Buying · Saint-Lambert · QPAREB Q2 2026 figures
A $803,000 median and 41 days to decide: how to buy a house in Saint-Lambert in 2026 without overpaying.
Buying a house in Saint-Lambert in 2026 means buying in an area where the median house sells at $803,000 (2% over one year, 26% over five years) in 41 days, with 320 houses listed and a condominium at $404,000. The budget starts around $600,000 and runs to $1,200,000 depending on the street, the year built and the condition. The method does not change: written pre-approval before the first showing, area chosen on closed sales rather than asking prices, offer documented by the last three comparable sales on the street, pre-purchase inspection and a full read of the certificate of location and the declarations by the seller before conditions come off. The assessment roll value is not a pricing tool.
The QPAREB's Brossard/Saint-Lambert area sold its median house at $803,000 in the second quarter of 2026 (2% over one year, 26% over five years), in 41 days, with 320 houses actively listed; a condominium there trades at $404,000. The South Shore as a whole sits at $648,500 in 30 days and the North Shore runs at a comparable pace.
| Area (QPAREB, Q2 2026) | House, median | 1 year | 5 years | Days on market | Active listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brossard/Saint-Lambert | $803,000 | 2% | 26% | 41 days | 320 |
| South Shore, overall | $648,500 | 2% | 39% | 30 days | 1 |
| Price range | Months of inventory | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Under $400,000 | 0.8 months | Seller's market |
| $400,000 to $600,000 | 2.8 months | Seller's market |
| $600,000 to $1,000,000 | 4.7 months | Seller's market |
| $1,000,000 to $1,200,000 | 4.0 months | Seller's market |
| $1,200,000 and up | 7.8 months | Seller's market |
| Purchase price | Minimum down payment | Monthly payment at 4.24%, 30 years (CMHC premium included) | Gross household income required (approx.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| $600,000 | $35,000 | $2,875 | $129,000 |
| $700,000 | $45,000 | $3,332 | $149,000 |
| $800,000 | $55,000 | $3,790 | $168,000 |
| $950,000 | $70,000 | $4,477 | $198,000 |
| $1,200,000 | $95,000 | $5,622 | $248,000 |
Assumptions: five-year fixed rate of 4.24%, stress test at 6.24%, down payment of 5% up to $500,000 and 10% on the portion above, CMHC premium added to the loan, municipal and school taxes at 0.9% of the price, heating at $1,800 a year, gross debt service ratio of 39%. Your own file may produce a different result.
Vieux-Saint-Lambert, between Victoria Avenue and the river, sells the old brick and stone houses with village life, the exo station and the bike path to the Victoria bridge: that is the top of the market. Préville, further south, sells 1950s to 1970s cottages on good lots, slightly more affordable. The northern sector toward Longueuil mixes duplexes and bungalows and is the entry point. Proximity to the REM at Panama and to the Victoria bridge makes all the difference between two streets.
The old housing stock: on pre-1950 houses in Vieux-Saint-Lambert, the wiring, plumbing, stone foundations and windows are the line items to document. An up-to-date certificate of location, especially with an extension or a pool. View servitudes and party walls, common in the old village. Rail noise on the streets along the CN line. And the Longueuil agglomeration assessment roll, whose reference date is 1 July 2023 and whose increase is spread over three years.
For the neighbourhood, living in Saint-Lambert; for the team, a real estate broker in Saint-Lambert.
Roughly $129,000 of gross household income for $600,000, $168,000 for $800,000 and $248,000 for $1,200,000, on a 30-year amortization with the stress test at 6.24%.
At a 41-day median, a house priced at its street's level gets its offers quickly. But the gap between two streets in the same area can exceed $150,000: always document your offer on comparable closed sales, never on other offers and never on the municipal assessment.
Published forecasts (Desjardins, QPAREB, CMHC) point to stable to modestly rising prices in 2027 and a policy rate around 2.75%: waiting does not make the price go down. The right moment is the one where your budget, your pre-approval and your target area are ready. In a seller's market, the buyer who is ready beats the buyer who waits.
Usually nothing. The buyer's broker is paid out of the seller's brokerage contract when the sale closes. A buyer's brokerage contract spells out what happens if the seller does not provide for it, and we explain that before anything is signed. See our guide to real estate commission in Quebec.
