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The sideways trend in yields on Swiss government bonds and mortgage interest rates that has been ongoing since March continued in May, writes UBS in a recent assessment of the situation. The bond markets continue to assume that the Swiss National Bank (SNB) will lower the key interest rate to 1 per cent in the next 12 months.

The avobis Group recently published its interest rate expectations online. It writes that the latest consumer price data from the USA has also brought a certain degree of calm to the Swiss interest rate markets. Despite a slight rise in inflation in Switzerland in April, the SNB will almost certainly implement a second interest rate cut.

Raiffeisen Switzerland notes that private individuals are increasingly moving away from residential construction. Quote: “In addition to the requirement for high-density construction, which further increases the complexity of construction projects, the flood of regulations, the trend towards larger residential buildings and even certain “prosperity phenomena”, such as the decline in craftsmanship, are also responsible for this development.