Quebec Single-Family Homes at $523,250 in Q2 2026, and the Fastest Type to Sell

The single-family home holds two positions you rarely expect to see together: it is the type whose median rises fastest province-wide, and the one that finds a buyer quickest in both geographies. The opposite configuration to the plex, whose selling time is identical everywhere.

$523,250 province-wide, $645,000 in Montreal

The provincial single-family median stands at $523,250 in the second quarter of 2026, up 5% year over year. In the Montreal metropolitan area it reaches $645,000, up 3%. The gap between the two territories amounts to $121,750.

The detail that matters is the direction of the two increases. The province is rising faster than the metro, 5% against 3%. The catch-up is therefore happening outside the major centres: regional markets start from lower levels and absorb demand that has shifted, while the Montreal median advances from an already elevated base.

This is also the type the revised annual outlook covers, holding a 5% increase in the single-family median price across 2026. The second quarter therefore matches the expected path for the year, on the one type that forecast applies to.

38 days province-wide, 32 days in Montreal

The median selling time is 38 days across Quebec and 32 days in the metropolitan area. In both cases it is the quickest property type of the quarter.

The six-day gap between territories runs opposite to prices: the most expensive house is also the one that leaves fastest. Metropolitan tension therefore reads better in the selling time than in the level of the median.

That timing is best judged against the other types in the same quarter: the Montreal condominium takes 48 days, sixteen more. Two segments, two speeds, in the same market and often on the same street.

Why the priciest is also the fastest

Intuition suggests a high price should slow a transaction. The opposite happens, for a simple reason: scarcity outweighs price. New single-family construction remains limited in sought-after sectors, and existing owners rarely sell.

Add the absence of a substitute. A household looking for family space finds no equivalent in another type: a condominium does not answer the same need at any price, and a plex answers an investment logic. When demand has no alternative, it concentrates, and selling time compresses.

That explains how a market with falling volume can keep a fast segment. Fewer transactions does not mean fewer buyers per available property: on single-family homes, supply contracted at least as much as demand.

What 32 days leaves as room

For a buyer, a 32-day median means half of metropolitan transactions close in even less. Preparation therefore matters more than negotiation: pre-approved financing, settled criteria, the ability to view quickly. A well-positioned property does not stay available for the length of a hesitation.

Negotiating room exists, but it sits elsewhere: with listings clearly exceeding the median selling time of their own sector. That requires knowing the local benchmark, because a provincial median of 38 days says nothing about the target neighbourhood. Comparing a property against the Quebec average rather than its own street is the surest way to misjudge an opportunity.

For a seller the reading is more comfortable, on one condition. A short median rewards a fair price from day one. A property listed above its market does not benefit from the segment's speed: it drops out of it, and its day counter becomes conspicuous in a market where the reference is 32 to 38 days.