Swiss property portals compared: which to use

Which Swiss property portal should I use?

It depends on what you need. For the widest choice, start with Homegate or ImmoScout24, the big portals of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group. Because listings can appear on both at once, one of them is usually enough to begin with. To see everything in one place, use an aggregator such as Comparis or RealAdvisor. And if you don’t yet know where you want to live, Homematch helps: it measures every home against your places and suggests municipalities you hadn’t thought of.

• As many listings as possible from one source: Homegate or ImmoScout24, with a search alert.
• All portals in one list: Comparis or RealAdvisor.
• Applying and booking viewings online: Flatfox, where the landlord uses it.
• Regional, backed by cantonal banks: Newhome.
• Buying and judging the price: RealAdvisor and Comparis show prices per municipality, and RealAdvisor values a property for free.
• Not sure where to live, commute matters: Homematch, with travel times to all your places and suggestions beyond the area you searched.

The portals compared

Who owns the Swiss property portals?

Homegate, ImmoScout24 and Flatfox belong to SMG Swiss Marketplace Group. Homegate and ImmoScout24 name the same company in their legal notices, SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG in Zurich. SMG has held the majority of Flatfox since December 2023. SMG has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 19 September 2025; at the end of 2025, TX Group held 31 %, Mobiliar and Ringier about 19 % each and General Atlantic 8 % (Annual Report 2025). Immostreet.ch, home.ch, alle-immobilien.ch and Acheter-Louer.ch are SMG sites too.

Newhome is run by newhome.ch AG. Its shareholders are 19 cantonal banks (through NNH Holding AG), about 500 property companies, AXA and CH Media. Comparis (comparis.ch AG, Zurich) and RealAdvisor (RealAdvisor SA, Plan-les-Ouates GE) are independent companies and aggregators: they show listings advertised on other portals. Homematch is made by peak intelligence AG in Richterswil.

Homegate or ImmoScout24: what is the difference?

Smaller than the two brands suggest. Both belong to the same company and offer nearly the same tools: search alerts, commute-time search, walking time to the nearest station and travel time to places you add yourself (workplace, gym), map search in the app and the MieterPlus subscription. Advertisers can put a listing on both at once. One difference in November 2026: ImmoScout24 has an AI search where you type what you want as a sentence; Homegate has a free-text filter for single words such as “garden”.

In practice: set up your search alert on one of them, and look at the other now and then, because not every advertiser lists on both.

What Flatfox does differently

Flatfox is a marketplace and a tool for property managers at once. You search, apply and book viewings in the Flatfox messenger. Private landlords can run up to two listings free at a time and publish them on other marketplaces in a few clicks. Property managers can connect their software to the largest portals through Flatfox; all communication with applicants then runs in the Flatfox messenger. The Flatfox Priority subscription (from CHF 34.95 a month) lets you contact selected advertisers earlier.

Newhome, Comparis and RealAdvisor

Newhome calls itself the regional property marketplace of Switzerland. Its travel-time search takes several addresses at once, such as your workplace, the daycare and your partner’s flat, with a mode of transport and a maximum time. Search alerts are free.

Comparis says it shows over 120,000 listings from many Swiss portals and, since 2025, direct listings too (as of 13 November 2026). Useful for buyers: if the same property was listed before, you see how its price moved. It also has a quietness index and average square-metre prices per municipality. RealAdvisor combines the big portals’ listings without duplicates and is strongest for buying: a free valuation, a price map for every municipality and a comparison of local agents.

What Homematch does differently

On Homematch you can filter by place the classic way. Its core, though, is the personal feed: it picks homes from across Switzerland by your search, the places that matter to you and the way you browse. Every suggestion says in one sentence why you see it.

• Your places: your workplace, school, your partner’s flat. Each listing shows the travel time to each of them.
• Suggestions beyond your search area: when the commute, the price and the rest fit, Homematch also shows places you didn’t search for, such as Baden, 15 minutes by train from Zürich HB.
• In your own words: type what you’re after and Homematch turns it into a search.
• How a home fits: every listing says in words how it fits your budget, rooms, location and wishes.
• Free for seekers, with no subscription and no paid tier. Apps for iOS and Android, in German, French, Italian and English.

New to Switzerland: which portals work in English?

All seven portals in the table have an English version (checked on 13 November 2026), so the interface won’t hold you back. Two things will: the listings are written by the advertisers, usually in German, French or Italian, and landlords expect a complete application dossier with a Swiss debt-collection extract.

• Language: on Homematch you can have a listing’s description translated, and messages are translated.
• Not knowing the areas yet: add your workplace and, if you have children, the school. Homematch shows the travel time from every home and suggests municipalities that fit; on Homegate, ImmoScout24 and Newhome you can search by commute time.
• The broadest view: set a search alert on Homegate or ImmoScout24 as well. Neither portal is better for expats; both have English.
• Paid early-access subscriptions (MieterPlus, Flatfox Priority) are optional. Every listing stays visible to everyone.
• Before you apply: order a debt-collection extract (CHF 17 to 18 at the debt-collection office of your municipality) and keep your documents in one PDF.

Our guides on the application dossier, the rental deposit (at most three months’ rent) and the moving checklist explain the rest step by step, in English.

Does searching cost anything?

No. Searching, search alerts and inquiries are free on all seven portals. Three also sell paid subscriptions: MieterPlus on Homegate and ImmoScout24 (CHF 46.95 a month on Homegate’s 3-month plan) and Flatfox Priority (from CHF 34.95 a month). They let you contact selected listings, mostly from private landlords, a few days before everyone else; anyone can see them. Both run for at least 2, 3 or 6 months. Work out whether that pays off for your search before you sign up.

How to combine the portals

1. One search alert on Homegate or ImmoScout24 for the area you want. That covers the big advertisers.
2. An aggregator (Comparis or RealAdvisor) now and then, so you don’t miss listings from other portals.
3. Homematch set up with your places: workplace, school, whoever you visit often. You’ll also see municipalities outside your area that fit your day.
4. Your dossier ready as one PDF. For sought-after flats, the first complete application often wins.
5. Spot duplicates: the same flat is often on several portals. Inquire only once per flat.