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What’s really happening in the Calgary Real Estate Market?

Friday, January 3rd, 2020

What’s really happening in the Calgary Real Estate Market?  The market is simply a result of Supply and Demand therefore we look at both supply (inventory) and Demand (Sales) and the relationship between the two.  We also update you on the current benchmark price for all housing sectors.

First here is a graph that shows the months of inventory for each Sector.  Looking at a 2 year trendline gives you and indication of where things are really heading.

 

Following is a summary of what I deem to be the most important numbers.  Again we look at Total Inventory, Sales for the past 30 days, Months of Inventory and of course the benchmark price.  All numbers are taken from the Calgary Real Estate boards monthly stats package.

 

Gord’s comments – Just my opinion

A few comments on this month. 

Merry Christmas and Happy new year.  Yes, you will see major change this month, but this is 100% normal as everyone is focused on the holidays and not on Real Estate.  Here are my comments.

 

Current Months of Inventory (Absorption Rate): 

The larger changes were semi-detached decreasing by .72 and Apartment Condos which increased by .96   Every other sector was less than .25 of a change so fairly stable.

 

Calgary Listing Inventory

Every sector declined giving us 1327 less listings today than a month ago.  As above this is a seasonal trend and starting January, we will start to see these numbers rise again.

 

Calgary Sales:

Sales for December declined in all sectors, and again this is to be expected.  Sales declines were the highest in the Detached home and Apartment Condo sectors and were much lower in the Semi-Detached sector.

 

Sales Compared to 2018: 

Although sales from Nov to Dec dropped, the sales for Dec 2019 were 8% higher than sales in Dec 2018.  This in my opinion is important as we are starting to show more stability in the Market.

 

Calgary Real Estate Sales Prices:

Prices in the Attached – Row and Apartment condo sectors increased marginally (by 1,300 & 900 respectively).

Prices in Detached and Semi-Detached decreased marginally (1,400 & 2,200 respectively)

 

Calgary Real Estate Benchmark Prices Year to Date

As might be expected, all sectors saw a decrease in prices in 2019.

Detached homes:  Declined by $1.900 or .27%

Semi-Detached:  Decreased by $6,200 or 2.34%

Attached Row: Decreased by $1,400 or 1.87%

Apartment: Decreased by $2,300 or 1.07%

Overall Calgary Market:  Decreased by $2,600 or .6%

 

It’s also important to note that these numbers vary by community, and also by price range.  If you would like numbers for your community contact us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What is really happening in the Calgary Real Estate Market?

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

Graph shows the 2 year trend of months of inventory for every Sector of the Calgary Real Estate Market.

Current Report: October 1, 2019

 Below see all the stats (Info taken from the Calgary Real Estate Boards Monthly Stats Package).

Gord’s commentary – Just my opinion 

Current Months of Inventory (Absorption Rate): 

A substantial change this month. Every sector increased by about.5 except Semi Detached increased even more at 1.44. One month does not make a trend but this is the opposite direction that we have been going in so let’s keep watching.

Calgary Listing Inventory

Through September our total listing inventory decreased by 169 listings.  Of this 118 were in the detached sector and the rest remained flat. This is to be expected as after the summer listings always slow down.

Calgary Sales:

Sales for September were 210 less than in August.  Of this 118 were in the detached sector again.  This again is a normal trend as sales always go down in September and you will see this trend until the new year.

Sales Compared to 2018: 

September Sales compared to last year were 8.2% higher.

Last month we were 6.0% higher so this is a very good trend and hope it continues.

 Calgary Real Estate Sales Prices:

September saw an overall decrease in Benchmark price of $1100.  The sector that got hit the worst was the Attached row house which lost $3,800.  The only sector that showed an increase was the detached home sector and this was driven by homes under $500,000.

Months of Inventory/Absorption Rate: What does this mean you might ask?

The inventory divided by the number of sales in the last month).

 

**Please note that these numbers include only Calgary and do change on a community basis, and more so for towns.  This report does not include rural properties and does not consider differences in different price ranges.  If you would like to find stats on your community just let me know.  If you have any questions about this summary or about Real Estate in general, please feel free to contact us.

 

 

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What is happening in the Calgary Real Estate Market- Sept 1, 2019

Wednesday, September 4th, 2019

What is really happening in the Calgary Real Estate Market?

 

Graph shows the 2 year trend of Months of Inventory for all housing categories in the Calgary Real Estate Market.

Current Report: September 1, 2019

 A slightly new format this month and moving forward due to technology challenges with reading the graphs on a cell phone.  This should help.

Below see all the stats (Info taken from the Calgary Real Estate Boards Monthly Stats Package.

