Switzerland

Swiss Real Estate Sentiment Index 2012 

The KPMG Swiss Real Estate Sentiment Index serves as a advance indicator for anticipated developments in the Swiss real estate investment market.
190 institutional and professional investors and appraisers of Swiss investment real estate took part in the representative survey in 2012. The Index will be updated annually and can be used to measure the expectations of market players to developments over the next 12 months, on a scale of -200 to +200 index points. It is also possible to record the price expectations for investment properties in the real estate market.
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Main index
Price development
Availability
Index points
200 100 0 -100 -200
sign. increasing expectations mod. increasing expectations mod. falling expectations sign. falling expectations
All participants
Insurers
Real estate investment funds
Pension funds
Professional investors
Developers
Real estate companies
Appraisers
Aggregate index
 20.6 37.1 26 34.4 -10 57.1 23.9 8.9
Economic conditions
 -38 -36.8 -11.1 -44.4 -10 0.0 -52 -42.9
Price development
 35.2 55.6 35.3 54.2 0.0 71.4 42.9 21.9
Central locations
 79.2 88.9 100 95.8 26.1 71.4 76.2 94.1
Medium sized towns
 17.7 33.3 31.3 37.5 -21.7 85.7 0.0 12.1
Peripheral locations
 -54.2 -55.6 -37.5 -34.8 -60.9 -42.9 -57.1 -70.6
Residential
 73.4 77.8 93.8 80 43.5 85.7 70 76.5
Office
 -58.7 -50 -31.3 -44 -73.9 -42.9 -57.1 -81.8
Retail
 -45.5 -55.6 -25 -41.7 -26.1 28.6 -57.1 -73.5
Commercial/Industrial
 -57.8 -93.3 -28.6 -54.2 -60.9 -14.3 -66.7 -58.8
Special Purpose Property
 -13.5 -12.5 38.5 14.3 -25 0.0 -64.7 -24.1
Basel
 28.8 29.4 26.6 38.1 0.0 42.8 33.3 37.9
Berne
 5.2 -12.5 -26.6 26.1 -13.0 14.2 -14.2 40
Geneva
 60.9 82.3 66.6 82.6 8.6 100 52.3 66.6
Lausanne
 47 88.2 60 69.5 8.6 57.1 33.3 35.7
Lugano
 1.6 0.0 14.2 45 -28.5 28.5 -18.8 -6.8
Lucerne/Zug
 48.1 82.3 57.1 65.2 17.3 57.1 50 31.03
St. Gallen
 -13 -18.8 0.0 0.0 -39.1 14.2 -30 0.0
Zurich
 66.4 105.8 80 87.5 30.4 71.4 38.1 66.6
Zurich Region
 62.2 88.2 71.4 83.3 26.1 57.1 50 63.3
Central Switzerland
 44.8 52.9 53.8 65.2 17.3 57.1 68.4 25
Northwest Switzerland
 3.1 17.6 -7.1 4.5 -9.1 0.0 21.1 -3.3
Espace Midland
 -17.4 -11.7 0.0 13.6 -43.4 28.5 -42.1 -26.6
Lake Geneva
 60.9 94.1 92.8 70.8 26.1 71.4 45 53.5
South Switzerland
 -2.4 -6.6 23.1 25 -21.7 14.2 -6.3 -17.2
East Switzerland
 -11.3 -5.8 -7.1 -4.5 -13.0 0.0 -15.7 -20
Residential
 -140.2 -164.7 -146.1 -162.5 -142.8 -142.8 -150 -102.9
Office
 -27.6 -29.4 -76.9 -39.1 -18.1 14.2 -65 9.4
Retail
 -31.7 -33.3 -50 -38.1 -45 -28.5 -68.4 9.3
Commercial
 -5 -45.4 8.3 0.0 -5 0.0 -11.1 3.0
Special Purpose Property
 -16.3 0 -36.3 -23.5 -15.3 -57.1 0.0 -3.7

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