Rivaz runs down to Lake Geneva beneath the terraced vineyards of Lavaux, between Saint-Saphorin and Chexbres, its old village packed close to the shore.
At CHF 10,700 per m² for a flat, Rivaz sits in the upper band of the Vaud market. That level usually goes with scarce building land and few sales, so a valuation rests on a thin set of comparables. The premium over Vaud has a practical effect at resale. Buyers arriving from cheaper communes negotiate hard on condition, because they are already stretched on the price per square metre before they walk in.
Out of 272 communes measured in Vaud, Rivaz sits at position 42. The communes immediately above and below are the ones a buyer will actually compare against, far more than the cantonal average. The last twelve months added 2.8 percent in Rivaz. 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.
The district test is the harder one. Rivaz comes out 9 percent from the Lavaux-Oron median, measured against communes competing for the same buyers rather than against a whole canton with several markets in it. With 65 percent of homes dating from before 1919, the stock in Rivaz 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. At 3.7 rooms and 105 m² on average, homes in Rivaz 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.
Half the flats sold in Rivaz went above CHF 10,700 per m² and half below, which puts the commune 35 percent from the Vaud median. One exceptional sale barely moves a median, and that is why we use it instead of an average. Over 25 years the median moved from CHF 3,800 to CHF 9,600 per m², a change of +153 percent. That is the market, not your property. A flat renovated in the meantime followed a different curve entirely.
Transaction volume in Rivaz is high enough that one unusual sale does not distort the medians. That matters, because thin markets are where automated estimates go furthest wrong and where a local opinion earns its keep. A price level like the one in Rivaz leaves little room for approximation. An estimate built on the actual characteristics of your property, floor, condition, view and exposure, will tell you more than any commune average.
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 10,700 per m² for a flat, which is 35 percent from the Vaud 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 11,100 per m² for a house in Rivaz. 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.
65 percent of homes in Rivaz 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.