House prices in Switzerland: real estate index, single family houses (2000=100)
Switzerland
House prices in Switzerland.
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) publishes an annual and quarterly price index of single family houses in Switzerland, via their monthly statistical bulletin. It stretches back to 2000.
House prices in Switzerland, % change 1 yr
Nominal and inflation-adjusted ('real')
Switzerland
Source: Swiss National Bank
Quarterly change in house prices, inflation-adjusted
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2020 | -0.43% | -0.16% | ||
| 2019 | -0.59% | -1.75% | 0.31% | 0.89% |
| 2018 | -1.11% | -1.28% | 0.04% | -0.24% |
| 2017 | -0.12% | -0.44% | -0.87% | -0.28% |
| 2016 | 0.67% | -0.93% | 1.46% | 0.19% |
| 2015 | 1.65% | 0.40% | 0.59% | 0.36% |
| 2014 | 1.01% | 0.24% | 0.73% | -0.08% |
| 2013 | 1.27% | -0.05% | 1.04% | 0.26% |
| 2012 | 2.29% | -2.02% | 3.10% | 0.93% |
| 2011 | 1.05% | 0.01% | 1.42% | 3.40% |
| 2010 | 1.47% | 0.37% | 1.66% | 1.30% |
| 2009 | 3.44% | 1.14% | 1.96% | 0.39% |
| 2008 | 0.84% | -0.15% | 0.88% | 1.33% |
| 2007 | 1.43% | -1.27% | 0.99% | -0.07% |
| 2006 | 0.63% | -1.52% | 2.17% | 0.14% |
| 2005 | 0.81% | 0.40% | 1.66% | -1.56% |
| 2004 | 0.81% | 1.25% | 1.03% | -1.76% |
| 2003 | 2.05% | 0.66% | 1.96% | -1.66% |
| 2002 | 2.66% | 1.21% | 3.21% | 0.73% |
| 2001 | 1.72% | -0.13% | 2.59% | 0.36% |
| 2000 | 0.14% | 1.84% | -0.92% |
This table shows the change in house prices during a single quarter, adjusted for inflation.
Adjusting house price rises (or declines) for inflation produces a more accurate picture of the change in value of housing than the usual nominal figures cited in the newspapers.
Yearly change in house prices, nominal and inflation-adjusted
| Year | Inflation Adjusted | Nominal Change |
| 2019 | -1.15% | -1.22% |
| 2018 | -2.56% | -1.68% |
| 2017 | -1.70% | -0.95% |
| 2016 | 1.38% | 1.20% |
| 2015 | 3.03% | 1.63% |
| 2014 | 1.91% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 2.54% | 2.51% |
| 2012 | 4.29% | 3.92% |
| 2011 | 5.98% | 5.50% |
| 2010 | 4.88% | 5.21% |
| 2009 | 7.08% | 6.89% |
| 2008 | 2.93% | 4.55% |
| 2007 | 1.06% | 2.76% |
| 2006 | 1.40% | 1.87% |
| 2005 | 1.29% | 2.40% |
| 2004 | 1.31% | 2.70% |
| 2003 | 2.99% | 3.53% |
| 2002 | 8.02% | 9.11% |
| 2001 | 4.60% | 5.03% |
This table shows how house prices have changed over each year. It compares the latest quarter or month of a given year with the same period the year before, so you can quickly see whether prices went up or down over that year.
