Switzerland’s property market is expected to feel the impact of demographic change increasingly sharply over the coming years. An ageing population and growing demand for smaller homes are likely to put pressure on some regions. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox MoneyPark’s property analysts have reached this conclusion: demographic trends are creating deep structural challenges for the housing market in several Swiss cantons. According to the report published on Wednesday, the impact is particularly acute in ten of the country’s worst‑affected cantons. Demographic pressures These include canton Ticino, Bern, Neuchâtel, Jura, Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Graubünden, Glarus and Schaffhausen. Together, they account for roughly 23% of Switzerland’s total mortgage volume. At the same time, these cantons are undergoing the sharpest demographic shifts and, according to the study, are already seeing housing demand stagnate or even start to fall.
