Prices for Swiss condominiums and single-family homes continued to rise at a high level in the first three months of 2026. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Houses in western Switzerland and Bern were particularly popular. + The impossibility of buying a house in Switzerland Single-family homes were 1.4% more expensive in the first quarter than in the last quarter of 2025, according to the transaction price index from Raiffeisen bank. Condominium prices rose by 1.8% on average. Compared to the first quarter of 2025, prices for single-family homes and condominiums have each climbed by 4.9%. “The high financial attractiveness of home ownership is keeping price momentum high,” Fredy Hasenmaile, chief economist at Raiffeisen Switzerland, stated. + Housing shortages: what works and what doesn’t Regional hotspots From a cantonal perspective, prices for single-family homes rose the most in the Bern and western Switzerland regions compared to the previous year …