Geneva is currently building new home at a record-breaking rate. Figures from the cantonal statistics office show in the second quarter of this year 815 new housing units became available.
The pace of new homes is not slowing down – there are 7,500 new homes under construction at the moment. The statistics office says that’s a historically high level.
Despite the new homes – the market remains tight. The vacancy rate is the second lowest in the country, after canton Zug.
Summer fires increase
Firefighters across French-speaking Switzerland tackled far more vegetation fires this summer than in any of the past five years
Cheese production suffers after hottest summer on record
This summer's heat has hit Swiss Gruyère cheese production
Music festival in Lausanne this weekend
Lausanne hosts one of the country's biggest showcases of Swiss music this weekend, with 66 free concerts across ten venues from Friday to Sunday
Time limit announced by Lausanne city council
Lausanne's city council has given the municipality six months to ban ventral pinning by its police force
Potential new bank coming to Switzerland
Fintech giant Revolut is applying for a full Swiss banking licence and wants to become Swiss customers' everyday bank
First new AVS payment due
Swiss pensioners will receive their first 13th AVS payment in December, averaging around CHF 1,580
