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June 2013, Calgary Real Estate Market Snapshot

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

Want to know what’s really happening in the Calgary Real Estate Market.  The market is driven by supply and demand so here we show the inventory (supply) and sales (demand) and the effect on the price of Calgary Real Estate.   In summary the Calgary housing market is still very strong.  Sales are strong and our inventory is on the low side making it a strong  Seller’s market.

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

Calgary Listing Inventory:  Inventory levels for all categories decreased throughout June which is a little bit of a twist.  If you have been following my reports the Inventory levels have been increasing a little every week until last week when they went down by 240 listings.  This is most likely due to the flooding disaster in Calgary where some listings were taken off the market.  I believe that the trend of increasing inventory will start back next week.

Inventory 

May   2013    

June  2013   

Change

Single Family Home

3311

3199

-112

Condo    Townhouse

503

489

-14

Condo    Apartment

929

896

-33

Total

4743

4584

-159/-3.4%

Calgary Sales: 

Sales decreased in all categories this month.   Following the trends of the last few years we are getting into summer vacations when people take holidays and therefore the sales numbers drop a little.

What is important to note here is that our sales decreased a higher percentage than our inventory decreased moving us a little closer to a buyer’s market (although we have a long way to go) to get there.   Interestingly enough sales each week in June we about the same with no drop at all during the flood and early stages of clean up.  

Sales

May  2013 

June  2013  

Change

% Change

Single   Family Home

1766

1638

-128

-7.2%

Condo  Townhouse

365

317

-48

-13.1%

Condo   Apartment

413

362

-51

-12.3%

Total

2544

2317

-227

-8.9%

  

Calgary Real Estate Sales Prices:  Please note that we are now using the Benchmark price for this comparison.

In June, the benchmark price increased slightly for all categories. This is simply a reflection demand outpacing supply and should continue until the inventory starts to increase faster than sales.     

Sales Prices

May  2013

Benchmark Price

June  2013

 Benchmark Price  

Change

Single   Family Homes

456,900

459,700

+2800

Condo   Townhouse

292,100

295,000

+2900

Condo  Apartment

263,600

264,000

+400

 

Sales Prices  “Year to Date”   

Year to date prices have increased in all categories.

Sales Prices Dec  31 2012    Benchmark Price 

June  2013

Benchmark Price 

Change

% Change

Single   Family Homes

434,800

459,700

+24,900

+5.7%

Condo   Townhouse

284,100

295,000

+10,900

+3.8%

Condo  Apartment

248,700

264,000

+15,300

+6.2%

 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

Balanced Market

Between 2.8 to 4.0

Seller’s Market

<2.8

 

Absorption Rate:  Throughout June there was little change in the absorption rate although the direction is moving towards a more balanced market.

Absorption Rate  

May  2013 

June 2013  

Change

Single   Family Homes

1.87

1.95

+.08

Condo   Townhouse

1.37

1.54

+.17

Condo  Apartment

2.25

2.48

+.23

Total   Calgary

1.86

1.98

+.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.  

Gord, Eric, Brent & Jason

July 2011, Calgary Real Estate Stats at a glance

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Tired of trying to figure out whats happening in the Calgary Real Estate Market.   Below you will find a summary of some key indicators with a few short comments that will give you a clear indication of how the Calgary Real Estate market is performing.  This information is taken from the Calgary Real Estate Boards monthly stats package for realtors and is provided for you by Gord Piper and Associates.  If you would like to see the entire report contact us.

Calgary Listing Inventory:  Both Single Family homes and condo’s decreased marginally this month.     

Inventory June 2011 July 2011 Change
Single Family Home 4744 4630 Decrease of 114
Condo’s 2023 2003 Decrease of 20
Total 6767 6633 Decrease of 134

 

Calgary Sales: 

Calgary sales for the month of July showed decreases for both single family and condos. This is very normal as the peak selling season is typically April through June.  Of interest, even though sales numbers decreased in July our sales were still substantially higher than last July.     

Sales June 2011 July  2011 Change
Single Family Home 1398 1153 Decrease of 245
Condo’s 581 453 Decrease of 98
Total 1979 1606 Decrease of 373

 

Calgary Real Estate Sales Prices:    Prices for Single Family homes decreased slightly while condos increased very slightly this month.  Both seem to be remaining fairly flat with slight ups and downs but not heading in any one direction.    

Sales Prices June Median Prices July Median Prices Change
Single Family Homes $417,250 $409,000 Decrease of $8,250
Condo’s $265,000 $269,000 +$4,000

 

Overall we are still in a slight buyers market – this month we moved slightly more in favour of buyers as our inventory decreased only marginally while sales did show a decrease therefore increasing our absorption rate.

If you have any questions about this summary, the attached stats package or any Real Estate questions please feel free to contact us anytime.  

Gord Piper  & Brent Wilcox

CIR Realty