Embd clings to a very steep slope of the Mattertal, above Kalpetran, the hamlet on the valley floor that also belongs to the commune.
At CHF 5,500 per m², Embd sits near the middle of the Valais scale. Which side of that median your own flat lands on depends more on floor, view and condition than on the address itself. With 30 percent of homes dating from before 1919, the stock in Embd renews slowly. Thin new supply supports prices, and it also means the flats reaching the market often need a full technical inspection before any offer.
Average size in Embd is 94 m² across 3.2 rooms. Compare your own property with that figure before you read any price per square metre, because an outsized home rarely sells at the local rate and a small one often beats it. Sales are sparse in Embd, which makes any commune-level figure less certain. A property here is better valued on its own characteristics and on sales in the neighbouring communes than on a local median built from a handful of deeds.
Half the flats sold in Embd went above CHF 5,500 per m² and half below, which puts the commune 6 percent from the Valais median. One exceptional sale barely moves a median, and that is why we use it instead of an average. A gap of 6 percent over the Valais 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. Within the Visp district, Embd lands 12 percent from the local median. A cantonal average mixes city and countryside, so it flatters some communes and penalises others. The district figure removes most of that distortion.
Up 4.9 percent in a year, Embd 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. Over 7 years the median moved from CHF 5,600 to CHF 8,600 per m², a change of +54 percent. That is the market, not your property. A flat renovated in the meantime followed a different curve entirely.
Embd is a market where recent comparable sales exist and mean something. An estimate here has solid ground to stand on, provided it starts from your surface, your floor and the age of your building.
Building stock from the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (FSO), updated October 18, 2026
Market data updated on October 12, 2026
A range set against the price levels of your commune and the profile of your property.
Value my property →CHF 5,500 per m² is the current median for flats in Embd. It covers every sale, new and old, so a renovated flat sits above that line and one still needing works sits below it.
Count on roughly CHF 5,700 per m² for a house in Embd. That rate applies to habitable surface, which leaves out the garage, the cellar and any unconverted attic, all of which add value but never at the same rate.
30 percent of homes in Embd date from before 1919. That age band sets the technical agenda for a buyer here, since insulation, heating system and windows are what decide running costs for the next twenty years.