Quebec’s Residential Real Estate Market Continues to Transition, Yet Most Markets Remain Seller-Friendly
Supply rose 20% to 42,408 active listings as Quebec recorded a fourth straight quarterly decline in sales, QPAREB said.
- On Wednesday, the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers reported that residential sales fell 7 per cent in the third quarter of 2026, while active listings jumped 20 per cent compared to the same period in 2025.
- Economic uncertainty paired with a slight population decrease has cooled housing demand, QPAREB said, as supply gradually returns to normal after years of pronounced property shortages.
- Despite rising supply, sellers maintained a strong negotiating position across most geographic sectors in Quebec, where single-family home prices continued to rise faster than the provincial average.
- Camille Laberge, Assistant Director of the QPAREB Market Analysis Department, warned that affordability is likely to deteriorate as high median prices persist, discouraging some households from purchasing homes.
- Laberge indicated the Bank of Canada's policy interest rate could rise by the end of 2026 or in early 2027, potentially pressuring housing affordability further across Quebec.
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Affordability continues to deteriorate, particularly due to the economic and geopolitical context.
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Quebec’s Residential Real Estate Market Continues to Transition, Yet Most Markets Remain Seller-Friendly
L’ÎLE-DES-SŒURS, Quebec, Oct. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) has just released its residential real estate market statistics for the province of Quebec, based on the real estate brokers’ Centris provincial database.…
The increase in supply gives buyers a bargaining power that they had not known for several years.
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