Prime Relocation
Full-service relocation · GenèvePrime Relocation is a family-owned relocation agency in Zug, founded in 2006, helping expats, families and HR teams with home search, permits, temporary housing, schools and settling in.
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Home search services in Genève
expat-services.ch lists 13 hand-checked English-speaking home search services in Genève, including City Pop, Firstcaution, goCaution and Hauspass.
Besides English, they also work in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Relocation agencies in Genève.
Home search services in Genève
13 providers
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ReloNest
Destination services · GenèveReloNest is a Zurich-based relocation company, founded in 2023, that provides home search, school search, permits and settling-in help through consultants in nine Swiss cities.
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Auris Relocation
Full-service relocation · GenèveAuris Relocation is a Swiss relocation and global mobility firm with nine offices from Geneva to Lugano, handling permits, home search, schools and moves for companies and families.
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Welcome Service
Full-service relocation · GenèveWelcome Service is a family-owned relocation firm founded in 1990, with offices in Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich, handling permits, home search, schools and settling in for families and HR teams.
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City Pop
Serviced apartments · GenèveFully furnished studios (Pops) booked by app or website for 4 to 52 weeks in Oerlikon, Altstetten and the city. Utilities, Wi-Fi and TV included; cleaning on demand; stay confirmation provided.
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Firstcaution
Rental deposit guarantees · GenèveFINMA-authorised specialist for rent guarantees without bank deposit for private and commercial leases, with flexible payment and help recovering existing deposits.
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goCaution
Rental deposit guarantees · GenèveOnline rental deposit insurance replacing a cash deposit, with pre-approval certificates for applicants, commercial deposit cover and release of existing deposit accounts.
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Hauspass
Apartment search services · GenèveDelegated apartment search on the Lake Geneva arc: daily portal and private-listing monitoring, visits with photo/video reports, dossier preparation, negotiation and lease signing.
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Homenhancement
Serviced apartments · GenèveGeneva-based provider of designed serviced apartments across several Swiss cities for business, family and long stays, plus relocation-oriented rental support.
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HouseScout
Apartment search services · GenèveApartment-hunting service for Canton Zurich and Geneva: matches listings to your profile, visits properties in person and handles landlord communication; priced per service.
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SmartCaution
Rental deposit guarantees · GenèveFINMA-authorised Swiss insurer founded 2007 offering rent guarantees without bank deposit for tenants and companies.
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SwissCaution
Rental deposit guarantees · GenèvePioneer of Swiss rental guarantees without bank deposit: tenant pays an annual premium instead of blocking cash; also commercial leases and provisional certificates.
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UMS Temporary Housing
Serviced apartments · GenèveLong-running Swiss portal and service for furnished temporary apartments and sublets (1+ months), with contract tools, security package and support for expats and relocation clients.
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Local facts
Home search services: what's particular to Geneva
In 2024 the canton recorded 828 sales of existing condominium flats at a median price of CHF 1,300,000, or CHF 10,853 per square metre, and 576 sales of existing houses at a median of CHF 2,197,000 (OCSTAT Mémento 2026, checked ). A sale pays 3% registration duty with no additional centimes, reduced by an indexed CHF 15,000 for a main residence priced up to CHF 1 million, if the buyer lives there for three years (Canton of Geneva, checked ).
Two local rules shape the market. A flat in a category scarce in Geneva can be sold only with the State’s authorisation under article 39 of the LDTR, requested from the housing office OCLPF; an authorisation can be appealed within 30 days of its publication in the official gazette (Canton of Geneva, checked ). Condominium flats in a development zone are subject to State price control for 10 years, and since November 2016 their new owners must occupy them throughout that period (Canton of Geneva, checked ).
Non-residents face the Lex Koller. EU/EFTA nationals without legal domicile in Switzerland, and nationals of other states without the right to settle, request authorisation or a finding that the law does not apply from the Department of Institutions and Digital Affairs, rue de l’Hôtel-de-Ville 14 (Canton of Geneva, checked ). Notary fees follow an official scale, covered under lawyers and notaries in Geneva.
Registering in Geneva
Newcomers announce their arrival to the cantonal population and migration office (OCPM), route de Chancy 88 in Onex (ge.ch OCPM, checked ). Most procedures run online through an e-démarches account on ge.ch, and the counters open by appointment only. The deadline after arrival is 14 days (2026) (ge.ch arrival, checked ), and a first B or L permit costs an EU/EFTA adult CHF 65 (Canton of Geneva, checked ). The steps are in registering at your commune.
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