose by 0.2 per cent, Homegate reported in a press release. Compared to the previous year, the property marketplace’s experts have registered a 2.6 per cent increase in asking rents across Switzerland.

    The month-on-month increase across Switzerland was mainly driven by the canton of Nidwalden. Here, asking rents rose by 1.5 per cent. In a year-on-year comparison, they were around 10 per cent higher. All other cantons showed only slight movements in both directions in a monthly comparison. In a year-on-year comparison, the canton of Schwyz stands out with an increase of 8.4 per cent. Property experts only observed falling asking rents in the canton of Graubünden over the same period.

    Asking rents in the eight Swiss cities included in the index were all higher in August than in the same month last year. At 1.8 per cent, Lugano recorded the largest monthly increase. Asking rents in the city of Lucerne were 2.1 per cent lower in August than in the previous month. In a year-on-year comparison, however, asking rents in Lucerne rose the most among the eight cities surveyed.

    Homegate is a division of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG. This combines the digital marketplaces of TX Group, Ringier and Mobiliar.

  • May shows minimal increase in rents

    May shows minimal increase in rents

    The property platform homegate.ch has published its monthly rental index in collaboration with Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB ). According to a statement, the index rose by 0.1 per cent compared to the previous month to 130.5 points. This means that advertised rents “took a breather” in May.

    Compared to the previous year, advertised rents rose by 1.7 per cent across Switzerland. Depending on the region, an increase in advertised rents of more than 5 per cent was recorded.

    The results show clear differences between cantons and cities. At cantonal level, “consistently rising asking rents were observed for the first time in a long time” in a year-on-year comparison, according to the press release.

    The cantons of Zug (up 7.1 per cent) and Nidwalden (up 6.9 per cent) were the most affected by rising rents over the past twelve months. According to the press release, the values there are also higher compared to the previous month – in Zug by 1.4 per cent and in Nidwalden by 1.1 per cent. However, the month-on-month increase was highest in the canton of Graubünden and the two cantons of Appenzell (plus 1.5 per cent). In contrast, the canton of Schwyz recorded price reductions, as in the previous month. With a decrease of 2.1 per cent, asking rents there are returning to the level of December 2024, according to the report.

    Among the cities, the Greater Zurich Area is considered the most constant, as it was in May 2024. Asking rents have risen “relatively steadily” by a total of 4.4 per cent. In contrast, Geneva recorded a year-on-year decline – prices were 0.6 per cent lower than in the previous month of May. The highest price increase was recorded in the city of Lugano with a significant rise of 5.2 per cent. However, this development can be attributed to a selective decline in May 2024.

    Homegate is a division of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG. This combines the digital marketplaces of TX Group, Ringier and Mobiliar.

  • Development of asking rents varies

    Development of asking rents varies

    The monthly rental index compiled by the digital property marketplace Homegate in collaboration with Zürcher Kantonalbank closed at 130.1 points at the end of March. Compared to the previous month, the index rose by 0.2 per cent, Homegate reported in a press release. Compared to the previous year, the property marketplace’s experts recorded a 2.6 per cent increase in asking rents across Switzerland.

    Developments varied from canton to canton. In seven cantons, month-on-month growth of more than 1 per cent was registered, while a further seven cantons recorded a decline in asking rents of more than 1 per cent. The strongest increases in asking rents were recorded in Glarus (2.1 per cent) and Valais (1.3 per cent). The sharpest declines were recorded in Nidwalden (1.7 per cent) and Graubünden (1.1 per cent).

    The experts also observed different developments in the eight Swiss cities included in the index. Specifically, four cities each recorded an increase or decrease in asking rents in a monthly comparison. The biggest changes were registered for Bern with a plus of 0.9 per cent and Lucerne with a minus of 1.0 per cent.

    Homegate is a division of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG. This combines the digital marketplaces of TX Group, Ringier and Mobiliar.

