Negotiating house prices in Quebec: 52 cities ranked by the real gap between asking and sale price (2026)

Buying · Negotiation · 52 cities · September 17, 2026

The asking price and the price paid for 17,508 houses sold over 12 months, city by city: where buyers negotiate, where they overbid, and how fast it all plays out.

As of September 17, 2026, across 17,508 single-family sales read on Centris between September 16, 2025 and September 16, 2026, the cities where the price paid strays furthest from the asking price are Westmount (95.56% of asking), Kirkland (96.23% of asking), Beaconsfield (96.88% of asking), Dorval (97.07% of asking), Saint-Lambert (97.2% of asking). At the other end, Rimouski (100%), Sainte-Julie (100%), Sherbrooke (100%), Lévis (100.65%), Quebec City (102.5%), where most houses go at or above asking. Median days on market range from 5 days in Lévis to 52 days in Westmount. Source: Centris (Matrix), single-family sales closed between September 16, 2025 and September 16, 2026, asking price and sale price of each listing, compiled September 17, 2026, aggregates only.

The ranking, from most negotiable city to least

For each city: the number of sales analysed, the median ratio between price paid and asking price, the share of houses sold above asking, the median discount in dollars when there is one, and median days on market. Click a city for the breakdown by price bracket.

Source: Centris (Matrix), single-family sales closed between September 16, 2025 and September 16, 2026, asking price and sale price of each listing, compiled September 17, 2026, aggregates only. For cities whose count exceeds what Matrix displays, the sample is the first 500 listings in address order.

Two markets in the same province

In Westmount, the price paid is 95.56% of asking and only 7% of houses go above the listed price: the buyer negotiates. In Quebec City, the ratio is 102.5% and 61% of sales close above asking: the seller sets the terms. In between, most suburban cities sit around 99% of asking, with a median discount in the $19,900 to $25,000 range.

Days on market explains almost everything

The fastest cities are Lévis (5 days), Quebec City (5 days), Beloeil (7 days); the slowest, Westmount (52 days), Candiac (31 days), L'Île-Perrot (28 days). In every city, houses sold above asking go within days, while those sold below asking take three to six times longer. Days on market is therefore the best indicator of negotiating leverage, ahead of the city itself.

How to use it

• Buyers: each page gives the median gap, the median discount in dollars and the range by price bracket, so your offer rests on data rather than a random percentage.
• Sellers: comparing houses sold above and below asking puts a number, in days and dollars, on the cost of listing too high.
• Other series: home prices by city, Quebec real estate statistics, cheap houses, 52 cities and average rent in Quebec.

Our other data series, all built from Centris listings:

• Real estate statistics by city, 50 cities, 12 indicators 2026
• From condo to house by city, 40 cities, ten years
• House appreciation by city, 50 cities, ten years
• Sales volume by city, 50 cities, ten years
• Average house price by city, 50 cities, ten years
• Expired listings by city, 50 cities, ten years
• Sold over asking by city, 50 cities, ten years
• Homes for sale and inventory by city, 50 cities
• Plex prices by city, 31 cities, ten years
• Home sales by city, 50 cities
• Days on market, 52 cities
• Condo prices by number of bedrooms, 42 cities
• House prices by number of bedrooms, 52 cities
• Bungalow prices by city, 51 cities
• Condo fees, 39 cities
• Withdrawn listings, 51 cities
• What a pool and a garage are worth, 52 cities

Each series is recalculated from the past twelve months of actual sales or leases, city by city, aggregates only.

Method

Single-family listings switched to "sold" status on Centris (Matrix) between September 16, 2025 and September 16, 2026. For each listing: asking price, sale price and days on market. The sold ÷ asking ratio is computed listing by listing, then the median and quartiles are taken across the city's sales. Sales at exactly the asking price are counted separately from those above and below. Merged cities are taken as a whole (Montreal 19 boroughs, Quebec City 6, Laval 13 sectors, Longueuil 3, Gatineau 5, Lévis 3, Sherbrooke 4, Saguenay 7, Terrebonne 3, Repentigny 2). Only aggregates are published, never a listing.

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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.