Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu house market — March 2026
Based on 37 actual sales · CourtiConnect
Market context: house in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
The residential market in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu recorded 37 documented sales transactions in March 2026, with a median selling price of $538,000. This neighbourhood median stands 7.6 percent higher than the city-wide median of $499,900 calculated over the trailing twelve months from a broader sample of 69 sales, indicating that this particular segment commands a measurable premium relative to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu as a whole. The average price across the 37 documented transactions reached $555,738, placing it slightly above the median and suggesting a distribution in which some higher-value properties pulled the mean upward. The market demonstrated notable momentum in terms of transaction velocity. Properties spent an average of 19 days on the market before sale, a figure that reflects a relatively brisk pace of movement. This timeframe suggests that homes were attracting buyer interest and reaching agreement fairly quickly, indicating reasonably strong demand relative to available inventory during this reporting period in March 2026. The sale-to-asking price ratio across the 37 documented sales came to 1.011, meaning that on average, homes sold for approximately 1.1 percent above their asking prices. This ratio, while modest in magnitude, provides insight into the balance of power in negotiations: a figure above 1.0 indicates that buyers were generally willing to meet or exceed seller expectations, suggesting relative strength on the seller's side and a market tilted modestly in their favour during the period under review. The building profile reveals a stock weighted toward middle-aged homes. Among the 37 sales, 32 percent dated from before 1980, 57 percent were built between 1980 and 2010, and 11 percent were constructed after 2010. This composition shows that the majority of sales involved homes from the 1980–2010 generation, with pre-1980 properties representing a meaningful but secondary share and newer construction remaining a smaller fraction of transactions. Notably, 41 percent of the 37 documented sales concluded without a legal warranty of quality. Prospective buyers should recognize that this arrangement is not unusual in Quebec real estate and represents a standard due-diligence scenario in which the purchaser undertakes their own property inspection and verification process, as is customary in many transactions within the province. For a buyer in this neighbourhood, the pricing premium and robust selling velocity suggest active competition and the need to move decisively on suitable properties. For a seller, the above-asking sales ratio and rapid turnover indicate conditions favourable to achieving strong results, provided the property is appropriately positioned and marketed. To gain deeper insight into current conditions and estimate the value of a specific property in this market, consider using a real estate estimator tool calibrated to this neighbourhood and period.