The median prices, days on market, active listings and months of inventory quoted here come from the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers, for the second quarter of 2026, by area. The monthly payments come from our own calculation on the assumptions listed above. Market figures move every quarter: the date is on this page so you can tell whether you are reading something current.
Before making an offer in Saint-Lambert, our figures drawn from actual sales:
All four pages are built on listings sold over the last twelve months, not on regional averages. They exist to put a number on an offer rather than guess at one.
Before you sign: Certificate of location in Saint-Lambert: cost, timing and when to redo it
Bungalow or two-storey home in Saint-Lambert:
Single-storey homes make up 31% of sales in Saint-Lambert over ten years; our page gives both price series, the second-floor premium and who the bungalow is for.
What one more bedroom costs in Saint-Lambert:
Three price series (3, 4, 5 or more bedrooms) over ten years, the fourth- and fifth-bedroom premiums, and the size that rose the most in Saint-Lambert.
What one more bedroom costs in a condo in Saint-Lambert:
The median price of 1-, 2- and 3-plus-bedroom condos over ten years, the second- and third-bedroom premiums, and the size that rose the most in Saint-Lambert.
Days on market in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
Median days for a house and a condo by year since 2016, the decade's four markets and what today's delay changes when selling in Saint-Lambert.
The number of sales in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
Houses, condos and plexes sold per year since 2016, the record year, the high-rate trough and what today's volume changes when selling in Saint-Lambert.
How many homes are for sale in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
Month-end inventory and new listings per year since 2016, the frenzy trough, absorption, months of inventory and why prices doubled in Saint-Lambert.
Sale price relative to asking price in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
At what percentage of asking houses have sold since 2016, the 2021 bidding wars, the return of negotiation and what the gap is worth in dollars in Saint-Lambert.
Houses that do not sell in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
Listings expired without a sale per year since 2016, the failure rate against sales, average days next to median days and what today's rate tells a seller in Saint-Lambert.
The average house price in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
The average sale price per year since 2016, next to the median and the asking price, why the average is higher and which of the three prices to use to set yours in Saint-Lambert.
How many dollars of houses sell in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
The total sale prices per year since 2016, next to the number of sales and the average price: whether the rise comes from price or from the number of buyers in Saint-Lambert.
House appreciation in Saint-Lambert by year of purchase:
What a house bought in 2016, 2019, 2021 or 2024 is worth today at the median price, in dollars, in percent and per year, house and condo, and what is left for those who bought at the peak in Saint-Lambert.
From condo to house in Saint-Lambert, the gap to close:
The median price of the house and the condo year by year since 2016, the gap between them, and whether the gain on a condo bought in 2016, 2019, 2021 or 2023 covers the jump in Saint-Lambert.
The Saint-Lambert market in one table:
Price, growth, sales, volume, days on market, inventory, over-asking, unsold, condo and appreciation, each with the city's rank among 50 and ten years of detail in Saint-Lambert.
How much down payment to buy in Saint-Lambert:
The legal minimum on the median house, the 20% that avoids the CMHC premium, the premium at the minimum, what a FHSA and an HBP cover, the condo, and ten years of perspective in Saint-Lambert.
How many condos are for sale in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
Condominium inventory at each month-end and new listings per year since 2016, absorption, months of inventory, and the comparison with single-family houses in Saint-Lambert.
When to sell in Saint-Lambert, ten years of sales month by month:
The month with the most home sales, the quietest month, spring versus winter, the best-paying month and when to list to sell at the right time in Saint-Lambert.
Condos that do not sell in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
Condo listings expired without a sale per year since 2016, the failure rate against sales, the same rate for houses, and what it tells a condo seller in Saint-Lambert.
When to sell a condo in Saint-Lambert, ten years of sales month by month:
The month with the most condo sales, the quietest month, spring versus winter, the best-paying month, houses alongside and when to list in Saint-Lambert.
How much buyers negotiate a condo in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
Sale price as a percentage of asking for condos, year by year since 2016, the ratio on the original price, houses alongside and the dollar gap on the median condo in Saint-Lambert.
What the median house costs a month in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
The monthly payment on the house in the middle every year since 2016 with the Centris price and the 5-year rate actually charged, the share of price and the share of rate, the renewal shock and the income it takes in Saint-Lambert.
