Oberems sits at the mouth of the Turtmanntal, a thinly populated side valley on the south side of the Rhône, in the Leuk district.
Oberems prices below the Valais median, at CHF 3,500 per m². For a buyer that widens what one budget covers, often by a room or by a plot. For a seller it means the surrounding communes set the ceiling. The largest group of homes in Oberems, 28 percent, dates from 1971-1980, 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 3.3 rooms and 78 m² on average, homes in Oberems 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. The market in Oberems is thin, and that cuts both ways. Prices are slow to fall because few sellers are forced, and slow to be confirmed because months can pass without a single comparable sale.
Half the flats sold in Oberems went above CHF 3,500 per m² and half below, which puts the commune 33 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 33 percent against Valais means the same budget buys noticeably more surface here. It also means resale leans on demand spilling over from the pricier communes next door, which comes and goes with the cycle. The district test is the harder one. Oberems comes out 8 percent from the Leuk median, measured against communes competing for the same buyers rather than against a whole canton with several markets in it.
At CHF 3,900 per m² houses outprice flats in Oberems by 11 percent. The difference is the plot rather than the build. A house sells with land attached, and where there is little left to build on, the land does the pricing. The last twelve months added 6.7 percent in Oberems. 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.
From CHF 5,500 to CHF 9,000 per square metre in 7 years, +64 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. Lower prices in Oberems do not make a valuation easier. The spread between properties is often wider here than in an expensive commune, which makes the commune average a weak guide to what yours is worth.
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 →Around CHF 3,500 per m² for a flat, which is 33 percent from the Valais median. Houses are priced separately and usually land somewhere else entirely, so work from the figure that matches your property type.
Count on roughly CHF 3,900 per m² for a house in Oberems. 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.
28 percent of homes in Oberems date from 1971-1980. 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.