  • Rental prices in Switzerland rise slightly again

    Rental prices in Switzerland rise slightly again

    The monthly rental index compiled by the digital property marketplace Homegate in collaboration with Zürcher Kantonalbank closed at 128.1 points in November. Compared to the previous month, the index rose by 0.3 per cent, Homegate reported in a press release. This means that “the brief decline in October has levelled out again and the advertised rental prices are once again at the level of September 2024”. A year-on-year increase in advertised rents of 3.1 per cent was observed across Switzerland.

    Within the cantons, Homegate’s experts only identified major changes compared to September in individual cases. The canton of Graubünden stands out the most with a 4.4 per cent decline in asking rents. However, “such outliers” are mostly short-term changes, according to the press release. Only the canton of Nidewalden reported an increase in rents of more than 2 per cent month-on-month at 2.1 per cent.

    The experts attest that the eight Swiss cities included in the index are returning “to the expected normality”. They attribute this primarily to the 1.6 per cent growth in asking rents in Zurich and Lausanne. The other six cities analysed showed only marginal changes compared to September. In a year-on-year comparison, however, significant growth was observed in all eight cities. This was strongest in the city of Lucerne at 7 per cent.

    Homegate is a division of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG. This combines the digital marketplaces of TX Group, Ringier and Mobiliar.

  • Development of asking rents varies

    Development of asking rents varies

    The monthly rental index compiled by the digital real estate marketplace Homegate in collaboration with Zürcher Kantonalbank closed at 128.7 points in July. Compared to the previous month, the index rose by 0.2 percent, Homegate reported in a press release. A year-on-year increase of 5.2 percent was observed across Switzerland.

    In a year-on-year comparison, rents rose in all cantons, Homegate reports. However, the real estate marketplace’s experts have observed different developments month-on-month. For example, rents in the cantons of Uri, Glarus, Ticino and Thurgau rose by between 1.9 and 0.6 percent. Rents were lower than in June in around a third of these cantons. The sharpest decline was observed in Nidwalden with a drop of 1.2%. In the other cantons, asking rents remained stable compared to June.

    The eight Swiss cities included in the index also showed different trends in a month-on-month comparison. For example, rents in Lugano and Zurich rose by 1.0% and 0.7% respectively in July. At the same time, asking rents in Lucerne and Geneva fell by 1.5% and 1.2% respectively. Year-on-year, rents rose in all eight cities. The most significant increases were recorded in Lucerne and Zurich, at 8.1% and 7.9% respectively.

    Homegate is a division of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG. This combines the digital marketplaces of TX Group, Ringier and Mobiliar.

  • Differentiated development of asking rents in Switzerland at the beginning of the year

    Differentiated development of asking rents in Switzerland at the beginning of the year

    At the beginning of the year, the Swiss property market recorded a mixed trend in asking rents. While the Homegate rent index reports a slight increase of 0.3 per cent at national level, the cantonal and urban data reveals a mixed picture. For example, the canton of Schwyz saw a decline of 2.6 per cent, while Nidwalden recorded an increase of 3.7 per cent. Zurich also recorded a slight decline in asking rents for the first time in months.

    This index, which is calculated in cooperation between Zürcher Kantonalbank and the property marketplace Homegate, is based on the hedonic method, which measures changes in rents taking into account the quality, location and size of the flats. In January, the index rose by 0.4 points to 125.6, which corresponds to a monthly increase of 0.3 per cent. Compared to the previous year, asking rents rose by 1.9 per cent nationwide.

    Cantonal fluctuations were particularly pronounced in January, with changes of over 6 percentage points. While some cantons such as Valais and Appenzell recorded an increase, others such as Glarus and Basel-Stadt experienced a decline. Despite the slight decline in the canton of Zurich since August 2023, the canton still shows considerable year-on-year growth of 7.1 per cent.

    In the cities, Lausanne and Lugano saw a decrease in asking rents, while Zurich and Bern experienced an increase. With annual growth of 11.5 per cent, Zurich remains at the forefront of rental price development among the cities surveyed. Geneva, Lucerne and Berne also recorded significant increases.

