South of Fribourg around its Cistercian abbey, Hauterive brings together Posieux and Ecuvillens in the Sarine countryside.
At CHF 7,200 per m² for a flat, Hauterive sits in the upper band of the Fribourg market. That level usually goes with scarce building land and few sales, so a valuation rests on a thin set of comparables. A gap of 13 percent over the Fribourg median is not statistical noise. It measures what buyers accept to pay for the location itself, and it holds through the cycle instead of appearing in one strong year.
Position 13 of 83 in Fribourg puts Hauterive among communes with similar price levels and often very different housing stock. Two communes can share a rank and still value the same flat differently once age and condition are taken in. Per square metre, a flat in Hauterive at CHF 7,200 costs more than a house at CHF 6,700. Large houses spread their price across surface nobody pays the full rate for: corridors, cellars, attic space under the eaves.
The last twelve months added 3.4 percent in Hauterive. Rises of this order usually come from a shortage of listings rather than from a wave of new buyers, and they unwind faster than they build. The district test is the harder one. Hauterive comes out 6 percent from the Sarine median, measured against communes competing for the same buyers rather than against a whole canton with several markets in it. No single period defines Hauterive, though 2006-2010 leads with 12 percent. That mix works in a buyer's favour, since you can choose between period character and low running costs without leaving the commune.
Average size in Hauterive is 108 m² across 4.0 rooms. Compare your own property with that figure before you read any price per square metre: an outsized home rarely sells at the local rate, and a small one often beats it. Half the flats sold in Hauterive went above CHF 7,200 per m² and half below, which puts the commune 13 percent from the Fribourg median. One exceptional sale barely moves a median, and that is why we use it instead of an average.
The 25-year record opens at CHF 3,800 and closes at CHF 8,100, +113 percent apart. Use it to sanity-check an estimate rather than to project forward, since nothing in the series promises the next decade repeats it. Hauterive turns over enough stock to give a reliable read. The practical benefit shows at negotiation, where both sides can point to comparable sales from the same year, which shortens the distance between asking price and signature. The figures above describe Hauterive, not your property. At this end of the market the distance between the two is where the negotiation happens, so start from a valuation that takes your own characteristics as its input.
Building stock data: Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings, FSO, updated August 3, 2026
Market data updated on August 24, 2026
A range set against the price levels of your commune and the profile of your property.
Value my property →CHF 7,200 per m² is the current median for flats in Hauterive. It covers every sale, new and old, so a renovated flat sits above that line and one still needing works sits below it.
Houses in Hauterive are valued around CHF 6,700 per m² of living space. The plot weighs heavily on that figure, so two houses of identical size can be far apart in price if one has land around it and the other has none.
The dominant band in Hauterive is 2006-2010, which covers 12 percent of homes. Average size runs to 4.0 rooms, so the commune is built mainly for households rather than for single occupants or short stays.