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Calgary housing market softens slightly as we approach Christmas.  Single family homes and apartment Condos moved slightly toward a balanced market while the Townhouse market went slightly deeper into a Sellers market.  Below is a summary of some key areas with a few short comments.  

 

Calgary Listing Inventory: As I would expect all Inventory levels decreased this last month. Inventories typically decrease at this time of year as some people now wait until the New Year to list. Interestingly the decrease was about 40% less than our decrease in November last year.

 

Inventory	Oct 2014	Nov 2014	Change
Single Family Home	2780	2373	-408
Condo Townhouse	568	511	-57
Condo Apartment	1088	985	-103
Total	4436	3869	-567

 

Calgary Sales:

Typically at this time of year we also see sales numbers decreasing. Sales in November decreased in all categories. Compared to last year sales from October to November decreased slightly more than last year however sales numbers are still higher than November 2013.

 

Sales	Oct 2014	Nov 2014	Change	% Change
Single Family Home	1462	1181	-281	-.19
Condo Townhouse	300	277	-23	-.07
Condo Apartment	385	324	-61	-.16
Total	2147	1782	-365	.17

 

 

 

 

Calgary Real Estate Sales Prices:

In November the benchmark price decreased for single family homes and increased for Townhouses and apartment condos. The change is so small it’s insignificant. December pricing should remain fairly stable. Based on what I am seeing my early prediction for the New Year is for prices to continue to increase for Single family homes, and less so for Townhouses. Apartment condo prices should remain fairly stable as we are in a balanced market state.  

Sales Prices	Oct 2014   Benchmark Price	Nov 2014   Benchmark Price	Change
Single Family Homes	513,500	511,300	-2,200
Condo Townhouse	337,800	338,600	+800
Condo Apartment	299,800	300,700	+900

 

Sales Prices “Year to Date”

Year to date prices – Prices have increased in all categories. Good news if you are a homeowner.

Sales Prices	Dec 31 2013 Benchmark Price	Nov 2014   Benchmark Price	Change $	% Change
Single Family Homes	472,200	511,300	39,100	+9.3%
Condo Townhouse	307,100	338,600	31.500	+10.25%
Condo Apartment	278,600	300,700	22,100	+7.9%

 

 

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
Balanced Market	Between 2.8 to 4.0
Seller’s Market	<2.8

 

*** Absorption Rate:

This month the absorption rate increased for Single Family homes and Apartment Condos while Townhouses decreased slightly. This moves Single family homes closer towards a balanced market, Townhouses in a deeper Sellers market and apartment condos move stronger into a balanced market.

Absorption Rate	Oct 2014	Nov 2014	Change
Single Family Homes	1.90	2.01	+.11
Condo Townhouse	1.89	1.84	-.05
Condo Apartment	2.83	3.04	+.21
Total Calgary	2.06	2.17	+.11

 

**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.