    The rental index serves as an important reference source for property professionals in order to realistically reflect the price development of rental properties. The latest data emphasises the importance of taking a differentiated view of the market in order to fully capture and understand the dynamics of asking rents in Switzerland.

  • Asking rents on the rise throughout Switzerland

    Asking rents on the rise throughout Switzerland

    The monthly rental index compiled by the digital property marketplace Homegate in collaboration with Zürcher Kantonalbank closed at 123.8 points in October. Compared to the previous month, the index rose by 0.4 per cent overall, Homegate reported in a press release. A year-on-year increase of 4 per cent was observed across Switzerland.

    In a year-on-year comparison, rents rose in all cantons, Homegate reports. At 7.5 per cent, they rose the most in Glarus. This was followed by Valais, the two (combined) cantons of Appenzell, Zurich, Schaffhausen and Schwyz with increases of between 6.9 and 5.3 per cent. The eight Swiss cities included in the index also recorded year-on-year increases in asking rents.

    Compared to September, rents rose in most of the cantons and six of the eight cities included in the index. The experts from Immobilienmarktplatz and Kantonalbank only observed a slight decline in asking rents in the cantons of Obwalden, Nidwalden and Schwyz as well as in the cities of Geneva and St.Gallen. Within the cantons, rents rose the most in Glarus, Schaffhausen and Uri. In the cities, the highest increases were observed in Zurich, Geneva, Bern and Lugano.

    Homegate is a division of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG. This combines the digital marketplaces of TX Group, Ringier and Mobiliar.

  • Rents in large cities stable to declining – only Zurich with significant increase

    Rents in large cities stable to declining – only Zurich with significant increase

    The Homegate rent index for asking rents is compiled by the real estate marketplace Homegate in cooperation with Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB). It measures the monthly, quality-adjusted change in rents for new and re-let flats based on current market offers. Compared to the previous month, the index increased by 0.5 points in March and now stands at 120.7 points (plus 0.4 percent). Compared to the previous year, asking rents rose by 2.8 per cent across Switzerland.

    Change in the cities
    Of the eight Swiss cities surveyed, only Zurich saw a significant increase in asking rents in April: Here, advertised rents rose by 1.8 per cent, which is significantly more than the 0.6 per cent increase in the canton of Zurich. In most of the other cities surveyed, however, asking rents remained relatively stable within a range of plus 0.3 per cent in St. Gallen and minus 0.3 per cent in Lausanne. In contrast, asking rents declined significantly in Bern (0.8 per cent) and Lucerne (1.4 per cent). However, the year-on-year comparison shows a positive trend without exception, led by the cities of Zurich (8.2 per cent) and Lugano (6.8 per cent). Only in Lausanne are asking rents unchanged compared to April 2022.

    Change in the cantons
    The picture is different at cantonal level. Here, all but two cantons show a neutral or positive development in asking rents in April. Only in Graubünden did the advertised rents decline by 1.2 per cent, in Lucerne the decline was 0.2 per cent. In all other cantons, advertised rents either remained unchanged or rose by up to 2.4 per cent (Schwyz) last month. In addition to Schwyz, the cantons of Nidwalden (1.4 per cent) and Uri (1.3 per cent) are among those with an above-average increase. While Uri has thus reached a new high since the beginning of the measurement period, the asking rents in Nidwalden were already higher once during a few months in 2022. Looking back over the year, however, there are clear plus signs for asking rents at the cantonal level. All cantons show an increase of between one and six per cent, led by Glarus (6 per cent), Uri (4.7 per cent), Valais (4.5 per cent) and Appenzell (4.3 per cent). But even in the canton of Graubünden, which was the only canton to record a marked decline in asking rents in April, they rose by 2 per cent compared to the previous year.

    Quality adjustment method
    The development of asking rents in Switzerland is corrected for the different quality, location and size of the flats. The advantage of this so-called hedonic method is that the real rental price development for new and re-let flats is shown on Homegate. The Homegate rent index is the oldest quality-adjusted rent index in Switzerland and is considered a reference source for real estate professionals for determining the price of rental properties.

