Expired listings · Sherbrooke · Centris 2016-2026
How many homes listed in Sherbrooke 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 Sherbrooke, 204 house listings expired without a sale in 2025, against 796 in 2016 (-74%). Relative to sales, 15% of the listings that ended in 2025 ended without a sale, against 46% in 2016 and 10% at the 2021 trough. In 2026 (Jan. to Sep.), the rate is 16%, one of the lowest among the 50 cities tracked (median 21%). Average days on market went from 108 days in 2016 to 37 days in 2021 and 27 days in 2026, against 9 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 Sherbrooke, 204 house listings expired without a sale in 2025, against 796 in 2016 (-74%). Relative to sales, 15% of the listings that ended in 2025 ended without a sale, against 46% in 2016 and 10% at the 2021 trough. In 2026 (Jan. to Sep.), the rate is 16%, one of the lowest among the 50 cities tracked (median 21%). Average days on market went from 108 days in 2016 to 37 days in 2021 and 27 days in 2026, against 9 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 | 796 | 927 | 46% | 1,793 | 108 | 67 |
| 2017 | 646 | 939 | 41% | 1,539 | 115 | 80 |
| 2018 | 539 | 937 | 37% | 1,466 | 111 | 73 |
| 2019 | 468 | 1,052 | 31% | 1,384 | 97 | 59 |
| 2020 | 268 | 1,147 | 19% | 1,217 | 73 | 34 |
| 2021 | 126 | 1,110 | 10% | 1,130 | 37 | 13 |
| 2022 | 124 | 947 | 12% | 1,148 | 28 | 14 |
| 2023 | 162 | 882 | 16% | 1,153 | 36 | 17 |
| 2024 | 189 | 1,080 | 15% | 1,321 | 38 | 18 |
| 2025 | 204 | 1,175 | 15% | 1,466 | 31 | 10 |
| 2026 (Jan. to Sep.) | 160 | 848 | 16% | 1,157 | 27 | 9 |
Single-family category, whole municipality of Sherbrooke, 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 Sherbrooke
- Four markets in ten years in Sherbrooke: 39% failure on average in 2016-2019, 14% during the 2020-2022 frenzy, 16% when high rates returned, 16% today. Average days: 108, 46, 37 and 29.
- Peak of expired listings: 2016 (796); trough: 2022 (124), -84% between the two. Highest failure rate: 2016 (46%); lowest: 2021 (10%).
- The return of high rates: 10% failure in 2021, 16% in 2023, 15% in 2025. The market regained selectivity without returning to 2016.
- On the year's new listings: 44% of homes listed in 2016 saw their listing expire the same year, 14% in 2025. Fewer than one home in five ends up expired within the year.
- Average versus median: 108 days against 67 days in 2016, 27 days against 9 days in 2026. The gap (41 then 18 days) measures the weight of houses lingering for months: it has shrunk.
- 2026 (Jan. to Sep.) versus 2025: 15% then 16% failure (the rate is climbing: more overpriced homes are left on the shelf); 160 expired in nine months, or 213 at an annual pace (+4%, a simple projection). Across the 50 cities, the rate is climbing in 2026 in 36.
- Ten years: 3,682 expired listings against 11,044 sales in Sherbrooke.
What it changes when selling or buying in Sherbrooke
At 16% failure, Sherbrooke 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 Sherbrooke.
How to read these figures
One count per year for all of Sherbrooke: what expires, what sells, and how long sales take, on average and at the median. Expired listings are the visible part of homes that do not sell; withdrawals and cancellations add to them, and our page houses that do not sell in Sherbrooke counts them over twelve months. The mean days on market is pulled up by homes that linger; the median tells the story of the typical home. Small cities move by a few expired listings from one year to the next: read the plateaus.
Frequently asked questions
How many houses do not sell in Sherbrooke?
204 single-family house listings expired without a sale in Sherbrooke in 2025, for 1,175 sales: a failure rate of 15%. In 2026 (Jan. to Sep.): 160 expired, 16%.
Is the number of unsold homes climbing in Sherbrooke?
Yes: 16% in 2026 against 15% in 2025 and 10% at the 2021 trough. We remain far from the 46% of 2016, but the trend is up, as in 36 of 50 cities.
Why is the average longer than the median in Sherbrooke?
Because the average (27 days in 2026) counts homes that linger for months, and the median (9 days) tells the story of the middle home. The 18-day gap is the weight of overpriced homes.
Source: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, queries of October 1, 2026 for the municipality of Sherbrooke: 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 Sherbrooke, from the same Centris listings:
- Buyer's or seller's market in Sherbrooke
- How much buyers negotiate in Sherbrooke
- Home prices in Sherbrooke, ten years
Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
And the average house price in Sherbrooke:
Mean, median and asking price, year by year, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And the sales volume in Sherbrooke:
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 Sherbrooke:
What a house bought in each year since 2016 is worth today, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And the jump from condo to house in Sherbrooke:
The gap between house and condo year by year, and how much of it the condo's gain covers, ten years from the same Centris listings.
All the statistics in Sherbrooke 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.