Duvernay, Laval: Two-Storey Homes and Bungalows, Two Markets

In Duvernay, saying "a house" is not enough to describe what sells. Two-storey homes and bungalows do not sell at the same price, at the same pace, or with the same room to negotiate. Our article on Laval home valuation gives prices by sector; this one isolates a single mechanism: the gap between these two house styles within the same area.

147 sales, 75 of them houses

The figures come from CourtiConnect's comparable sales database for the Duvernay area, rentals excluded. The sales on file run from October 4, 2025 to May 11, 2026: 147 sales, including 75 houses, 67 condos and 5 income properties. Only aggregates are published; no individual sale is shown.

Of the 75 houses, the listing identifies 39 two-storey homes and 24 bungalows. The other 12 break down into 5 split-level homes, 6 houses with no style given and 1 storey-and-a-half: too few to compare, they are set aside.

The two styles side by side

• Two-storey home: 39 sales; median price $1,185,000; median days on market 41; median sale-to-list ratio 97.5% (37 sales with a known asking price).
• Bungalow: 24 sales; median price $859,000; median days on market 30; median ratio 99.6% (23 sales with a known asking price).

The ratio is the sale price divided by the asking price, calculated only on sales with a known asking price. Days on market is the number recorded for each sale.

Two-storey homes get negotiated, bungalows sell close to asking

Of the 37 two-storey homes with a known asking price, 30 sold below it, or 81.1%, and 7 above. Of the 23 bungalows, 13 sold below asking, or 56.5%, 9 above and 1 at exactly the asking price.

The gap also shows in time. Bungalows sell in a median 30 days, two-storey homes in 41. Long sales exist on both sides: 7 two-storey homes and 5 bungalows stayed on the market more than 90 days.

What may explain the gap

The database measures the gap; it does not measure its cause. What follows is an interpretation, not a measurement. At a median $1,185,000, a two-storey home in Duvernay targets a narrower pool of buyers than a bungalow at $859,000: fewer buyers can finance it, and each one has more time to negotiate.

The bungalow, by contrast, brings together buyers with different profiles: households looking for a first detached home in the area, and households looking for a house without stairs. Broader demand keeps the price closer to what is asked.

Style, age and price move together

The gap is not about style alone, and this article does not claim to isolate it. In these sales, two-storey homes are also much newer: their median construction year is 2002, and 23 of the 39 were built in 2000 or later. For bungalows it is 1966.5, and 21 of the 24 predate 1980.

Style, age and price therefore move together. The database does not show which of the three differences weighs most on time on market and negotiation. It does show that, in Duvernay, these two families of houses form two markets that should not be compared with each other.

What sellers and buyers can take from it

For a two-storey home seller, most sales in the area closed below asking, after a longer delay: timing and the listing price should be set accordingly, from comparable two-storey homes, not from the area's overall median.

For a bungalow seller, the sale closes closer to the asking price and faster; a well-placed price from the day of listing matters all the more.

For a buyer, the same reading runs the other way: the room to negotiate is wider on two-storey homes. In every case, these medians place a house style; the value of a specific house is measured against truly similar sales.