  • Swiss asking rents are already rising again

    Swiss asking rents are already rising again

    The Homegate rent index for asking rents is collected by the real estate marketplace Homegate in cooperation with the Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB). It measures the monthly, quality-adjusted change in rental prices for new and re-let apartments based on current market offers. The index shows a slight increase of 0.3 points compared to the previous month at 118.1 points (plus 0.3 percent compared to the previous month). Compared to the previous high of June 2022, the index has increased by almost 0.2 percent. In a year-on-year comparison, asking rents across Switzerland have risen by 2.3 percent.

    Change in the cantons
    Looking at the cantons, it is again striking that in August compared to the previous month, only a few cantons showed major changes in asking rents, while the majority of cantons only saw changes of 0.5 percent or less. Only in the cantons of Geneva (1 percent), Bern (0.7 percent) and Obwalden (0.7 percent) have advertised rents increased by more than this mark. It is striking that asking rents have risen in all cantons without exception, especially in the mountain regions: Nidwalden (6.5 percent), Obwalden (4.6 percent) and Graubünden (4.1 percent). A total of eleven cantons recorded an increase compared to the previous year, which is higher than the national average of 2.3 percent.

    change in the cities
    In the surveyed Swiss cities, meanwhile, there were clear changes in August. These are more than 0.5 percent in five out of eight cases. In August alone, asking rents in Lucerne (1.1 percent), Bern (1.1 percent) and Geneva (1 percent) increased by a good one percent. In all three cases, however, this increase also accounts for a considerable part of the increase compared to the previous year, which is around 1.5 percent for each of the three cities. The situation is different in Zurich or Basel: While the asking rents in August changed only minimally compared to July, both cities recorded significant growth compared to the previous year of 5.6 percent in Zurich and 2.9 percent in Basel.

    Method of quality adjustment
    The development of asking rents in Switzerland is corrected for the different quality, location and size of the apartments. The advantage of this so-called hedonic method is that the real rental price development for new apartments and apartments to be rented again is shown on Homegate. The Homegate rental index is the oldest quality-adjusted rental price index in Switzerland and is considered a reference source for real estate professionals to determine the price of rental properties.

  • Asking rents remain stable month-on-month

    Asking rents remain stable month-on-month

    The rental index, which is collected monthly by the digital real estate marketplace Homegate in cooperation with the Zürcher Kantonalbank , closed July at 117.7 points, Homegate informed in a press release . Compared to the previous month, advertised rents fell by an average of 0.2 percent across Switzerland. The analysts of the index have observed different developments within the individual cantons.

    Rents have remained relatively stable in most cantons. In Zug, Graubünden, Geneva and Glarus, however, the analysts observed significant declines of between 3.9 and 1.3 percent. Year-on-year, rents increased across all cantons.

    Of the eight cities examined in the index, the analysts only observed a month-on-month increase in asking rents in Basel and Lucerne. Rents fell slightly in the other cities, but more sharply in Geneva and Lausanne, each by 1.6 percent. Compared to July 2021, asking rents have risen in all cities, with the strongest increase in Zurich at 6.4 percent.

    When recording rental price changes for the rental index, the rental prices are corrected for different quality, location and size of the apartments, explains Homegate. This makes it possible to record the actual rental price development.

    Homegate is a division of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG . This combines the digital marketplaces of TX Group , Ringier and Mobiliar .

  • Asking rents continue to rise

    Asking rents continue to rise

    The Homegate rental index now stands at 117.9 points. This means that asking rents increased again by 0.3 percent in June, and by 1.3 percent since the beginning of the year. According to a media release from the real estate marketplace, this is “in stark contrast to the rental price development before the COVID 19 pandemic, when rising vacancies in the Swiss rental apartment market caused nervousness among investors”.

