(Bloomberg) -- Risks to the Swiss property market remained elevated in the second quarter of 2016, with rock-bottom interest rates propping up demand for residential assets to be rented out for investment purposes. Still, UBS Group AG's index experienced a “slight” decrease in the period, according to economists Matthias Holzhey and Claudio Saputelli. That's because of a slowdown in the pace of mortgage growth and a 0.6 percent decline in home prices on an inflation-adjusted basis.
--With assistance from Mark Evans To contact the reporter on this story: Catherine Bosley in Zurich at cbosley1@bloomberg.net. To contact the editors responsible for this story: Fergal O'Brien at fobrien@bloomberg.net, Zoe Schneeweiss, Sheldon Reback
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