Montreal home sales slide as rebalancing spreads to suburbs
Supply spreads beyond the island
Active listings reached 20,128 units, up 18% from August 2025. New listings totalled 5,874, a 7.4% year-over-year increase.
The inventory build-up, which first concentrated on the Island of Montreal, is now most pronounced in the suburbs: listings on the South Shore rose 28%, while the North Shore recorded a 26% jump.
Across property categories, condominiums led supply growth at 19%, followed by single-family homes at 17% and plexes at 15%.
“With a decline in activity and growing supply across the metropolitan area, August’s results confirm that the Montreal residential market continues to rebalance,” said Camille Laberge, QPAREB assistant director and senior economist, in Montréal.
“Condominiums on the Island of Montreal remain the segment where the rebalancing process is most advanced.”
