Home value estimator Montreux: get your apartment or house appraised

Condominiums listed in Montreux have a median price of CHF 10,818 per m². The middle half of listings ranges from CHF 9,171 to 13,020. For a 4.5-room apartment, sellers ask a median of CHF 1,290,000. Single-family homes are at CHF 10,562 per m², or CHF 2,550,000 as a whole. The figures are based on 986 apartment and 325 house listings from October 2025 to September 2026.

Calculated over two years, the city median is CHF 10,550 per m². The most expensive locality is Montreux with postcode 1820, at 6 percent above this median. Brent is at the city median. Clarens is 6 percent less expensive. Chernex and Chailly-Montreux are 14 and 16 percent below it. That puts CHF 2,360 per m² between the most and the least expensive locality. There are too few listings for Territet, Glion, Caux, Chamby and Les Avants.

Not across the board. In La Tour-de-Peilz, apartments cost 20 percent more than in Montreux. Houses there are 17 percent more expensive as well. Blonay - Saint-Légier is about the same for both apartments and houses. Houses in Haut-Intyamon, in the neighboring canton of Fribourg, cost 41 percent less. Veytaux and Noville have too few listings. The comparison covers listings from October 2024 to September 2026.

On September 30, 2026, comparis.ch listed 375 apartments and 163 houses in Montreux. For apartments, that is almost the same as a year earlier, when there were 377. Across Switzerland, the supply of apartments fell by 1 percent. In Montreux, the number of houses on offer was 13 percent lower. Nationwide, it rose by 5 percent. Of the apartment listings from the last twelve months, 6.3 percent were new builds.

It all starts with the free online estimate from Comparis. You enter the location, living space, year of construction and features in about three minutes. You receive the estimate as soon as you have confirmed your e-mail address.

For a more precise value, property experts from the Comparis partner network assess your property on site. They look at the locality, lake view, condition and features. Depending on the property, they use the comparison value, the income value or the real value.

For building land, the building zone in the municipality’s land use plan is key. For a rented apartment, the experts check whether a permit is required under the LPPPL, Vaud’s law on preserving rental housing.

The land register extract is issued by the Office du registre foncier Est vaudois, the land registry office for eastern Vaud, in Vevey.

The Comparis online estimate costs you nothing, and you make no commitment. Entering the details takes about three minutes, and the result arrives by e-mail.

If you would like an on-site estimate, Comparis puts you in touch with property experts from its partner network. This appointment is also free of charge.

Accuracy pays off. Sellers in Montreux ask a median of CHF 1,290,000 for a 4.5-room apartment. A difference of just 2 percent equals CHF 25,800.

• Locality: Apartments in the locality of Montreux are listed 6 percent above the city median. In Chailly-Montreux, they are 16 percent below it.

• Lake view: A view across Lake Geneva increases the value. How open it is depends on the floor, the orientation and the position on the slope.

• Apartment or house: Houses are listed slightly lower per m² than apartments. As a whole, they have a median price of CHF 2,550,000.

• Second homes: Montreux has a second-home share of 20.3 percent and is subject to the Second Homes Act. New second homes are therefore permitted only to a limited extent.

• Vacancy: On June 1, 2026, 1.34 percent of apartments in Montreux were vacant. In the canton of Vaud, the figure was 0.87 percent.

• Protected status: If a building is listed in the cantonal inventory, this can restrict renovations. The experts check the status.

• Hillside location: On a slope, the natural hazard map and the condition of the retaining walls are part of the assessment.

• Energy: Heating, insulation and the CECB, the cantonal building energy certificate, are factored into the valuation.

Requesting the online estimate takes about three minutes. It arrives by e-mail as soon as you have confirmed your address.

There is no fixed duration for the on-site estimate. Rented apartments, multi-family houses and protected buildings often require additional checks. A written appraisal report takes longer.

One recognized qualification is the Federal Diploma of Higher Education as a real estate appraiser (eidgenössischer Fachausweis). Membership in the SIV (Schweizer Immobilienschätzer-Verband) or in the SVIT chamber of valuation experts (Bewertungsexperten-Kammer SVIT) is a further credential.

In Montreux, local knowledge also matters. Prices differ by up to CHF 2,360 per m² between localities. Property experts from the Comparis partner network know the market on the Vaud Riviera.

A valuation helps you set an asking price that fits the Montreux market. It also helps when dividing an estate or in a divorce. For a sale in the canton of Vaud, the following applies as of October 2026:

• Property gains tax: The canton levies the impôt sur les gains immobiliers (property gains tax) on the profit. The seller pays it. The rate falls with the length of ownership, from 30 percent to 7 percent after 24 years. Proven years of owner occupancy count double.

• Deferral: Will the proceeds go into a new owner-occupied home in Switzerland within a reasonable period? Then the tax can be deferred.

• Deposit: If the sale triggers taxes, 5 percent of the price is deposited with the notary.

• Property transfer tax: Including the municipal surcharge, the droit de mutation (property transfer tax) in Montreux is 3.3 percent. Unless agreed otherwise, the buyer pays it.

• Rented apartment: In the Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut district, selling one in 2026 usually requires a permit under the LPPPL. The application goes to the municipality.

• Energy certificate: From 2027, the buyer receives a CECB or a recognized label no later than at the notarization of the deed.

• Tax value: The estimation fiscale (official tax valuation) is the basis for wealth tax. It is not a sale price.

• Inheritance: Spouses and registered partners inherit tax-free. Children pay only above CHF 1 million per branch of the family.

The purchase contract is notarized by a Vaud notary.

• Land register extract: from the Office du registre foncier Est vaudois in Vevey, with easements and usufruct

• Plans: floor plans with areas according to SIA 416, cadastral map and extract from the land use plan

• Building insurance: policy from the ECA, Vaud’s cantonal building insurer, showing the insured value

• Energy: CECB energy certificate and details of the heating system

• Building permits: for conversions and extensions, and for rented apartments also permits under the LPPPL

• Renovations: year and scope of work on the roof, facade, windows and building services

• Condominium ownership: Règlement de PPE (condominium regulations), minutes of the owners’ meetings and status of the renovation fund

• Rented properties: rental agreements and rent roll

• Protected buildings: documents on the cantonal inventory

The more complete the documents, the more accurate the valuation.