July Monthly Update

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Below are the details along with a few comments, all numbers were taken from the Calgary Real Estate Boards Stats package for Realtors.

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June showed very little change to inventory, sales or prices.  Supply is tightening a little and we have moved back into a sellers market.

 

Calgary Listing Inventory:   Inventory went down in all categories this month.  This is typical for June as we approach the summer and holiday season and therefore see less listings.

Inventory 

May  2015 June  2015 Change
Detached 2913 2760 -163
Attached 1136 1114 -22
Apartment 1293 1196 -97
Total City of Calgary 5342 5070

-272

 

Calgary Sales:

Sales changed very little in all categories. The only significant category change is apartment condo’s  where sales went up by 11.1%.  A nice improvement as Condo sales have been slower that the other categories.

Sales May  2015 June  2015 Change % Change
Detached 1366 1335 -31 -2.2
Attached 465 449 -16 -3.4
Apartment 359 399 +40 +11.1
Total City of Calgary 2190 2183 -7 -.3

 

 

Calgary Real Estate Sales Prices:  

Prices in all categories increased marginally this month.  Based on the absorption rate below my prediction is that detached and attached homes will see small price increases while apartment condos should stay flat.

  Sales Prices May   2015

 Benchmark Price 

June  2015

Benchmark Price

Change
Detached 512,800 515,500 +2,700
Attached 354,000 354,500 +500
Apartment 294,800 293,600 -1,200
Total City of Calgary 454,100 455,400 +1,300

 

Sales Prices “Year to Date”   

Year to date prices – All categories have decreased.

Sales Prices Dec 31, 2014   Benchmark Price  June  2015 Benchmark Price Change

$

% Change
Detached 518,600 515,500 -3,100 -.6
Attached 356,200 354,500 -1,700 -.5
Apartment 300,400 293,600 -6,800 -2.2
Total City of Calgary 459,500 455,400 -4,100 -.9

 

Absorption Rate (Months of Inventory)   (the inventory divided by the number of sales in the last month). What does this mean you might ask?

Buyer’s Market >4.0 Drives prices down
Balanced Market Between 2.8 to 4.0 Prices typically remain stable
Seller’s Market <2.8 Drives prices up

 

*** Absorption Rate:   

The absorption rate decreased again for all categories.  What this means is that the relation to sales over inventory decreased.  This puts detached homes and attached homes into a seller’s market, while apartment condos have stayed in a balanced market but are inching their way back into sellers market territory.

 

Absorption Rate   May  2015 June  2015 Change
Detached 2.13 2.07 -.06
Attached 2.44 2.48 -.04
Apartment 3.6 3.0 -.6
Total City of Calgary 2.44 2.32 -.12

 

**Please note that these numbers do change on a community basis and more so for towns.  If you would like to find stats on your community just let me know.  If you have any questions about this summary, the attached stats package or any Real Estate questions please feel free to contact us.