Homes for sale · Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu · Centris 2016-2026
The number of houses for sale in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 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 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, an average of 269 houses were for sale on Centris at each month-end in 2026 (January to August), against 676 in 2016: inventory is 40% of what it was ten years ago, in line with the 50 cities tracked (median 46%). The trough was 2021 (128 houses, -81% from the 2016 peak); since then, inventory has climbed back 110%. New listings went from 1,423 in 2016 to 1,275 in 2025 (-10%): fewer homes are being listed than before, and they sell faster. The result: 3.7 months of inventory in 2026 against 9.0 in 2016. Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled September 30, 2026.
The short answer
In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, an average of 269 houses were for sale on Centris at each month-end in 2026 (January to August), against 676 in 2016: inventory is 40% of what it was ten years ago, in line with the 50 cities tracked (median 46%). The trough was 2021 (128 houses, -81% from the 2016 peak); since then, inventory has climbed back 110%. New listings went from 1,423 in 2016 to 1,275 in 2025 (-10%): fewer homes are being listed than before, and they sell faster. The result: 3.7 months of inventory in 2026 against 9.0 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 | 1,423 | 898 | 63% | 676 | 545 | 9.0 |
| 2017 | 1,391 | 986 | 71% | 526 | 410 | 6.4 |
| 2018 | 1,281 | 932 | 73% | 431 | 390 | 5.5 |
| 2019 | 1,302 | 1,075 | 83% | 382 | 295 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 1,221 | 1,196 | 98% | 206 | 113 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 1,150 | 1,028 | 89% | 128 | 108 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 1,150 | 807 | 70% | 171 | 200 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 1,105 | 720 | 65% | 227 | 246 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 1,170 | 850 | 73% | 249 | 222 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 1,275 | 928 | 73% | 249 | 203 | 3.2 |
| 2026 (Jan. to Aug.) | 951 | 615 | 65% | 269 | 262 | 3.7 |
Single-family category, whole municipality of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 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 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Four markets in ten years in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu: 478 homes for sale on average in 2016-2019, 171 during the 2020-2022 frenzy, 238 when high rates returned, 249 in 2025 and 269 in 2026.
- Inventory peak: 2016 (676); trough: 2021 (128). Between the two, the choice offered to a buyer was divided by 5.3.
- New listings: 1,423 in 2016 at the high, 1,105 in 2023 at the low, 1,275 in 2025. Owners are selling less: 10% 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): 63% in 2016, 89% in 2021, 73% in 2025. More than seven homes listed out of ten find a buyer within the year.
- Months of inventory (homes for sale ÷ monthly sales): 9.0 in 2016, 1.5 at the 2021 trough, 3.2 in 2025, 3.7 in 2026. Under 4 months, the seller leads; above 6, the buyer.
- 2026 (Jan. to Aug.) versus 2025: average inventory is up 8% (249 to 269), and new listings are running at 1,426 at an annual pace (+12%, a simple twelve-month projection). Choice is coming back a little, without returning to 2016. End of August 2026: 262 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 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
At 3.7 months of inventory, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 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 60% 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
Two measures from the same Centris query, same settings: Single-family category, whole municipality, by month over ten years, then aggregated by year. Inventory is a month-end snapshot averaged over the year; new listings are a flow added over the year. A house withdrawn and relisted counts twice in the flow and once in the snapshot. 2026 stops in August: the annual pace of new listings is a rule of three, not a forecast. The sales in the middle column are those of number of sales in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Frequently asked questions
How many houses are for sale in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2026?
An average of 269 single-family houses active on Centris at each month-end in 2026 (January to August), 262 at the end of August. In 2016 it was 676.
Is inventory coming back in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu?
Yes, a little: 269 in 2026 against 249 in 2025 (+8%), and 128 at the 2021 trough. But we remain at 40% of 2016 inventory.
Why are there fewer homes for sale in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu than in 2016?
Both: 10% fewer listings than in 2016, and an absorption rate up from 63% to 73%. Fewer houses arrive, and they go faster.
Source: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, queries of September 30, 2026 for the municipality of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu: 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 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, from the same Centris listings:
- Buyer's or seller's market in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- How much buyers negotiate in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Houses that do not sell in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Home prices in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, ten years
Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
And sale price relative to asking in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu:
Bidding wars or negotiation, year by year, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And the houses that do not sell in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu:
Expired listings and failure rate, year by year, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And the average house price in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu:
Mean, median and asking price, year by year, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And the sales volume in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu:
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 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu:
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 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu:
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 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 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.