Expired condos · Quebec City · Centris 2016-2026
How many condos listed in Quebec City go back without a buyer, year by year since 2016: expired listings, the failure rate against sales, the same rate for houses alongside, average days against median days, and what it tells a condo seller about the starting price. Centris figures, not estimates.
In Quebec City, 355 condo listings expired without a sale in 2025, against 1,942 in 2016 (-82%). Of all the condo listings that ended in 2025, 12% ended without a buyer, against 59% in 2016 and 25% in 2021. In 2026 (Jan. to Sep.), the failure rate stands at 17%, one of the lowest among the 41 cities tracked (median 34%). For a house in Quebec City, the 2026 failure rate is 12%: condos expire 5 points more often than houses. Average days on market for a sold condo went from 171 days in 2016 to 101 days in 2021 and 30 days in 2026, against 8 days at the median. Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled October 7, 2026.
The short answer
In Quebec City, 355 condo listings expired without a sale in 2025, against 1,942 in 2016 (-82%). Of all the condo listings that ended in 2025, 12% ended without a buyer, against 59% in 2016 and 25% in 2021. In 2026 (Jan. to Sep.), the failure rate stands at 17%, one of the lowest among the 41 cities tracked (median 34%). For a house in Quebec City, the 2026 failure rate is 12%: condos expire 5 points more often than houses. Average days on market for a sold condo went from 171 days in 2016 to 101 days in 2021 and 30 days in 2026, against 8 days at the median.
Expired condos, sales and failure rate per year
| Year | Expired condos | Condo sales | Condo failure rate | New listings | Average days | Median days | House failure rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1,942 | 1,369 | 59% | 3,421 | 171 | 120 | 39% |
| 2017 | 1,808 | 1,441 | 56% | 3,128 | 165 | 112 | 39% |
| 2018 | 1,783 | 1,505 | 54% | 3,338 | 158 | 102 | 36% |
| 2019 | 1,640 | 1,751 | 48% | 3,336 | 156 | 109 | 32% |
| 2020 | 1,345 | 2,357 | 36% | 3,268 | 145 | 91 | 23% |
| 2021 | 915 | 2,744 | 25% | 3,118 | 101 | 52 | 15% |
| 2022 | 546 | 2,346 | 19% | 2,898 | 70 | 28 | 15% |
| 2023 | 532 | 2,263 | 19% | 2,866 | 58 | 27 | 15% |
| 2024 | 457 | 2,573 | 15% | 2,832 | 51 | 19 | 11% |
| 2025 | 355 | 2,567 | 12% | 3,072 | 38 | 7 | 9% |
| 2026 (Jan. to Sep.) | 366 | 1,830 | 17% | 2,872 | 30 | 8 | 12% |
Condominium category, whole municipality of Quebec City, Centris (Matrix). Failure rate: expired ÷ (expired + sales) of the same year. New listings: January to September for 2026. House rate: same definition, Single-family category.
Condo versus house in Quebec City: which one stays on the shelf
- Four markets in ten years for condos in Quebec City: 54% failure on average in 2016-2019, 27% during the 2020-2022 frenzy, 17% when high rates returned, 14% today. Average days for a sold condo: 162, 105, 54 and 34.
- Peak of expired condos: 2016 (1,942); trough: 2025 (355), -82% between the two. Highest failure rate: 2016 (59%); lowest: 2025 (12%).
- Condo versus house: in 2016, 59% of condo listings expired against 39% of houses (+20 points); in 2026, 17% against 12% (+5 points). The gap has narrowed. Across the 41 cities tracked, condos expire more often than houses in 38.
- On the year's new listings: 57% of condos listed in 2016 saw their listing expire the same year, 12% in 2025. Fewer than one condo in four ends up expired within the year.
- Average versus median: 171 days against 120 days in 2016, 30 days against 8 days in 2026. The gap (51 then 22 days) measures the weight of condos lingering for months: it has shrunk.
- 2026 (Jan. to Sep.) versus 2025: 12% then 17% failure (the rate is climbing: more overpriced condos sit without an offer); 366 condos expired in nine months, or 488 at an annual pace (+37%, a simple projection). Across the 41 cities, the rate is climbing in 2026 in 37.
- Ten years: 11,689 expired condo listings against 22,746 sales in Quebec City.
What it changes when selling or buying a condo in Quebec City
At 17% failure, Quebec City is a city where condos sell: expired listings are rare, and a condo that stays listed signals a price frankly off the market, condo fees that scare buyers away or a visible defect. For a seller, the risk is not failing to sell, it is underselling by accepting too fast. For a buyer, waiting for a price cut rarely pays off here, even on a condo. The number of condos for sale and months of inventory, year by year, are in condos for sale in Quebec City; the same count for houses is in houses that do not sell in Quebec City.
How to read these figures
One count per year for all of Quebec City: what expires, what sells, and how long condo sales take, on average and at the median, with the house failure rate alongside for scale. Expired listings are the visible part of condos that do not sell; withdrawals and cancellations add to them. The mean days on market is pulled up by condos that linger; the median tells the story of the typical condo. Cities with fewer than a hundred condo sales a year move by a few expired listings from one year to the next: read the plateaus, not the decimals.
Frequently asked questions
How many condos do not sell in Quebec City?
355 condo listings expired without a sale in Quebec City in 2025, for 2,567 sales: a failure rate of 12%. In 2026 (Jan. to Sep.): 366 expired, 17%.
Do condos sell worse than houses in Quebec City?
Yes, clearly: 17% failure for condos in 2026 against 12% for houses, a 5-point gap. It is the case in 38 of the 41 cities tracked: condos are more exposed to condo fees, to competition from new construction and to buildings with thin contingency funds.
Is the number of unsold condos climbing in Quebec City?
Yes: 17% in 2026 against 12% in 2025 and 25% in 2021. We remain below the 59% of 2016, but the trend is up, as in 37 of 41 cities.
Source: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, queries of October 7, 2026 for the municipality of Quebec City: Condominium category, expired listings and average days on market by year over ten years; condo sales from the September 16, 2026 query, new listings from October 7, median days from September 29, houses from October 1; compiled by the Loaa & Manseur team, aggregates only, current year partial. The condos that do not sell in 41 cities hub compares the 41 cities.
Our other data series in Quebec City, from the same Centris listings:
Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
And the plexes for sale in Quebec City:
Plex inventory and new listings, 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.