Expired listings · Joliette · Centris 2016-2026
How many homes listed in Joliette go back without a buyer, year by year since 2016: expired listings, the failure rate against sales, average days next to median days, and what today's rate tells a seller about the starting price. Centris figures, not estimates.
In Joliette, 23 house listings expired without a sale in 2025, against 83 in 2016 (-72%). Relative to sales, 16% of the listings that ended in 2025 ended without a sale, against 46% in 2016 and 15% at the 2021 trough. In 2026 (Jan. to Sep.), the rate is 14%, one of the lowest among the 50 cities tracked (median 21%). Average days on market went from 117 days in 2016 to 38 days in 2021 and 28 days in 2026, against 8 days at the median: the gap between the two is the weight of the houses that linger. Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled October 1, 2026.
The short answer
In Joliette, 23 house listings expired without a sale in 2025, against 83 in 2016 (-72%). Relative to sales, 16% of the listings that ended in 2025 ended without a sale, against 46% in 2016 and 15% at the 2021 trough. In 2026 (Jan. to Sep.), the rate is 14%, one of the lowest among the 50 cities tracked (median 21%). Average days on market went from 117 days in 2016 to 38 days in 2021 and 28 days in 2026, against 8 days at the median: the gap between the two is the weight of the houses that linger.
Expired listings, sales and failure rate per year
| Year | Expired listings | Sales | Failure rate | New listings | Average days | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 83 | 99 | 46% | 172 | 117 | 89 |
| 2017 | 60 | 104 | 37% | 149 | 100 | 65 |
| 2018 | 39 | 99 | 28% | 158 | 101 | 66 |
| 2019 | 55 | 116 | 32% | 163 | 86 | 49 |
| 2020 | 22 | 157 | 12% | 145 | 86 | 35 |
| 2021 | 19 | 109 | 15% | 124 | 38 | 9 |
| 2022 | 17 | 100 | 15% | 134 | 25 | 12 |
| 2023 | 26 | 115 | 18% | 142 | 44 | 23 |
| 2024 | 22 | 101 | 18% | 135 | 56 | 28 |
| 2025 | 23 | 118 | 16% | 134 | 53 | 19 |
| 2026 (Jan. to Sep.) | 16 | 97 | 14% | 129 | 28 | 8 |
Single-family category, whole municipality of Joliette, Centris (Matrix). Failure rate: expired ÷ (expired + sales) of the same year. New listings: January to August for 2026. 2026: nine months for expired listings.
What ten years of expired listings say in Joliette
- Four markets in ten years in Joliette: 36% failure on average in 2016-2019, 14% during the 2020-2022 frenzy, 18% when high rates returned, 15% today. Average days: 101, 50, 50 and 40.
- Peak of expired listings: 2016 (83); trough: 2022 (17), -80% between the two. Highest failure rate: 2016 (46%); lowest: 2020 (12%).
- The return of high rates: 15% failure in 2021, 18% in 2023, 16% in 2025. The market regained selectivity without returning to 2016.
- On the year's new listings: 48% of homes listed in 2016 saw their listing expire the same year, 17% in 2025. Fewer than one home in five ends up expired within the year.
- Average versus median: 117 days against 89 days in 2016, 28 days against 8 days in 2026. The gap (28 then 20 days) measures the weight of houses lingering for months: it has shrunk.
- 2026 (Jan. to Sep.) versus 2025: 16% then 14% failure (the rate is falling); 16 expired in nine months, or 21 at an annual pace (-9%, a simple projection). Across the 50 cities, the rate is climbing in 2026 in 36.
- Ten years: 382 expired listings against 1,215 sales in Joliette.
What it changes when selling or buying in Joliette
At 14% failure, Joliette is a city where almost everything listed sells: expired listings are rare, and a home that stays listed is a sign of a price frankly off the market 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. The past twelve months' withdrawn listings, one by one, and the asking price they showed are in houses that do not sell in Joliette.
How to read these figures
"Expired listings" counts, for each year, the single-family house listings whose brokerage contract reached its end without a sale, as recorded on Centris; cancellations and early withdrawals are not included, which makes this count a floor. The failure rate divides expired listings by the sum of expired listings and sales of the same year. Average days is the mean days on market of closed sales; median days come from days on market in Joliette; new listings from homes for sale in Joliette. 2026 (Jan. to Sep.) is a partial year.
Frequently asked questions
How many houses do not sell in Joliette?
23 single-family house listings expired without a sale in Joliette in 2025, for 118 sales: a failure rate of 16%. In 2026 (Jan. to Sep.): 16 expired, 14%.
Is the number of unsold homes climbing in Joliette?
No: 14% in 2026 against 16% in 2025. The trough was 2020 (12%), the peak 2016 (46%).
Why is the average longer than the median in Joliette?
Because the average (28 days in 2026) counts homes that linger for months, and the median (8 days) tells the story of the middle home. The 20-day gap is the weight of overpriced homes.
Source: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, queries of October 1, 2026 for the municipality of Joliette: Single-family category, expired listings and average days on market by year over ten years; sales from the September 16, 2026 query, new listings from September 30, median days from September 29; compiled by the Loaa & Manseur team, aggregates only, current year partial. The expired listings in 50 cities hub compares the 50 cities.
Our other data series in Joliette, from the same Centris listings:
- Buyer's or seller's market in Joliette
- How much buyers negotiate in Joliette
- Home prices in Joliette, ten years
Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
And the average house price in Joliette:
Mean, median and asking price, year by year, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And the sales volume in Joliette:
How many dollars change hands each year, and whether price or the number of sales rose, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And house appreciation in Joliette:
What a house bought in each year since 2016 is worth today, ten years from the same Centris listings.
All the statistics in Joliette at a glance:
Twelve 2026 Centris indicators, the city's rank on each, and a link to ten years of detail.
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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.