    Because the net rents have also become more expensive, the increased energy costs alone cannot be held responsible. In fact, building applications have been declining for the last two years. At the same time, there is brisk demand for rental apartments. “So just a few years ago there was concern about an oversupply of rental apartments, but these are again extremely scarce in sought-after locations.”

    Homegate describes the half-year increases in the cantons of Zug (5.4 percent) and Graubünden as well as in Appenzell (4.3 percent each) as remarkable. The increases were lowest in the cantons of Basel-Landschaft (0.6 percent) and Ticino (0.5 percent).

    In the cities, demand has increased again since the infrastructure started up again after the first phases of the pandemic, particularly in Zurich (4.8 percent). Lausanne (2.5 percent) and Lugano (1.8 percent) were also above the national average. Only in St.Gallen were rents slightly down (minus 0.2 percent).

  • Asking rents remain stable in April

    Asking rents remain stable in April

    The monthly rental index collected by the digital real estate marketplace Homegate in cooperation with the Zürcher Kantonalbank ( ZKB ) was stable in April. According to the media release , asking rents in Switzerland rose minimally by 0.2 percent. The index now stands at 117.4 points. Asking rents rose the most in the last month, at around 1.7 percent, in the canton of Nidwalden. They have fallen significantly in the canton of Zug by around 2 percent. In the other cantons, asking rents also remained stable in April, with fluctuations of less than 1 percent.

    In the cities surveyed, too, the development of asking rents was similarly stable as at the cantonal level. According to the announcement, the biggest change was in Zurich, where asking rents rose by 1 percent. This continues a development of the last five months, in which asking rents there increased by 4.3 percent. Lugano reports the lowest value among the cities at 0.5 percent. Despite the decline in April, Lugano still recorded an increase of 2.1 percent compared to the previous year. However, Homegate reports that it is a long way from the peak in July 2016.

    When recording the rental price changes for the rental index, the rental prices are corrected for different quality, location and size of the apartments, the communication explains. This makes it possible to record the actual rental price development.

    Homegate was founded in 2001 and is a division of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG .

  • Rental prices rose slightly by 0.26 percent in February

    Rental prices rose slightly by 0.26 percent in February

    The rental index of the online real estate marketplace homegate.ch in cooperation with the Zürcher Kantonalbank rose again in February. According to a press release , rental prices rose slightly by 0.26 percent. The index was thus slightly higher than in the previous month at 117 points.

    Rental prices have risen in almost all cantons and cities, above all in the canton of Graubünden by 2.15 percent. There was a drop in rents there in January, which has now been offset by the increase in February. In addition to Graubünden, Appenzell, Glarus, Schwyz and Valais also recorded an increase of more than 1 percent in February.

    With the exception of Bern and St.Gallen, rents rose in all cities in February, with the strongest increases in Lausanne at 1.7 percent and Lugano at 1.41 percent. In the respective cantons of Vaud and Ticino, on the other hand, prices rose less sharply or even fell.

    Rents in the canton of Zug have fallen by 0.56 percent. Rents rose significantly here in January. “A comparison of the cantons shows that, in addition to the majority of increases in rents, there have also been fluctuations over the last few months,” says the press release.

  • Asking rents remain largely stable

    Asking rents remain largely stable

    The monthly rental index collected by the digital real estate marketplace homegate.ch from the TX Group in cooperation with the Zürcher Kantonalbank increased by 0.3 points to 116.7 points in January compared to December 2021, homegate.ch explains in a corresponding statement . The analysts explain that the asking rents in most cantons have not increased at all or only slightly. On average, however, there is an increase of 0.26 percent.

    The analysts registered above-average increases of 1.45 and 3.85 percent in the cantons of Nidwalden and Zug in the reporting period. In contrast, asking rents in the cantons of Graubünden, Valais, Schaffhausen and Geneva were between 2.01 and 0.08 percent lower than in December 2021.

