Economics

Swiss Regulator Calls for Measures to Avert Property Bubble

  • IMF and SNB have warned of residential property risks
  • Finma says that regulation or self-regulation is needed

Traditional Swiss residential properties on a mountainside in Adelboden, Switzerland

Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg
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Warnings about risks in Switzerland’s property market reached fever pitch, with the banking regulator calling for broad measures to curb overheating in buy-to-let real estate.