Homes for sale · Saguenay · Centris 2016-2026
The number of houses for sale in Saguenay at each month-end, and the number of new listings, year by year since 2016: the peak, the frenzy trough, the absorption rate, months of inventory, and why prices doubled without sales growing. Centris figures, not estimates.
In Saguenay, an average of 271 houses were for sale on Centris at each month-end in 2026 (January to August), against 996 in 2016: inventory is 27% of what it was ten years ago, one of the steepest declines among the 50 cities tracked (median 46%). The trough was 2022 (198 houses, -80% from the 2016 peak); since then, inventory has climbed back 37%. New listings went from 1,656 in 2016 to 1,193 in 2025 (-28%): fewer homes are being listed than before, and they sell faster. The result: 3.0 months of inventory in 2026 against 15.0 in 2016. Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled September 30, 2026.
The short answer
In Saguenay, an average of 271 houses were for sale on Centris at each month-end in 2026 (January to August), against 996 in 2016: inventory is 27% of what it was ten years ago, one of the steepest declines among the 50 cities tracked (median 46%). The trough was 2022 (198 houses, -80% from the 2016 peak); since then, inventory has climbed back 37%. New listings went from 1,656 in 2016 to 1,193 in 2025 (-28%): fewer homes are being listed than before, and they sell faster. The result: 3.0 months of inventory in 2026 against 15.0 in 2016.
New listings, sales and homes for sale per year
| Year | New listings | Sales | Absorption | Active, monthly average | Active, year-end | Months of inventory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1,656 | 798 | 48% | 996 | 863 | 15.0 |
| 2017 | 1,579 | 771 | 49% | 914 | 778 | 14.2 |
| 2018 | 1,699 | 862 | 51% | 913 | 831 | 12.7 |
| 2019 | 1,549 | 997 | 64% | 829 | 644 | 10.0 |
| 2020 | 1,247 | 1,067 | 86% | 532 | 346 | 6.0 |
| 2021 | 1,114 | 1,053 | 95% | 287 | 191 | 3.3 |
| 2022 | 999 | 848 | 85% | 198 | 213 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | 1,091 | 832 | 76% | 268 | 235 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1,064 | 919 | 86% | 245 | 187 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 1,193 | 1,036 | 87% | 211 | 169 | 2.4 |
| 2026 (Jan. to Aug.) | 1,054 | 771 | 73% | 271 | 303 | 3.0 |
Single-family category, whole municipality of Saguenay, Centris (Matrix). Absorption: sales ÷ new listings of the same year. Months of inventory: active ÷ monthly sales. 2026: eight months.
What ten years of inventory say in Saguenay
- Four markets in ten years in Saguenay: 914 homes for sale on average in 2016-2019, 287 during the 2020-2022 frenzy, 256 when high rates returned, 211 in 2025 and 271 in 2026.
- Inventory peak: 2016 (996); trough: 2022 (198). Between the two, the choice offered to a buyer was divided by 5.0.
- New listings: 1,699 in 2018 at the high, 999 in 2022 at the low, 1,193 in 2025. Owners are selling less: 28% fewer listings than in 2016, because whoever has a low rate and a paid-off house stays put.
- Absorption rate (year's sales ÷ new listings): 48% in 2016, 95% in 2021, 87% in 2025. More than seven homes listed out of ten find a buyer within the year.
- Months of inventory (homes for sale ÷ monthly sales): 15.0 in 2016, 3.3 at the 2021 trough, 2.4 in 2025, 3.0 in 2026. Under 4 months, the seller leads; above 6, the buyer.
- 2026 (Jan. to Aug.) versus 2025: average inventory is up 28% (211 to 271), and new listings are running at 1,581 at an annual pace (+33%, a simple twelve-month projection). Choice is coming back a little, without returning to 2016. End of August 2026: 303 active houses.
- Across the 50 cities tracked, 2026 inventory is a median 46% of 2016, it is at half or less in 32 cities, and it is climbing versus 2025 in 43 cities.
What it changes when selling or buying in Saguenay
At 3.0 months of inventory, Saguenay is in line with the cities tracked: few enough houses for the seller to keep the upper hand, enough for a buyer to have a few options to compare each month. The seller who lists at the price of the latest sales finds a buyer; the buyer with a pre-approval who visits in the first week has a chance without a systematic bidding war. The rest of the table explains prices: with 73% fewer homes for sale than in 2016, the median price doubled without the number of sales growing, and it will not come down until inventory does come back.
How to read these figures
"Active listings" counts the single-family houses for sale on Centris at the end of each month; we publish the average of the year's twelve month-ends (eight in 2026) and the last month's value. "New listings" adds up the year's listings, including relistings after a withdrawal. Sales come from the same database (number of sales in Saguenay). Absorption divides sales by the same year's new listings; months of inventory divide homes for sale by monthly sales, as in the buyer's or seller's market in Saguenay, computed there over the past twelve months.
Frequently asked questions
How many houses are for sale in Saguenay in 2026?
An average of 271 single-family houses active on Centris at each month-end in 2026 (January to August), 303 at the end of August. In 2016 it was 996.
Is inventory coming back in Saguenay?
Yes, a little: 271 in 2026 against 211 in 2025 (+28%), and 198 at the 2022 trough. But we remain at 27% of 2016 inventory.
Why are there fewer homes for sale in Saguenay than in 2016?
Both: 28% fewer listings than in 2016, and an absorption rate up from 48% to 87%. Fewer houses arrive, and they go faster.
Source: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, queries of September 30, 2026 for the municipality of Saguenay: Single-family category, new listings and active listings by month over ten years, aggregated by year; sales per year from the September 16, 2026 query; compiled by the Loaa & Manseur team, aggregates only, current year partial. The homes for sale and inventory in 50 cities hub compares the 50 cities.
Our other data series in Saguenay, from the same Centris listings:
- How much buyers negotiate in Saguenay
- Houses that do not sell in Saguenay
- Home prices in Saguenay, ten years
Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
And sale price relative to asking in Saguenay:
Bidding wars or negotiation, year by year, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And the houses that do not sell in Saguenay:
- Expired listings in Saguenay: 167 unsold homes in 2025 against 864 in 2016, failure rate 16% in 2026
Expired listings and failure rate, year by year, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And the average house price in Saguenay:
Mean, median and asking price, year by year, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And the sales volume in Saguenay:
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 Saguenay:
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 Saguenay:
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 Saguenay 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.