    In contrast, the analysts observed rising rents almost everywhere in the cities surveyed. The only exceptions were St.Gallen and Lucerne. Here, the asking rents were 0.77 and 0.40 percent lower than in December 2021. The city of Bern showed the highest increase in a monthly comparison with 0.96 percent.

    When recording the rental price changes for the rental index, the rental prices are corrected for different quality, location and size of the apartments, the communication explains. This makes it possible to record the actual rental price development.

  • Falling vacancies are driving the strongest rental growth since 2014

    Falling vacancies are driving the strongest rental growth since 2014

    The rent index compiled by the real estate marketplace homegate.ch from TX Group in cooperation with Zürcher Kantonalbank ( ZKB ) shows a 1 percent increase in asking rents in Switzerland for the past year. According to a press release , this is the strongest rental growth since 2014. The development varied from region to region. While the mountain regions increased in 2021, growth slowed in many centers. The index rose again in December 2021 compared to the previous month by 0.3 points to 116.4 points. That is an increase of 1.04 percent compared to the previous year.

    According to the press release, the Swiss rental housing market has been characterized by rising vacancies for years. A targeted reduction in the number of new buildings in regions with high vacancies caused rental prices to rise. With a plus of one percent, asking rents in 2021 recorded moderate, but nonetheless the strongest growth since 2014. In the corona pandemic, the willingness to spend on housing also tended to increase somewhat.

    The development varied from region to region. The trend in asking rents in French-speaking Switzerland was mostly down. Valais and Vaud recorded positive increases, while in the rest of western Switzerland mainly rent declines predominated, according to the announcement. In the canton of Zurich, rents rose by 1.1 percent and in Aargau by 2.1 percent. The increase was clearer in the mountain regions. In Graubünden, asking rents rose by 4.7 percent, in Uri and Nidwalden by 2.7 percent and 2.5 percent. The increase can be explained by the popularity of holiday properties in the mountains during the corona pandemic.

    In larger cities, asking rents even fell in some cases, in Geneva by 1.9 percent and in Lausanne by 0.3 percent. Zurich shows only a small growth of 0.5 percent. The front runner is Bern with annual growth of 2.6 percent.

  • Asking rents continue to rise

    Asking rents continue to rise

    The monthly rent index compiled by the digital real estate marketplace homegate.ch from TX Group in cooperation with Zürcher Kantonalbank rose by 0.17 points to 116.1 points across Switzerland in November compared to October, explains homegate.ch in a corresponding message . The analysts write that the index has already exceeded its high in October. Over the past twelve months they have observed an increase in asking rents of 0.96 percent.

    In the month under review, rents rose in most of the cantons, the press release explains. The analysts observed the strongest growth of 2.33 percent in the canton of Graubünden. In Zug and Schwyz, too, asking rents rose at an above-average rate of 2.04 and 0.59 percent. In the cantons of Nidwalden and Neuchâtel, on the other hand, asking rents in November were 0.49 and 0.81 percent lower than in October.

    In terms of cities, the analysts point to striking declines in asking rents in Zurich (-0.82 percent) and Geneva (-0.79 percent). The asking rents in Lausanne and Lucerne rose the most in comparison to October, at 0.30 percent each.

    When recording the rental price changes for the rental index, the rental prices are corrected for different quality, location and size of the apartments, is explained in the communication. This makes it possible to record the actual rental price development.

  • Adjusted asking rents rise slightly

    Adjusted asking rents rise slightly

    The monthly rent index compiled by the digital real estate marketplace homegate.ch from TX Group in cooperation with Zürcher Kantonalbank rose by 0.2 percent to 115.7 points across Switzerland in September compared to August, explains homegate.ch in a corresponding message . An increase of 0.8 percent has been observed over the past twelve months. In the individual cantons and cities, the index analysts observed different developments on a monthly basis.

    In some cantons, the changes compared to the previous month were stronger than usual, according to the announcement. The analysts observed the strongest increase in asking rents at 3.69 percent in Graubünden. But asking rents in Nidwalden and Uri also rose by a high 1.69 and 1.38 percent, respectively. In the cantons of Zug and Neuchâtel, on the other hand, asking rents were 1.25 and 1.21 percent lower than in August. With the exception of Lugano (+1.72 percent), the analysts recorded rather minor changes in the cities compared to the previous month.

