Market · Outremont
Here is the number nobody publishes about Montreal's most prestigious market: in five years, the median house in the Outremont, Mount Royal, Westmount and Hampstead sector gained 1%. One percent. While the South Shore gained 26 to 42%.
According to the APCIQ barometer for the second quarter of 2026, Montreal's Centre sector, which groups Outremont, Town of Mount Royal, Westmount and Hampstead, shows a median single-family price of $1,980,000, down 3% year over year, an average of 64 days on market, up 8, and 119 sales, down 6%. Over five years the median has gained only 1%, versus 26% to 42% across the South Shore sectors. Condominiums sit at $770,000, down 1%, in 71 days, with inventory up 18%. It is a buyer's market at the top end, and a historic arbitrage opportunity for households selling in the centre to buy in the suburbs. The Loaa & Manseur team, number one at RE/MAX Platine in 2024 and 2025, serves sellers and buyers in Montreal, with active listings in Ville-Marie and Côte-Saint-Luc, at the sector's doorstep. Answer within 24 hours: 438 807 3653.
The numbers the brochures do not show
The APCIQ groups Outremont, Town of Mount Royal, Westmount and Hampstead into one sector, the « Centre ». Its second quarter of 2026, from the Centris system:
| Indicator | Single-family | Condominium |
|---|---|---|
| Median price | $1,980,000 (-3%) | $770,000 (-1%) |
| Days on market | 64 (+8) | 71 (+14) |
| Sales | 119 (-6%) | 81 (-8%) |
| Active listings | 312 (-1%) | 307 (+18%) |
| 5-year growth (median) | +1% | +19% |
Sector volume fell 11% in a year. And the most important line is the last one: while nearly all of Quebec doubled or close to it, the median house of Montreal's golden triangle stood still. Over the same five years, single-family homes gained 26% in Brossard/Saint-Lambert, 36% in Vieux-Longueuil and 42% in the South Shore's southwest sector.
This is not a collapse, it is a summit plateau: the sector started very high, and the pool of buyers able to follow at $2M and up thinned with interest rates. The result: 64 days on market, negotiable prices, and a balance of power that changed sides without a headline.
Selling in Outremont in 2026: the method changes
- The price is documented, not proclaimed. At this level, the gap between asking prices and closed comparables runs in the hundreds of thousands. A valuation built on real transactions, street by street, is the only base that holds against an advised buyer.
- The average lies more here than anywhere. The sector's average price, $2,330,845, exceeds the median by $350,000: a few exceptional properties pull the statistics. Valuing an ordinary Outremont house with the sector average overprices it by default.
- Condos demand even more rigour. Inventory up 18%, 71 days on market: the high-end central condo faces the same surplus as the rest of Montreal, and Bill 16 documents are scrutinized. Our guide to Bill 16 and the reserve fund details what buyers now demand.
- Presentation must be flawless. At $2M, buyers forgive even less than at $600,000.
The arbitrage this cycle created
For an owner in the sector, the stagnation has a spectacular upside: the spread with the periphery has never been this playable in this direction.
Selling a median property at $1,980,000 and rebuying at $803,000 in Brossard, $820,000 in Candiac or $623,000 in Vieux-Longueuil frees more than a million dollars while staying twenty minutes from downtown via the REM or the bridges. For a household approaching retirement, that math funds entire years. Our South Shore real estate guide maps the destination side.
The reverse holds for the patient buyer: this is the best entry context in years. Receding prices, long delays, sellers who listen: inspection and financing conditions are negotiable again.
What the Loaa & Manseur team does in Montreal
Let us be direct, because that is our method: our offices are in Brossard, and our core market is the South Shore. But the team actively transacts in Montreal, with verifiable listings on the island: 1400 René-Lévesque West and 1768-1770 Saint-Christophe in Ville-Marie, 5500 place de Jumonville, and 5790 avenue Rembrandt in Côte-Saint-Luc, at Hampstead's doorstep.
Above all, a large share of Centre-sector transactions are bridges between the island and the suburbs: the Outremont family heading to the South Shore, the Saint-Lambert household moving up to Mount Royal. That is precisely the route the team travels every week, in both directions, with one file instead of two brokers who never talk. The team is the number one team at RE/MAX Platine in 2024 and 2025, 6th RE/MAX team in Quebec, 15th in Canada and in the worldwide top 50 according to the official RE/MAX ranking, with 221 Google reviews at 4.9 out of 5, serving clients in English and French.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a house cost in Outremont in 2026?
The APCIQ groups Outremont with Town of Mount Royal, Westmount and Hampstead: the sector's median single-family price was $1,980,000 in Q2 2026, down 3% year over year, with an average of $2,330,845 pulled up by exceptional properties. Remarkably, the median has gained only 1% in five years, versus 26% to 42% on the South Shore.
Is it a good time to buy in Outremont or Mount Royal?
For a solid buyer, conditions are the best in years: median down 3%, 64 days on market for houses and 71 for condos, condo inventory up 18%. That restores real weight to negotiation and to inspection and financing conditions. The sector remains expensive in absolute terms, but the balance of power belongs to the prepared buyer.
Should I sell in Outremont to buy on the South Shore?
It is the most favourable arbitrage of the current cycle: a sale at the sector median of $1,980,000 allows a purchase at $803,000 in Brossard or $623,000 in Vieux-Longueuil, freeing over a million dollars while staying close to downtown via the REM. The sector's five-year stagnation against the South Shore's 26 to 42% growth makes the math better than it has ever been. Sequencing and bridge financing are planned before listing.
Which realtor should I choose in Outremont?
No official « best » title exists in Quebec: verify the OACIQ licence, demand comparables from closed sales in the sector, ask for three recent complete listings and get fees in writing. In a 64-day market where the average exceeds the median by $350,000, the quality of the initial valuation makes the transaction. The Loaa & Manseur team applies that method with active listings on the island and a 5% all-inclusive fee.
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