Swiss rental prices drop for first time in five years

Switzerland recorded its first annual decline in advertised rental prices since 2019, according to data from the Swiss Real Estate Institute’s Rental Home Market Price Analysis (ReMPA) commissioned by Newhome. Between July 2025 and July 2026, average advertised rents fell by 1.7 percent across the country, reversing five years of upward trends. This contrasts with the hedonically adjusted Homegate Mietindex, which showed predominantly rising prices over the same period, though the two metrics are not directly comparable due to differing methodologies—ReMPA includes all advertised listings without quality or location adjustments, while Homegate uses a weighted index to account for amenities and geography.