Coping with a 35% Rent Increase: Will Housing Costs Ever Go Down?

In December 2022, I saw an apartment listed for 1630 CHF (+210 charges). Now, at the end of 2024, it's listed for 2200 CHF (+210 charges)—a massive 35% hike in just two years.

Even if the government reference rate were reduced, it wouldn’t come close to countering this kind of increase.

How are people maintaining their living standards with rents rising like this? Do you see any chance of housing costs stabilizing or even going down in the future?

by tojig

7 comments

  1. Maybe the apartment was renovated? Do you know this?

    In my opinion, the only possible option that the housing costs go down is if Switzerland goes through a substanial economical crisis. Nothing I would hope for.

  2. it is sadly a very lucrative business and as such attracts greedy and shady people and companys, as bad bad as banksters exploit us monetary wise realtors exploit our housing shortage

  3. Renters are pushovers, and the companies managing properties are sharks. Simple as.

  4. This rent increase is illegal, if you get the apartment you can take the regie to conciliation and get the rent down to normal with not much effort

  7. Does feel like a steep increase however , Isn’t this where a lot of the magnificent 7 / faang people rent? They know they are paid close to million franc packages annually (or more) so this doesn’t little to dent their pockets

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