 

Gord’s Commentary

 Current Months of Inventory (Absorption Rate): 

The big change here is that Semi-Detached homes months of inventory decreased by 59.  This is a large change and is moving closer toward a balanced market.

Detached homes increased by .26 but are still sitting in a balanced market.  Of interest if you look at this number for detached homes under $500,000 it puts us into a Sellers market in many communities.  Apartment and Attached-Row homes moved up but only by .14

 

Calgary Listing Inventory

Through August our Listing Inventory decreased slightly in all housing sectors for a total of 127 less listings on Sept 1st than on Ang 1st.   In my opinion this is a seasonal trend with less people selling due to back to school etc.

 Calgary Sales:

Sales for August decreased for detached homes by 87, Attached Row homes and Apartment Condos decreased by 10 and 9.  Semi Detached homes increased by 14.

Overall change is 62 less sales which is identical to last year so I’m going to call it a seasonal adjustment.

 Sales Compared to 2018: 

August sales over 2019 were 106.3% on August sales in 2018.  This is the exact same number as last month.

Calgary Real Estate Sales Prices:

August saw detached homes increase by $7000 – I believe this is driven by homes under $500,000 where we are seeing a Seller’s market.  All other sectors were within $1000 so really no change.

Months of Inventory/Absorption Rate: What does this mean you might ask?

The inventory divided by the number of sales in the last month).

 **Please note that these numbers include only Calgary and do change on a community basis, and more so for towns.  This report does not include rural properties and does not consider differences in different price ranges.  If you would like to find stats on your community just let me know.  If you have any questions about this summary or about Real Estate in general, please feel free to contact us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Calgary Real Estate Market Snapshot – May 1, 2019

Thursday, May 2nd, 2019

What is really happening in the Calgary Real Estate Market?

Current Months of Inventory: 

Good news for the Calgary Real Estate Market.  Three months in a row we have a trend with the months of inventory decreasing. April saw all sectors decrease with the largest decrease in Apartment Condos which decreased by 1.71 months.  Detached and Attached-Row houses.  Noteworthy is that Detached homes are nearing a balanced market again.

End of Mar 2019 Apr 2019 Change
Detached 4.15 3.97 -0.18
Semi Detached 5.32 4.63 -0.69
Attached – Row 5.44 5.29 -0.15
Apartment 7.87 6.16 -1.71
Total City 4.96 4.57 -0.40

 

Calgary Listing Inventory

In April, our inventory increased in all categories except Semi-Detached which saw a small decrease.  This increase is totally expected as we starting to enter the spring market.  If the increase is balanced with an increase in sales the market will continue to get healthier.

Inventory (End of) Mar 2019 Apr 2019 Change
 Detached 3393 3691 298
Semi Detached 787 773 -14
Attached – Row 947 1053 106
Apartment 1488 1546 58
Total Calgary 6595 7063 468

 

Calgary Sales:

Sales for April increased in all sectors compared to March.   Sales increasing is again an expected change as we move into the spring market. The good news is that sales increases are outpacing listing inventory moving the entire market closer to balanced.

Calgary Sales  Mar 2019 Apr 2019 Change % Change
Detached 818 930 112 13.69%
Semi Detached 148 167 19 12.84%
Attached – Row 174 199 25 14.37%
Apartment 189 251 62 32.80%
Total City 1329 1547 218 16.40%

 

 ***Sales Compared to last year***

In April our sales showed an increase over last April which is the first time in a few years that this has happened.  Hoping the trend continues.

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
2018 102% 82% 72% 80% 82% 89% 95% 93% 85.9% 89.9% 83.0 78.6
2019 83.8% 89.6% 97.1% 102.2%

 

Calgary Real Estate Sales Prices:

April saw a small increase in prices in all sectors except for Apartment Condo’s which decreased by only $200.

  Sales Prices Mar 2018     Benchmark Price  Apr 2019   Benchmark Price Change
Detached 475,800 478,700 2,900
Semi Detached 391,000 395,300 4,300
Attached – Row 284,900 284,900 0
Apartment 250,600 250,400 -200
Total City 413,900 415,900 2,000

 

Sales Prices “Year to Date”  

Although prices are up a little in April, we have some catch up to do as the earlier months saw losses.

Sales Prices Jan 2019    Benchmark Price  Apr 30, 2019    Benchmark Price Change

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% Change
Detached 481,400 478,700 -2,700 -0.56%
Semi Detached 397,500 395,300 -2,200 -0.55%
Attached – Row 288,400 284,900 -3,500 -1.21%
Apartment 251,500 250,400 -1,100 -0.44%
Total City 418,500 415,900 -2,600 -0.62%

  

Explanation of our Calgary Real Estate Market Snapshot.

