July sales totaled 2,319 units, which is well above long-term averages and the best July on record. The pace of sales growth has eased over the past few months, but so too has the pace of new listings growth. This has helped prevent any further monthly gains in inventory levels, and while overall supply remains slightly higher than last July, it’s mostly due to gains in apartment and row product.
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Calgary Market Insider July 2021
Calgary’s housing market is showing few signs of letting up, as sales reached 2,915 units in June – a record high for the month.
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Calgary Market Insider March 2021
With gains in every price range, residential sales activity in February totalled 1,836. This reflects the best February since 2014.
New listings improved in February, but the gap between new listings and sales narrowed. This is causing the sales-to-new-listings ratio to rise to 65%, keeping the months of supply well below three months.
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Calgary Market Insider February 2021
January sales were the highest they have been for the month since 2014, as housing market momentum from the end of 2020 carried over into the start of 2021. Sales activity improved across all product types and across all price ranges.
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Calgary Market Insider January 2021
December had the highest amount of sales since 2007. A total of 1,199!
Attractive interest rates along with prices that remain lower than several years ago have likely supported some of the recovery in the second half of the year. However, it is important to note that annual sales activity declined by 1% compared to last year and remain well below long-term averages.
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Calgary Market Insider November 2020
With strong gains in the detached sector, October sales in the city reached 1,764 properties. This is a 23% increase over last year and well above longer-term averages.
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Calgary Market Insider July 2020
After three months where COVID-19 weighed heavily on the housing market, sales activity in June continued to trend up from the previous month, totalling 1,747 units.
Caution remains necessary, as monthly sales are nearly 2% lower than activity recorded last year. However, this represents a significant improvement compared to the past several months, where year-over-year declines exceeded 40%.
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Calagry Market Insider June 2020
Housing market activity in May remained slow, but sales exceeded the lows from April, which saw less than 600 sales in Calgary. May sales totalled 1,080 units, a 44% decline from last year’s figures.
“The initial shock of COVID-19 and social distancing measure is starting to ease. This is bringing some buyers and sellers back to the market. However, this market continues to remain far from normal and prices are trending down,” said CREB® chief economist Ann-Marie Lurie.
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Virtual Tours & Open Houses
For home sellers in the era of covid-19, showing off your home to potential buyers may seem like an impossible task. As people practice social distancing to help stop the spread of the virus, most open houses are on hold, and in-person home showings are limited across the country.
Not so fast! There are still ways to reach potential buyers and show your home in the best light—through virtual tours. A “virtual home tour” can be a vague descriptor for many different things.
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Calgary Market Insider May 2020
After the first full month with social distancing measures in place, the housing market is adjusting to the effects of COVID-19. April sales hit 573 units, a decline of 63% over last year.
“The decline in home sales does not come as a surprise. The combined impact of COVID-19 and the situation in the energy sector is causing housing demand to fall,” said CREB® chief economist Ann-Marie Lurie.
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