(Financial) services Investment properties continue to rise in price despite stagnating rents
Although rents stagnated or fell in the final quarter of last year, prices for investment properties continued to rise. Both apartment buildings and office properties have become more expensive.
21.02.2025, 11:55
SDA
Market rents fell compared to the previous quarter in all eight regions surveyed except the Jura. This is according to the analysis published on Friday by Fahrländer Partner Raumentwicklung (FPRE). Rents for new contracts for newly built apartments fell by 0.6 percent. In contrast, rents for older apartments remained almost stable over the same period (-0.1 percent).
However, a comparison of rents with the same quarter of the previous year reveals a different picture. Rents for new apartments (+1.4 percent) and older apartments (+2.7 percent) as well as for office space (+1.2 percent) increased.
Prices for apartment buildings also increased, by 2.6% compared to the previous quarter and by a whopping 8.6% compared to the same quarter of the previous year. However, they are still 5.2 percent below the peak at the beginning of 2022, wrote the real estate consultant.
Transaction prices for office properties developed similarly. These also became more expensive in the fourth quarter, namely by 3.6 percent compared to the previous quarter and by 7.4 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
