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There is a well-known credo when it comes to property valuation – and that is: location, location, location. Now the online magazine Luxury Defined from Christie’s International Real Estate has recently discovered that the positive rating of restaurants in the neighbourhood can also have a positive influence on the value of properties.

According to Raiffeisen Switzerland, price momentum is picking up again: prices for single-family homes rose by 1.6 percent in the third quarter of 2024, condominiums cost 0.9 percent more than in the previous quarter, single-family homes in the centres and urban regions recorded the strongest price increases in a year and prices for condominiums rose the most in Central Switzerland in the past four quarters.

Anyone who owns a residential property is confronted with various value concepts over time. They all relate to the property, but have very different meanings. In a two-part series, HUGO Steiner AG presents the most important definitions.