What the house really gained in Saint-Lambert, once inflation is removed:
Each year's median price converted to 2026 dollars with the Quebec CPI, the real increase, the years of real decline, the peak in purchasing power and the condo alongside in Saint-Lambert.
What the median condo costs a month in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
The monthly payment on the condo in the middle every year since 2016 with the Centris price and the 5-year rate actually charged, the share of price and the share of rate, the renewal shock and the income it takes in Saint-Lambert.
Saint-Lambert or the city next door: where to buy in 2026, matchup by matchup:
Each matchup puts Saint-Lambert and a neighbouring city side by side over ten years of Centris sales: house and condo prices, gap, days on market, inventory, bidding, unsold listings and monthly payment.
How much is a semi-detached or row house in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
The median price by house type year by year since 2016, the number of sales, the shared-wall discount and how it moved in Saint-Lambert.
How many houses still sell under $500,000 in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
Sales under $500,000 and under $400,000 year by year since 2016, their share, the tipping year and what is still available under the threshold in Saint-Lambert.
How many houses sell for over $1 million in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
Sales at $1,000,000 and up year by year since 2016, their share, the first year with ten sales and what is paid above the million in Saint-Lambert.
At what price houses sell in Saint-Lambert, range by range:
The distribution of sales by price bracket in 2020, 2023 and 2026, the best-selling range, the share under $500,000 and above $750,000 in Saint-Lambert.
How long to sell by price in Saint-Lambert:
Median days on market by price bracket over the past twelve months, the fastest bracket, the slowest and what it changes for selling or buying in Saint-Lambert.
How much the lot is worth in a house price in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
The median price of houses on small lots and on large lots year by year since 2016, the large-lot premium and how it moved in Saint-Lambert.
How many dollars of condos sell in Saint-Lambert, ten years of perspective:
Condo sales volume year by year since 2016, the number of sales and the average price behind it, and the condo's share of the market in Saint-Lambert.
The average condo price in Saint-Lambert, and why it exceeds the median:
The average sale price of condos year by year since 2016, beside the median price and the asking price, and the gap between the two in Saint-Lambert.
How long to sell a condo by price in Saint-Lambert:
Median condo days on market by price bracket over the past twelve months, the fastest bracket, the slowest and what it changes for selling or buying a condo in Saint-Lambert.
What sells at what price in Saint-Lambert:
The 2026 sales crossed by price range and category: what sells under $300,000, who holds the million, where houses, condos and plexes compete in Saint-Lambert.
Which sells fastest in Saint-Lambert, house, condo or plex:
Days on market of houses, condos and plexes compared price range by price range over twelve months in Saint-Lambert.
At what price condos sell in Saint-Lambert, range by range:
The distribution of condo sales by price bracket in 2020 and 2026, the best-selling range, the share under $300,000 and under $400,000 in Saint-Lambert.
The pros and cons of living in Saint-Lambert:
The good reasons to live there and what you have to accept, who it suits and who it does not, written without embellishment by a team that sells there.
The market in Saint-Lambert this month:
Days on market, sold against asking, inventory and September 2026 verdict in Saint-Lambert, over the past twelve Centris months.
The condo market in Saint-Lambert this month:
Days on market, sold against asking, median price and September 2026 verdict for the condo in Saint-Lambert, compared with the house, over the past twelve Centris months.
The welcome tax on the median house in Saint-Lambert, 2016 against 2026:
The tax computed year by year on the Centris median price with the city's 2026 grid, and what a first-time buyer pays net in Saint-Lambert.
The salary to buy the median house in Saint-Lambert, 2016 against 2026:
The gross income required year by year (payment at the contracted rate, taxes, heating, 32% GDS ratio) on the Centris median price in Saint-Lambert, and the price's and the rate's share of the increase.
Which houses linger by price in Saint-Lambert:
Average against median days on market by price bracket over the past twelve months, the ratio between the two and the bracket where listings linger the most in Saint-Lambert.
Split-level, storey-and-a-half, bungalow or two-storey in Saint-Lambert:
Four house types side by side over ten years: median price, gap between types, share of sales and the one that rose the most in Saint-Lambert.
How much buyers negotiate on a house by price in Saint-Lambert:
Sold-to-asking ratio by price bracket over the past twelve months, the bracket negotiated the most, the one where asking or more is paid, and what it changes for selling or buying in Saint-Lambert.
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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.
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