Study on home ownership in Switzerland published
Houzy has published a study on the behaviour of homeowners. It is intended to illustrate both the current and future behaviour of homeowners.
Houzy, the Zurich-based platform for homeowners, has commissioned and published a recent study. According to a press release, the company wanted to collect data on the current and future behaviour of homeowners in Switzerland. Houzy surveyed 80,000 households online for the representative study. 1906 house and apartment owners answered the questionnaire from January to the end of March 2024. Three quarters of them were house owners and one quarter flat owners.
The study focussed on the areas of renovation, heating and energy supply. It revealed that 69.4 per cent of all homeowners used tradesman services in the past year. The average order volume was CHF 15,000.
In addition to renovations, the focus was also on alternative heating systems. 5 per cent of homeowners plan to modernise their heating systems and find alternatives to fossil fuels in 2024. At the same time, 33.5 per cent of households that still use oil and 8.85 per cent of those that use gas want to change their heating systems. One tenth of Swiss homeowners are planning to install solar panels this year in order to produce at least some of the electricity they need themselves.
Another focus was on intentions to sell residential property. A seventh of the homeowners surveyed expressed such intentions. of these, 20 per cent would still like to sell their home in 2024. Extrapolated, this means that 3.2 per cent of all houses and flats in Switzerland will come onto the market this year, according to the press release.