Swiss boarding schools and property nearby: how they actually connect
A school comes up in almost every conversation about Swiss property. That is not accidental — but Switzerland separates three things that other countries connect.
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What a property buyer needs to know about Switzerland: the rules for a foreigner, how a purchase runs, taxes and letting. One question per write-up.
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Owner taxes in Switzerland: Eigenmietwert, wealth tax and the cantonal difference
The Swiss system surprises almost every arriving owner: the state treats living in your own house as income. The mechanism is called imputed rental value.
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Property in Switzerland: Lex Koller and cantonal quotas
The only market on this list where a foreigner’s purchase is limited not by tax or by price but by a direct federal prohibition with exceptions.
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Swiss mortgage for non-residents: why a low interest rate does not mean an easy loan
Swiss rates are among the lowest in the world, but a bank lends a non-resident less and asks for more. The deposit, amortisation down to two-thirds of value, the affordability rule and the first mortgage nobody repays.
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Zermatt, St. Moritz and Verbier: How Switzerland’s Three Resort Markets Differ
The country’s three flagship Alpine addresses run on different rules — cantonal language, buyer type, second-home restrictions and how accessible each one actually is to a non-resident. Why supply stays tight everywhere.
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Andermatt: The One Exception to Switzerland’s Lex Koller, and How It Works
In Switzerland, a foreigner buys under a cantonal quota and permit. The resort of Andermatt got a special regime instead: homes in the project sell to non-residents with no quota at all. Why, and what it means for a buyer.
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