Just west of Orbe, Montcherand climbs the slopes leading up to the Jura, between the town and Ballaigues.
Flats in Montcherand trade around CHF 6,000 per m², under the cantonal level. Cheaper communes tend to have wider spreads between streets, so a single average tells you less here than it would in a tighter market. No single period defines Montcherand, though before 1919 leads with 25 percent. That mix works in a buyer's favour, since you can choose between period character and low running costs without leaving the commune. At 4.1 rooms and 125 m² on average, homes in Montcherand 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 Montcherand 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 Montcherand went above CHF 6,000 per m² and half below, which puts the commune 24 percent from the Vaud median. One exceptional sale barely moves a median, and that is why we use it instead of an average.
A gap of 24 percent against Vaud 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. Montcherand comes out 3 percent from the Jura-Nord vaudois median, measured against communes competing for the same buyers rather than against a whole canton with several markets in it.
Houses carry a premium of 20 percent per square metre over flats in Montcherand, CHF 7,200 against CHF 6,000. Households buying a house here are mostly trading up from a flat nearby, so demand holds even when volumes drop. Up 2.8 percent in a year, Montcherand 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. From CHF 3,500 to CHF 7,600 per square metre in 25 years, +117 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.
Before you settle on a price in Montcherand, get a number that reflects your own property rather than the commune. It takes a few minutes, and it changes what you are able to defend in a negotiation.
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 6,000 per m² is the current median for flats in Montcherand. 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 Montcherand are valued around CHF 7,200 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.
Homes in Montcherand average 4.1 rooms, with before 1919 the most common construction period at 25 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.