Professor of economic geography Christian Hilber explains why the situation on the local housing market is nowhere near as tense as in Great Britain – but why it could become so.
A rare sight: an empty apartment in Zurich, photographed after moving last September.
Christian Hilber is a professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics (LSE) and an expert in housing supply and urban development. The real estate economist advises international bodies such as the British Ministry of Finance and has published in leading specialist journals. His research focuses on housing and land policy. In the spring, Hilber took on a part-time professorship at the University of Zurich.
