A medieval lakeside bourg and the last commune before France, Hermance appeals through its preserved authenticity.
Buying in Hermance means paying more per square metre than almost anywhere in Geneva: CHF 14,600 for a flat. The gap holds even on older stock, so renovation work rarely comes off the asking price the way it does elsewhere. 17 sales were entered in the land registry in Hermance over the past 2 years. The median came to CHF 2,350,000 for the whole property, not per square metre. These are signed deeds, not asking prices. Paying 24 percent more than the cantonal median buys location, not floor space. The same budget moved to a neighbouring commune would typically add a room, and that is the trade most buyers here have already made.
Position 6 of 45 in Geneva puts Hermance 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. The 20 percent premium on flats over houses in Hermance is unusual and needs reading carefully. It normally means the flats sold recently were new or central, while the houses were older and priced mainly on their land.
Up 2.4 percent in a year, Hermance has been priced by whoever was willing to pay most for a small number of properties. In a commune with few sales, that is exactly how a median gets moved. 22 properties are currently on the market in Hermance. Supply at that level decides how long a sale takes, because the more listings compete, the more the first serious offer sets the reference for the rest.
The largest group of homes in Hermance, 24 percent, dates from before 1919, with the rest spread across the other bands. Where stock is this varied, a commune price per m² carries less weight and the comparison has to come down to buildings of the same age. At 4.4 rooms and 140 m² on average, homes in Hermance are sized for households rather than single occupants. If you are looking for a studio or a two-room flat, expect a thinner choice and less room to negotiate. From CHF 4,100 to CHF 10,100 per square metre in 25 years, +146 percent in all. The path was not a straight line, and the flat or falling stretches inside it are precisely what a long average hides.
In Hermance the difference between two flats on the same street can run into six figures. Getting your own number, rather than reading the commune median, is what makes that difference visible before you set a price.
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 land registry sales and the profile of your property.
Value my property →Around CHF 14,600 per m² for a flat, which is 24 percent from the Geneva median. Houses are priced separately and usually land somewhere else entirely, so work from the figure that matches your property type.
The reference is CHF 12,200 per m² in Hermance. It averages a small number of sales, since houses change hands far less often than flats, so treat it as a bracket to work inside rather than as a price.
Homes in Hermance average 4.4 rooms, with before 1919 the most common construction period at 24 percent. The mix means condition varies a lot from one building to the next, and condition is what pulls two similar flats apart on price.