Best month to sell a condo · Montreal · Centris 2016-2025
The number of condos sold in Montreal in each month of the year, and the price obtained against the trend, over ten years of Centris sales: the peak, the trough, spring versus winter, the best-paying month, the comparison with houses, and when to list to sell at the right time. Centris figures, not estimates.
In Montreal, the month with the most condo sales is May: 10.8% of the 153,622 sales from 2016 to 2025, or 1664 sales a year on average that month, against 846 in January, the quietest month (5.5%). Between peak and trough, the market turns 2.0 times faster, in line with the 41 cities tracked (median 2.0). On the price side, condos sold in October go 1.6% above the year's trend, those sold in January 3.0% below: a gap of 4.6 points between the best and the worst month. The best compromise between the number of buyers and the price obtained is May, which means listing from April. For a house in Montreal, the peak falls in March: condos have their own calendar. Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled October 7, 2026.
The short answer
In Montreal, the month with the most condo sales is May: 10.8% of the 153,622 sales from 2016 to 2025, or 1664 sales a year on average that month, against 846 in January, the quietest month (5.5%). Between peak and trough, the market turns 2.0 times faster, in line with the 41 cities tracked (median 2.0). On the price side, condos sold in October go 1.6% above the year's trend, those sold in January 3.0% below: a gap of 4.6 points between the best and the worst month. The best compromise between the number of buyers and the price obtained is May, which means listing from April. For a house in Montreal, the peak falls in March: condos have their own calendar.
Condo sales and prices by month in Montreal, ten years
| Month | Sales per year (avg. 2016-2025) | Share of sales | Month price vs trend | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January (trough) | 846 | 5.5% | -3.0% | winter |
| February | 1192 | 7.8% | -0.6% | winter |
| March | 1594 | 10.4% | -0.4% | spring |
| April | 1609 | 10.5% | +0.2% | spring |
| May (peak) | 1664 | 10.8% | +1.5% | spring |
| June | 1488 | 9.7% | +0.6% | summer |
| July | 1335 | 8.7% | +0.1% | summer |
| August | 1298 | 8.5% | +0.1% | summer |
| September | 1183 | 7.7% | -0.3% | fall |
| October | 1154 | 7.5% | +1.6% | fall |
| November | 1103 | 7.2% | -0.3% | fall |
| December | 895 | 5.8% | +0.2% | winter |
Condominium category, whole municipality of Montreal, Centris (Matrix), January 2016 to December 2025. Price vs trend: median price of the month compared with the year's trend, average weighted by sales.
What ten years of seasons say about condos in Montreal
- By season in Montreal: 32% of sales in spring (March to May), 27% in summer, 22% in fall and 19% in winter (December to February). Spring sells 1.7 times more than winter.
- The strongest quarter is the second (31% of sales); the weakest, the fourth (21%).
- Prices by season (gap to the year's trend, weighted by sales): spring +0.4%, summer +0.3%, fall +0.3%, winter -1.0%. The seasonal price gap stays small: the month matters less than the asking price and the condition of the house.
- April 2020: only 527 sales in Montreal, the lockdown month; buyers caught up the following summer. It is the only year of the ten when spring was not the peak.
- 2026 versus 2025, January to September: 14,483 sales against 14,525 (+0%). The market is a little less active than last year.
- Condo versus house in Montreal: condos turn 2.0 times faster at the peak than at the trough, houses 2.1 times: the same seasonality. Spring makes 32% of condo sales against 32% of house sales; winter, 19% against 20%. The best-paying month for a condo is October, for a house June. Across the 41 cities, condos and houses share the same peak month in 28.
- Across the 41 cities tracked, March is the peak month (10.7% of sales) and January the trough (5.8%); the peak falls in spring in 36 cities and the trough in winter in 33. The median price premium is highest in June (+2.2%) and lowest in December (-1.3%).
What it changes when selling or buying a condo in Montreal
To sell a condo in Montreal, aiming for the peak means listing before it: a unit put on the market at the end of March or early April gets its showings during the weeks with the most buyers, and the accepted offer lands in May. Condos have two clienteles that do not share a calendar: the first-time buyer, who looks in spring like everyone else, and the buyer who sells a house to downsize into a condo, who buys once the house is sold, often in summer or fall. The best-paying month is not necessarily the busiest: in October, condos go 1.6% above trend, while the sales peak is in May. For a buyer, January and the winter months offer less competition, sellers paying condo fees on an empty unit since the fall, but also less choice. And in every case, the seasonal price gap remains smaller than what a good asking price and a good marketing plan bring: selling a condo at the wrong price in May costs more than selling it at the right price in November.
How to read these figures
One count per month for all of Montreal: how many condos sell and at what price compared with the rest of the year. Both come from Centris, brokers' listings only; new-project sales outside Centris are not included. The seasonality of condo sales is robust: it repeats every year with a spring peak and a winter trough, a little flatter than for houses because condos also sell in the fall, when house sellers downsize into condos. The seasonality of prices is noisier, especially in cities where fewer than 20 condos sell a month; we publish it as an indicator. The pages condos for sale and inventory in Montreal and best month to sell a house in Montreal complete the reading.
Frequently asked questions
Which month sells the most condos in Montreal?
May: 10.8% of the past ten years' condo sales, 1664 a year on average. Spring (March to May) concentrates 32% of sales.
Which month sells a condo for the most in Montreal?
October, with a median price 1.6% above the year's trend; January is the lowest (-3.0%). The gap remains modest: it does not justify waiting six months to sell.
What is the quietest month for condos in Montreal?
January: 846 sales a year on average, 5.5% of the total. Fewer buyers, but also fewer condos for sale, so a serious seller in January faces less competition than the same unit in May.
Source: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, query of October 7, 2026 for the municipality of Montreal: Condominium category, sales and median sale price by month over ten years; yearly trend from the medians of the September 16, 2026 query; houses: same October 7 query in the Single-family category; compiled by the Loaa & Manseur team, aggregates only. The best month to sell a condo in 41 cities hub compares the 41 cities.
Our other data series in Montreal, from the same Centris listings:
Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
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Expired plex listings and failure rate, year by year, ten years from the same Centris listings.
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Published September 7, 2026 by the Loaa & Manseur team, the number 1 team at RE/MAX Platine in 2024 and 2025, 6th RE/MAX team in Quebec, 15th in Canada and in the global top 50 according to the official RE/MAX ranking. Tell us about your project.