Stay ahead of everyone else by following our Monthly Market Snapshot of the Calgary Real Estate Market. This shows what’s really happening! The market is driven by supply and demand so here we show the inventory (supply) and sales (demand) and most importantly the relationship between the two and how it affects the price of Calgary Real Estate.  A simple way to keep up to date with how the market is trending and to stay ahead of most! All numbers are taken from the Calgary Real Estate Boards Stats package for Realtors. I have also included some general comments which are simply my opinion.

Months of Inventory:  If we did not list any more homes this is how many months it would take to deplete inventory.

Months of Inventory/Absorption Rate – 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 2.4 to 4.0 Prices typically remain stable
Seller’s Market <2.4 Drives prices up

  

**Please note that these numbers include only Calgary and do change on a community basis, and more so for towns.  This report does not include rural properties and does not consider differences in different price ranges.  If you would like to find stats on your community just let me know.  If you have any questions about this summary or about Real Estate in general, please feel free to contact us.

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Calgary Real Estate Market Snapshot Oct 1, 2018

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018

Months of Inventory for the Calgary Real Estate Market

What is really happening in the Calgary Real Estate Market?

Stay ahead of everyone else by following our Monthly Market Snapshot of the Calgary Real Estate Market. This shows what’s really happening! The market is driven by supply and demand so here we show the inventory (supply) and sales (demand) and most importantly the relationship between the two and how it affects the price of Calgary Real Estate.  A simple way to keep up to date with how the market is trending and to stay ahead of most! All numbers are taken from the Calgary Real Estate Boards Stats package for Realtors. I have also included some general comments which are simply my opinion.

Months of Inventory/Absorption Rate – 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 2.4 to 4.0 Prices typically remain stable
Seller’s Market <2.4 Drives prices up

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Current Months of Inventory:  If we did not list any more homes this is how many months it would take to deplete inventory.  In September we saw every category increase quite substantially in the number of months of inventory putting the entire Calgary market into a buyer’s market position.

End of Aug 2018    Sept 2018    Change
Detached 4.78 5.49 0.71
Semi Detached 6.45 7.09 0.64
Attached – Row 6.22 7.58 1.36
Apartment 6.86 7.68 0.82
Total City 5.45 6.25 0.80

 

 Calgary Listing Inventory

In September, our inventory decreased in all sectors and overall, the highest decrease was in the Detached home sector followed by the apartment condo sector.  This is normal at this time of year and we should expect this trend to continue for the rest of the year.

***One interesting note is that in the last 2 days of September the inventory decreased by almost 500 listings. I believe this is listings expiring and some of these will get re-listed as this is exactly what happened last month.

Inventory Aug 2018    Sept 2018    Change
 Detached 4433 4348 -85
Semi Detached 909 872 -37
Attached – Row 1113 1107 -6
Apartment 1666 1620 -46
Total Calgary 8121 7947 -174

 

Calgary Sales:

Sales were down in all categories. This is normal for September as we will now tread down every month until the new year.

Calgary Sales  Aug 2018    Sept 2018    Change % Change
Detached 927 792 -135 -14.56%
Semi Detached 141 123 -18 -12.77%
Attached – Row 179 146 -33 -18.44%
Apartment 243 211 -32 -13.17%
Total City 1490 1272 -218 -14.63%

 

Sales Compared to last year:  Thought this is a number that deserves a look as the trend is changing. This chart shows this year’s sales as a percentage of last years so yes,  sales are down but they are down less than at the beginning of the year.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov  Dec
102% 82% 72% 80% 82% 89% 95% 93% 85.9      

 

Calgary Real Estate Sales Prices:

September saw prices decrease in all sectors which is expected with the high number of months of inventory on the market.  Unless something changes we can expect to see this trend for a few more months.

  Sales Prices Aug 2018     Benchmark Price   Sept 2018   Benchmark Price Change
Detached 497,000 493,100 -3,900
Semi Detached 411,300 407,400 -3,900
Attached – Row 296,700 294,200 -2,500
Apartment 258,100 257,200 -900
Total City 432,000 428,700 -3,300

 

Sales Prices “Year to Date”  

Same as monthly number

Sales Prices Jan 1, 2018    Benchmark Price  Sept 2018   Benchmark Price Change

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% Change
Detached 499,600 493,100 -6,500 -1.30%
Semi Detached 416,600 407,400 -9,200 -2.21%
Attached – Row 299,500 294,200 -5,300 -1.77%
Apartment 257,700 257,200 -500 -0.19%
Total City 433,200 428,700 -4,500 -1.04%

 **Please note that these numbers include only Calgary homes and do change on a community basis and more so for towns.  This report does not include rural properties.  If you would like to find stats on your community just let me know.  If you have any questions about this summary or about Real Estate in general, please feel free to contact us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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