How long to sell in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval): median days on market for a house and a condo, year by year from 2016 to 2026, against all of Laval (Centris)

Days on market · Sainte-Dorothée · Centris 2016-2026

The number of days it takes to sell in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval), year by year since 2016, house and condo, set against all of Laval: the decade's four markets, the slowest and fastest years, and what today's delay changes for a seller or a buyer in the sector. Centris figures, not estimates.

In Sainte-Dorothée (Laval), a house sells in 18 days at the median in 2026 (January to September) and a condo in 39 days: houses are in line with the 32 boroughs and sectors tracked (rank 16 of 32, median 18 days). Condos take 21 more days than houses, as in 30 of the 32 units where both are tracked. Against all of Laval (14 days for a house), the sector sells 4 days more slowly. Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled October 14, 2026.

The short answer

In Sainte-Dorothée (Laval), a house sells in 18 days at the median in 2026 (January to September) and a condo in 39 days: houses are in line with the 32 boroughs and sectors tracked (rank 16 of 32, median 18 days). Condos take 21 more days than houses, as in 30 of the 32 units where both are tracked. Against all of Laval (14 days for a house), the sector sells 4 days more slowly.

Median days on market by year, house and condo

Closed sales on Centris from 2016 to September 2026 in the sector of Sainte-Dorothée: 3,339 houses and 1,259 condos. "n/a": category not published or year without a delay. When a year has few sales, its median swings a lot.

What ten years of delays say in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval)

• Four markets in ten years for houses in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval): 44 days at the median in 2016-2019, 19 during the 2020-2022 frenzy, 32 when high rates returned, 20 today.
• Slowest year for houses: 2016 (69 days); fastest: 2021 (17 days). Between the two, the delay was divided by 4.
• Condos sold faster than houses in 2023; in the other years, the house goes first. In 2026 the gap is 21 days in favour of the house.
• Faster than all of Laval in 1 year out of 11 (2017); in 2026, 18 days against 14 days for the city.
• The return of 5%-plus rates stretched the delay from 17 days in 2021 to 36 days in 2023, before it fell back to 18 days: the pause lasted two years, not ten.
• 2026 (January to September) versus 2025: 22 days then 18 days for houses, 202 sales against 261 over the whole of 2025. The sector accounts for 11.0% of Laval's house sales in 2026.
• 0 years out of eleven at 15 days or less for houses: none. Under 15 days, buyers have no time to compare; that is the case in 13 of 32 units in 2026.
• Ten-year volume: 3,339 houses and 1,259 condos sold on Centris in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval).

What it changes when selling or buying in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval)

At 18 days, Sainte-Dorothée sits in the middle of the boroughs and sectors tracked: fast enough for the seller to keep the upper hand, slow enough for a buyer to visit twice. The day-one price matters, but a well-presented house finds a buyer without a systematic bidding war. Condos, for their part, take 39 days: condo buyers have more choice in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval), compare fees and buildings, and negotiate more than house buyers. Comparing the sector with all of Laval avoids a common mistake: the city's delay (14 days) is not your street's.

How to read these numbers

Two series from the same Centris database with the same settings: Single-family then Condominium category, closed sales in the sector of Sainte-Dorothée (borough or sector as Centris defines it), median days on market and number of sales by year, with 2026 ending in September. The clock runs from the listing going live to the accepted offer; a property withdrawn and relisted starts again at zero. The whole city, for comparison, is on days on market in Laval. A category is published only if it has at least 5 sales in 2026 and 30 in ten years.

Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to sell a house in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval) in 2026?

18 days at the median for a house sold in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval) from January to September 2026 (202 sales), against 22 days in 2025 and 69 days in 2016.

Do condos sell faster than houses in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval)?

No: condos sell in 39 days in 2026 against 18 days for houses. Over the tracked years, condos were faster than houses in only 1 year.

Does Sainte-Dorothée sell faster than all of Laval?

No: 18 days in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval) against 14 days for all of Laval in 2026, for houses. The sector was faster than the city in 1 year out of 11.

Source: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, queries run on the night of October 13 to 14, 2026 for the sector of Sainte-Dorothée: Single-family and Condominium categories, median days on market and number of sales by year over ten years; whole city: query of September 29, 2026; compiled by the Loaa & Manseur team, aggregates only, current year partial. The days on market by borough and sector, 32 units hub compares all 32 boroughs and sectors; home prices in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval) and condo prices in Sainte-Dorothée (Laval) give the price series over the same years.

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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.