Market insights
Buy or rent in 2026? What the numbers actually say
Mortgage rates have settled, rents keep climbing. We ran the math across five Swiss cities to find the real break-even point.
The homehunt journal
Clear thinking on Swiss property
Market data, financing know-how and practical guides — to help you buy, rent, sell and finance with confidence.
Financing
The Swiss affordability rule, explained without the jargon
Why a bank can say no even when you can clearly pay the mortgage — and how the 1/3 and 5% rules really work.
Marco Bernasconi
Buying
The 12-point viewing checklist serious buyers use
What to inspect, what to ask, and the quiet red flags that never make it into the listing photos.
Tobias Meier
Renting
Nebenkosten: what your service charges actually cover
The second number on every Swiss tenancy — decoded line by line, with what’s negotiable and what isn’t.
Sophie Favre
Selling
Home staging that pays for itself
The handful of low-cost changes that consistently lift offers — and the expensive ones that rarely do.
Sophie Favre
Living in CH
Reading a Zürich neighbourhood before you commit
Beyond the postcode — how to judge whether an area fits the next five years of your life.
Lena Hofmann