{"id":1716,"date":"2014-10-15T21:48:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T19:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2014-10-16T07:05:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T05:05:28","slug":"alpine-property-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/uncategorized\/alpine-property-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpine Property Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saville’s, the London-based property services group, published its annual survey of the Alpine property market. It is an interesting read, and in tribute to the Economist’s Big Mac index publishes a Kakao index – how much is a hot chocolate.
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\nOn this index Gstaad<\/a>, St Moritz<\/a> and Saas-Fee<\/a> rate amongst the ten most expensive resorts in the Alps, but perhaps more surprisingly is that Switzerland isn’t consistently the most expensive. Indeed, on a number of criteria, Switzerland is not so expensive, although it languishes a distant fourth in terms of number of ski visits amongst the Alpine nations. However, it also boasts the best resorts in terms of season duration and snow conditions.<\/p>\n

The report focuses on premium ski resorts and the prices are truly eye-watering. However, what interests me as a potential investor in the Swiss property market, is the spread of prices. A small village, with good transport links to a major ski area, provides properties at a tenth of the price of property in a resort like Verbier<\/a>. The discerning Swiss property buyer can still find bargains. For those who have money to burn, however, a chalet in Verbier<\/a> recently came on the market for a mere 45 million euros!<\/p>\n

The full report from Saville’s is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saville’s, the London-based property services group, published its annual survey of the Alpine property market. It is an interesting read, and in tribute to the Economist’s Big Mac index publishes a Kakao index – how much is a hot chocolate. On this index Gstaad, St Moritz and Saas-Fee rate amongst the ten most expensive resorts … <\/p>\n

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