    “The moving month of September was not only an active time for those moving, the asking rents also reflected this”, Fabian Korn from homegate.ch is quoted in the message. “It will be exciting to see how this will develop with the falling temperatures.”

    When recording the rental price changes for the rental index, the rental prices are corrected for different quality, location and size of the apartments, is explained in the communication. This makes it possible to record the actual rental price development.

  • Rents remain unchanged

    Rents remain unchanged

    The monthly rent index compiled by the digital real estate marketplace homegate.ch from TX Group in cooperation with Zürcher Kantonalbank closed unchanged at 115.4 points in July compared to June, explains homegate.ch in a corresponding message . In contrast, an increase in rental prices of around 0.7 percent has been observed over the past twelve months. In the individual cantons and cities, the index analysts observed different developments on a monthly basis.

    In the cantons of Geneva and Zug, asking rents in July were 2.5 and 3.5 percent lower than in June. In the cantons of Obwalden and Graubünden, however, they increased by around 1 percent each. “Given these fluctuations, when looking for a property it can be worthwhile to look outside the box and compare offers well over time,” said Fabian Korn from Homegate in the press release. In most of the other cantons, only minor changes in rental prices were observed.

    In terms of cities, the analysts highlight the city of Geneva with a decline of 2.15 percent in July. At the other end of the scale is Lugano, with asking rents up 0.7 percent compared to June. The communication provides an interactive overview of developments in the cantons and metropolises.

    When recording the rental price changes for the rental index, the rental prices are corrected for different quality, location and size of the apartments, is explained in the communication. This makes it possible to record the actual rental price development.

  • April rents rise by almost 1 percent

    April rents rise by almost 1 percent

    The homegate-ch asking rent index was unchanged in April compared to the previous month at 115.6 points. The rent for apartments to be re-let, on the other hand, rose by an average of 0.96 percent. This index is calculated monthly in cooperation with Zürcher Kantonalbank . It shows the quality-adjusted change in rental prices for new and re-let apartments based on current market offers.

    “As usual,” the rents developed differently depending on the canton, according to homegate.ch in a press release. According to this, the asking rents recorded an increase in rents, especially in the cantons of Bern (0.26 percent), Thurgau (0.52 percent) and Vaud (0.24 percent). In the canton of Geneva, asking rents have fallen by 0.93 percent. A similar picture emerges in the cities. The city of Geneva in particular recorded a decline of 1.27 percent.

    According to the company, the homegate.ch asking rent index is the oldest quality-adjusted rental price index in Switzerland. Real estate professionals use it as a reference source for determining the price of rental properties.

  • Asking rents continue to rise

    Asking rents continue to rise

    The coronavirus pandemic has hardly left any traces on the market for rental apartments, writes homegate.ch in a message on the annual review of the homegate.ch rental index. It is created monthly by the real estate portal owned by the TX Group in collaboration with Zürcher Kantonalbank . For 2020, the rent index shows an increase in asking rents for apartments of 0.9 percent year-on-year. This means that apartment rents have even risen faster than in the previous year, explains homegate.ch.

    The analysts observed the sharpest increase in rental prices in the year under review with 2.7 percent in Appenzell. In the cantons of Geneva, Thurgau, Zug, Graubünden and Zurich, rents have also risen faster than the Swiss average, with values between 2.6 and 2.3 percent, the press release explains. Rising net immigration is mentioned as the background for the rental price development.

    The gap in rent prices between urban and rural cantons that had prevailed in previous years was weakened in the reporting year, the analysts further explain in the press release. On the one hand, they attribute this to the concentration of the construction industry in urban regions. On the other hand, the work in the home office, which was funded during the pandemic, "led to evasive effects in the countryside". Urban living remains in trend despite the pandemic.