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According to Raiffeisen Switzerland, prices for owner-occupied homes continued to grow overall despite persistently higher interest rates. In the first quarter of 2023, condominiums cost 2.4 percent more than in the previous quarter. The strongest price increases within a year for single-family homes were recorded in Central Switzerland and Eastern Switzerland, and the prices for condominiums rose the most in the last four quarters around Lake Geneva.

Things break all the time in our everyday lives. Instead of repairing, we often immediately buy a replacement. Growing mountains of waste, increasing CO2 emissions and a senseless exploitation of resources are the consequences. The exhibition Repair Revolution! at the Museum für Gestaltung Zurich presents the vision of a repair society until 15 October 2023 and examines the role of design on the way there.

With rising mortgage rates, many property owners are asking themselves whether they should now reduce the debt and interest burden by paying off the mortgage. In its recently published article on this topic, however, UBS advises against this and recommends investing in longer-term capital investments with the liquid assets.