A few minutes south of Yverdon-les-Bains, Ependes is a rural village on the edge of the Orbe plain, with Chavornay as its neighbour.
Ependes prices below the Vaud median, at CHF 6,300 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. With 36 percent of homes dating from before 1919, the stock in Ependes 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 Ependes is 110 m² across 3.7 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 Ependes, 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.
The median flat in Ependes comes out at CHF 6,300 per m², a gap of 20 percent against the Vaud median. That figure covers every flat sold, whatever the floor, the age of the building or the state of the kitchen. Sitting under the Vaud median gives a buyer room, though the discount is rarely free. It usually pays for distance from a station, from the lake, or from a school catchment that people compete over. Within the Jura-Nord vaudois district, Ependes lands 2 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.
Flat prices in Ependes are up 4.3 percent over twelve months. One year is a short window, so measure it against the longer trajectory before you read it as a change of direction. Over 7 years the median moved from CHF 5,200 to CHF 6,600 per m², a change of +27 percent. That is the market, not your property. A flat renovated in the meantime followed a different curve entirely.
Lower prices in Ependes 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 →CHF 6,300 per m² is the current median for flats in Ependes. 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 Ependes are valued around CHF 6,400 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 Ependes is before 1919, which covers 36 percent of homes. Average size runs to 3.7 rooms, so the commune is built mainly for households rather than for single occupants or short stays.