Real estate, the oldest asset class of all, plays an important role in many investment portfolios. For those who are buying property for their own residence, it’s a decision made both with the head and the heart.
Tim Baumgartner joined the investment team at Kuoni Mueller & Partner as an additional partner on 1st of June 2023. We wanted to know what brought him to KM&P and what goals he has set for himself.
The era of price increases for upscale residential real estate has come to an end for the time being. Prices are expected to stabilize across Switzerland as a whole. In the sale of investment properties, price declines are now to be expected due to the changed interest rate environment - albeit with a time lag. For the indirect real estate investment segment, the recent more positive trend is expected to continue.
Despite the difficult market environment, our valuation experts recorded an increase in demand for property valuations. In the first quarter of 2023 alone, they determined the value for a total of 157 properties. This represents a total volume of over one billion Swiss francs and an increase of 22 percent compared with the same period last year.
Séline Panknin joined Kuoni Mueller & Partner Management AG in mid-March 2023 as Head of Real Estate Management. We wanted to know why she chose Kuoni Mueller & Partner and find out more about her responsibilities.
With its new office in Geneva, KM&P now also offers real estate services for private and commercial investment properties as well as for private residential properties in Western Switzerland. Damien Carénini and Peggy Robillard are the responsible local partners. In this interview, they explain what makes the Geneva real estate market so special and why it is strategically important.