Plex prices · Saguenay · Centris 2016-2026
The median price of a plex in Saguenay year by year since 2016, next to the house and the condo of the same city: the frenzy, the rate brake, the record year, and what the plex-to-house ratio tells a buyer. Centris figures, not estimates.
In Saguenay, a plex sells for $372,000 at the median in 2026 (January to mid-September), against $185,000 in 2016: +101% in ten years, less than the median of the 31 cities tracked (+116%), because the plex already started high. Single-family houses did +114% over the same period ($170,750 to $366,000): the plex rose more slowly than houses, and it is now worth 1.02 times a house ($6,000 more). Record year: 2026 ($372,000). Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled September 30, 2026.
The short answer
In Saguenay, a plex sells for $372,000 at the median in 2026 (January to mid-September), against $185,000 in 2016: +101% in ten years, less than the median of the 31 cities tracked (+116%), because the plex already started high. Single-family houses did +114% over the same period ($170,750 to $366,000): the plex rose more slowly than houses, and it is now worth 1.02 times a house ($6,000 more). Record year: 2026 ($372,000).
Median plex price per year, next to houses and condos
| Year | Plex, median price | Plex sales | House, median price | Condo, median price | Plex ÷ house |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $185,000 | 119 | $170,750 | $152,000 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | $181,500 | 116 | $175,000 | $152,500 | 1.04 |
| 2018 | $195,000 | 112 | $175,000 | $157,000 | 1.11 |
| 2019 | $175,000 | 151 | $179,700 | $146,000 | 0.97 |
| 2020 | $180,500 | 179 | $190,000 | $160,000 | 0.95 |
| 2021 | $200,000 | 231 | $215,000 | $165,500 | 0.93 |
| 2022 | $229,000 | 215 | $243,000 | $195,750 | 0.94 |
| 2023 | $260,000 | 181 | $260,000 | $220,000 | 1.00 |
| 2024 | $275,000 | 205 | $295,000 | $242,000 | 0.93 |
| 2025 | $340,000 | 186 | $339,000 | $266,600 | 1.00 |
| 2026 (Jan. to mid-Sep.) | $372,000 | 131 | $366,000 | $287,000 | 1.02 |
Plex sales closed on Centris from 2016 to September 16, 2026: 1,826. Plexes sell less often than houses: their median moves more from one year to the next. Read the plateaus, not a single year.
What ten years of prices say in Saguenay
- Four markets in ten years in Saguenay: $183,250 median price in 2016-2019, $200,000 during the 2020-2022 frenzy, $267,500 when high rates returned, $356,000 today.
- The frenzy: +31% between 2019 and 2022 ($175,000 to $229,000). Then 2023 still gained +14%: the rate hikes did not push plex prices down in Saguenay.
- Record year: 2026 ($372,000); lowest year: 2019 ($175,000). 2 years of decline out of ten: 2017, 2019.
- Plex versus house: a plex was worth 1.08 times a house in 2016 and 1.02 times in 2026. The gap narrowed: houses were more contested than plexes in Saguenay. The plex was pricier than a house in 5 years out of eleven.
- Condos in Saguenay did +89% ($152,000 to $287,000): plexes rose faster than condos.
- 2026 (Jan. to mid-Sep.) versus 2025: $340,000 then $372,000 (+9%), on 131 sales against 186 for the whole of 2025.
- Compound annual growth rate: 7.2% a year for ten years. Gain in dollars: $187,000 for the plex, $195,250 for the house.
- Volume: 1,826 plexes sold on Centris in Saguenay from 2016 to September 16, 2026, 119 in 2016 and 186 in 2025 (volume record: 2021, 231).
What it changes when buying or selling a plex in Saguenay
At 1.02 times the price of a house, a plex in Saguenay is still a yield purchase: the gap with houses is thin, rents cover a serious share of the mortgage, and an owner-occupant gets a home for less than a house alone. This is the kind of market where the local investor keeps the edge over the Montreal speculator, because the numbers work without betting on appreciation. To sell, the right price is set by gross revenue and the multiplier, not by square footage. Price per unit and the gross revenue multiplier of the past twelve months are in plex prices per unit in Saguenay.
How to read these figures
Centris's median price is the middle sale price among the year's closed sales: half the plexes sold for more, half for less. The Plex category groups duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and fiveplexes, which weighs on the median when the share of triplexes changes from one year to the next. 2026 (Jan. to mid-Sep.) is a partial year. Houses and condos come from the same queries, same years, same municipality: our pages on home prices in Saguenay and condo prices in Saguenay detail them.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a plex cost in Saguenay in 2026?
$372,000 at the median for a plex sold in Saguenay from January to mid-September 2026 (131 sales), against $340,000 in 2025 and $185,000 in 2016.
Does a plex cost more than a house in Saguenay?
Yes: $372,000 against $366,000 for a house, or 1.02 times the price. It was 1.08 times in 2016.
Did plexes rise faster than houses in Saguenay?
No: +101% for plexes against +114% for houses between 2016 and 2026. Houses led in 20 of 31 cities: the plex started higher and rates held it back more.
Source: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, queries of September 16, 2026 for the municipality of Saguenay: Plex, Single-family and Condominium categories, median sale price and number of sales by year over ten years; compiled by the Loaa & Manseur team on September 30, 2026, aggregates only, current year partial. The plex prices in 31 cities hub compares the 31 cities; the number of sales in Saguenay gives the volume of each category.
Our other data series in Saguenay, from the same Centris listings:
- Buyer's or seller's market in Saguenay
- How much buyers negotiate in Saguenay
- Houses that do not sell in Saguenay
Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
And the number of homes for sale in Saguenay:
Inventory and new listings per year, ten years from the same Centris listings.
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.