Buying property versus renting in Switzerland: What is actually cheaper?

For those who can afford it, buying a place to live in Switzerland is cheaper than renting - particularly for families. Here’s how much you’ll save if you can afford to buy.

How much can it cost you to change apartments in Swiss cities?

In which Swiss canton can you find a rental bargain?

Top ten tips for finding an apartment in Switzerland

Where in Switzerland are you most likely to find properties for rent?

Rents on the rise in Swiss cities

Switzerland sees slight rise in rent prices

Tenant in Switzerland? Here’s how to apply for a rent reduction

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Apartment vacancy rates highlight Switzerland’s rental divide

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Here’s how much rent prices across Switzerland fell by in 2019

Why opposition to cheaper housing is mounting in Switzerland

Why it might better to rent property in Switzerland rather than buy?

Swiss red tape: court rules against retirees’ ‘flashy’ orange house

Here’s what annoys people about their neighbours in Switzerland

House prices in Switzerland set to fall in 2018

Survey: many potential tenants ‘lie’ to secure Swiss apartment

Smokers banned from new Zurich apartment block

Report: Swiss rents set to fall in 2017

Set your own rent would-be tenants urged

Study: a fifth of Swiss spy on neighbours

Zurich rents are most expensive in Switzerland

Swiss rents set to fall for first time in decade

Flat vacancy rate rises across Switzerland

Swiss bank opposes ruling in housing case

Buying Swiss home is ‘cheaper than renting’

Immigration keeps Swiss housing market tight

The biggest challenges of moving to Switzerland

‘Oh God — I’m coming’: noise row goes public

Genevans approve using offices for apartments

Tenants given right to seek rent reductions

Zurich apartments are the country’s costliest

Top tips for finding an apartment in Switzerland

Rental housing reference rate stays unchanged

Airbnb ‘takes homes off Geneva market for locals’

Federal law aims to ease Swiss rent rises

Study: landlords prefer Swiss over immigrants

Swiss housing vacancy rate rises: new figures

Renos take more homes off Geneva market

Property prices plunge in Geneva region: report

Geneva unveils massive housing project plan

Slowdown seen in Swiss housing price hikes

Swiss building provides refuge for the sensitive

Swiss home-hunters face five-month search

Zurich expats see ‘drop in subsidized housing’

Noise looms as problem for one in five Swiss

Swiss rental reference rate stays unchanged

UBS warns of higher Swiss real estate risks

Geneva protestors seek end to housing ‘crisis’

Reference rate signals lower Swiss rents

Geneva more expensive than Zurich for expats

‘Half-room’ sublet in Geneva sparks protest

Swiss ban on toilet flushing ‘an urban myth’

Expat influx continues to push up rents: report

Q4 home construction permits rise sharply

Wait before buying, expat property seekers advised

First high-rise dynamited in Switzerland