AUGUST 2025 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Aug 01, 2025 in Market Updates
Supply growth weighs on home prices.
Thanks to gains mostly occurring in the newer communities, inventory levels in July reached 6,917 units, a level not seen since before the pandemic and higher than long-term trends. While supply has improved across all property types and districts, the largest gains are occurring in areas where new community grow...
JULY 2025 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Jul 03, 2025 in Market Updates
Gains in resale supply mostly impact apartment and row-style home prices.
Inventory levels in June continued to rise, both over last month’s and last year’s levels. By the end of the month, inventory reached 6,941 units, returning to levels reported in 2021, or prior to the surge in population growth. While sales have remained consistent with long-t...
CREB® CALGARY SPRING 2025 REPORT
Posted on Jun 23, 2025 in Market Updates
The Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB®) has released its spring 2025 housing market update, an overview of the state of the real estate landscape in Calgary and surrounding areas. The report updates the forecast for 2025 that CREB® released in January, highlighting trends in sales, pricing, the economic forces that are currently affecting the market...
JUNE 2025 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Jun 02, 2025 in Market Updates
Price adjustments begin, but are mostly driven by apartment and row style homes.
Thanks to steep pullbacks in the apartment condominium sector, total residential sales in Calgary eased by 17 per cent compared to May of last year. While the drop does seem significant, the 2,568 sales this month remain 11 per cent higher than long-term trends for May...
MAY 2025 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on May 02, 2025 in Market Updates
Balanced Conditions Take Pressure Off Prices
A boost in new listings this month relative to sales caused April inventories to rise to 5,876 units. While this is more than double the levels reported last year, supply last year was exceptionally low and current levels are consistent with levels we traditionally see in April. Sales in April reached 2,2...
APRIL 2025 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Apr 01, 2025 in Market Updates
Uncertainty is weighing on the housing market.
Ongoing economic uncertainty, driven by tariff threats, has weighed on consumer confidence and impacted housing activity in March. Sales declined by 19 percent year-over-year, totaling 2,159 units. Sales slowed across all property types, with the steepest decline in higher-density segments.
“It is not a...
MARCH 2025 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Mar 04, 2025 in Market Updates
Sales remain above long-term trends despite declines.
Inventory levels saw substantial year-over-year growth for the second month in a row, rising by 76 percent to 4,145 units in February. While inventory increases were seen across all price ranges, the largest increases were in homes priced under $500,000.
The increase was driven by substantial grow...
FEBRUARY 2025 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Feb 03, 2025 in Market Updates
Following three consecutive years of limited supply choice, inventory levels in January rose to 3,639 units. While the 70 percent year-over-year gain is significant, inventory levels remain lower than the over 4,000 units we would typically see in January. Inventories rose across all property types, with some of the largest gains driven by apartmen...
CREB: ECONOMIC REVIEW & 2025 FORECAST
Posted on Jan 22, 2025 in Market Updates
The Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB) recently released their annual market and economic review and forecast. This annual report examines the housing sector, the local Calgary economy, and other variables that impact real estate, such as lending rates and migration patterns.
Here is a look at what CREB says about the Calgary economy. If you are looki...
CREB: 2024 SUMMARY & 2025 FORECAST
Posted on Jan 22, 2025 in Market Updates
Here is a look at what CREB says about the Calgary economy. If you are looki...
JANUARY 2025 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Jan 02, 2025 in Market Updates
The year ended with 1,322 sales in December, a three percent decline over last year, but nearly 20 percent higher than long-term trends. Overall sales in 2024 were just shy of last year’s levels, as gains for higher-priced homes offset pullbacks in the lower price ranges caused by supply challenges.
“Population gains over the past several years have...
DECEMBER 2024 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Dec 02, 2024 in Market Updates
As we transition into winter, Calgary's housing market is following typical seasonal trends, with activity slowing compared to the fall. However, year-over-year demand remains relatively strong. In November, increased sales in detached, semi-detached, and row homes offset a decline in apartment condominium sales. The 1,797 sales for November mirror...
NOVEMBER 2024 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Nov 01, 2024 in Market Updates
Sales gains for homes priced above $600,000 offset declines at the lower end of the market, resulting in October sales that were similar to last year. The 2,174 sales in October increased over September and stood 24 percent above long-term trends for the month.
“Housing demand has stayed relatively strong in our market as we move into the fourth qua...
OCTOBER 2024 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Oct 01, 2024 in Market Updates
Rising sales in the upper price ranges were not enough to offset the pullback occurring in the lower price ranges, as sales in September were 2,003, 17 percent below last year's record high. Despite the decline, sales this month were still over 16 percent higher than levels traditionally achieved in September.
“We are starting to see a rise in new l...
SEPTEMBER 2024 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Sep 03, 2024 in Market Updates
Housing activity continues to move away from the extreme sellers’ market conditions experienced throughout the spring. Easing sales, combined with gains in supply, pushed the months of supply above two months in August, a level not seen since the end of 2022.
“As expected, rising new home construction and gains in new listings are starting to suppor...
AUGUST 2024 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Aug 01, 2024 in Market Updates
With the busy spring market behind us, we are starting to see some shifts in supply levels. With 2,380 sales and 3,604 new listings, the sales-to-new listings ratio fell to 66 percent, supporting a gain in inventory. Inventories rose to 4,158 units, still 33 percent below what we typically see in July, but the first time they have pushed above 4,00...
CALGARY Q2 2024 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Jul 22, 2024 in Market Updates
The...
JULY 2024 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Jul 02, 2024 in Market Updates
Sales in June reached 2,738, a 13 percent decline from last year’s record high. Although sales improved for homes priced above $700,000, it was not enough to offset the declines reported in the lower price ranges. Despite the easing in June sales, they remain over 17 percent higher than long-term trends.
“The pullback in sales reflects supply challe...
JUNE 2024 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on Jun 04, 2024 in Market Updates
In a market that continues to show resilience, May saw a total of 3,092 resale home sales. While this figure is nearly one percent below last year's record high, it is 34 percent higher than long-term trends for the month. The pullback in sales was primarily driven by declines in lower-priced detached and semi-detached homes, where there was limite...
CALGARY Q1 2024 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on May 27, 2024 in Market Updates
City of Calgary, May 24, 2024 - Calgary’s housing market remains a hot spot in the country, driven by record-high international and interprovincial migration over the past two years. This influx has significantly increased housing demand. Employment gains and relative affordability continue to attract people to the province, resulting in strong
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MAY 2024 MARKET UPDATE
Posted on May 01, 2024 in Market Updates
Sales in April rose by seven percent compared to last year, to 2,881 units. While the pace of growth did ease compared to earlier in the year, sales remain 37 percent higher than long-term trends for the month. Much of the growth in sales has occurred for relatively more affordable, higher-density products.
At the same time, there were 3,491 new lis...