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In view of a possible energy shortage in the coming winter, SVIT Schweiz calls for savings measures by landlords, homeowners and tenants in its latest industry recommendation and gives concrete advice on where to start in the short term.

Various central banks around the world – including the Swiss National Bank – have raised their key interest rates in recent weeks, some of them surprisingly sharply. Two experts from the Zürcher Kantonalbank recently explained in a detailed article what this means for the mortgage market and what homeowners should watch out for.

Demand for residential property remains robust for the time being despite higher interest rates, writes real estate valuation company IAZI AG in its latest release on the development of real estate prices in Switzerland in the second quarter. According to IAZI, prices paid on the market for owner-occupied homes continued to rise slightly in Q2 2022 at 0.7%.