Success in 2023
Despite the difficult market environment, income reached the previous year's level thanks to a moderate increase in margins. A total volume of CHF 918 million (previous year: CHF 1,052 million) was newly placed or extended. Around CHF 349 million of this is attributable to bridging and follow-up financing, which corresponds to an increase of almost 30% in this category. The average loan amount per transaction was CHF 5.4 million. Hyrock has thus strengthened its position as the Swiss market leader both for non-traditional property financing and in the brokerage of mortgages from CHF 2 million.
New Market Head Geneva
The expertise in the management team has been expanded with the appointment of Nicholas Carnahan. In his role as Market Head Geneva, Nicholas Carnahan will be responsible for the Western Switzerland region and will continue to develop this market area. He has many years of experience in business development and finance. Another highlight of the year was the official opening of the new office at Rue du Mont-Blanc 12 in Geneva in June last year.
"In a difficult environment, we were able to keep our earnings constant last year and our business model proved to be very robust."
Ambitious goals for 2024
Hyrock expects the market to recover in 2024, driven by falling market interest rates and easing construction costs. We will continue to focus on our core competency: providing our discerning customers with access to the best balance sheet, entirely in their interests and using non-traditional solutions as required. CEO Alessandro Carroccia summarises: "In a difficult environment, we were able to keep our earnings constant last year and our business model proved to be very robust. This gives us confidence that we will continue to generate added value for our clients from the unique combination of property and finance. I am very much looking forward to further growth."