REAL ESTATE
What gets built, where, and who decides: property in Lugano and Ticino.
Lugano
Short-term rentals in Lugano: 2.57% of homes, mapped district by district
The city executive’s answer to the Zoppi motion: 1,093 listings out of some 42,600 homes, 41.6% of beds in the centre. No immediate rule tightening: annual monitoring, and an Urban Statistics study due in October.
Lugano
Ticino bucks the trend: house prices fall while Switzerland rises
Between March 2025 and March 2026, single-family homes lost 1.9 percent and apartments 2.6 percent, while prices keep rising elsewhere in the country. The median transaction price, however, holds stable at 940,000 francs.
Lugano
Rents in Ticino: listings drop 10.9 percent, average advertised rent at 1,501 francs
For the first time since 2019-2020, advertised rents fall across Switzerland, and Ticino leads the decline. In Lugano, listing volume drops 16 percent and ads stay online longer than the national average.