For the fifth consecutive year, the Swiss housing vacancy rate has fallen to 1% - in other words, 99% of homes in Switzerland are occupied. The shortage of available housing is spread across the country, with some acute hotspots. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to a press release published Tuesday by the Federal Statistical Office, the vacancy rate fell by 0.08 percentage points in one year, from 1.08% to 1%. On June 1, 2025, the reference date, Switzerland had just over 48,000 vacant homes. In the country's seven major regions, this represents nearly 3,600 fewer vacant homes than the previous year. This is the fifth consecutive annual decline. + How bad is Switzerland's housing crisis? The drop in the number of available homes was most marked in canton Ticino, where the share of properties on the market, whether for rent or sale, fell from 2.08% to 1.92%. The Lake Geneva region followed with a decrease from 0.96% to 0.83%. Faced with housing ...
