Market Report: June 2018

Posted on July 19, 2018 by AREA Staff in Market Analysis, Statistics
Alberta home sales remain a little below year-ago levels in June

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Residential sales activity reported through the MLS® Systems of real estate boards in Alberta numbered 6,001 units in June 2018. This was down 6.3% from June 2017.

 

The provincial average price for homes sold in June 2018 was $402,354, down 2.3% from a year earlier. The more comprehensive year-to-date average price was $393,281, down 2.9% from the first six months of 2017.

Nationally, home sales activity was down 10.7% from year-ago levels in June 2018. The national average price, by comparison, fell 1.3% on a year-over-year basis to $495,797 in June 2018. 

Sales of all property types in Alberta numbered 6,324 units in June; this was down 5.8% from June 2017. The total value of all properties sold was $2.6 billion, down 6.6% from last year.

A total of 2,383 home sales were recorded through the MLS® System of the Calgary Real Estate Board in June 2018, down 10.4% from a year earlier. The combined value of home sales activity in Calgary was $1.1 billion, down 10.9% from year-ago levels. 

There were 2,148 home sales recorded through the MLS® System of the REALTORS® Association of Edmonton, down 7.3% from June 2017. The total value of home sales in Edmonton was $813.2 million in June 2018, down 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. 

Across Alberta, monthly residential average prices were up from year-ago levels in Fort McMurray (+8.2%), Grande Prairie (+5.3%), and Medicine Hat (+2.2%). By contrast, average prices declined in Calgary (-0.6%), South Central Alberta (-0.7%), Lethbridge (-1.9%), Edmonton (-3.3%), Central Alberta (-5.2%), Alberta West (-7.0%) and Lloydminster (-7.9%).  

Active residential listings numbered  39,310 units at the end of June. This was an increase of 16.9% from the end of June 2017 and marked a record for this time of the year.

The dollar value of all home sales in the province in June 2018 was $2.4 billion, down 8.5% from the same month in 2017.

The dollar value of all home sales in Canada fell 11.8% on a year-over-year basis.

The months of inventory ratio (total inventory/monthly sales activity) continues to be an important market indicator, comparing the number of months it would take to sell current inventories at the current rate of sales activity. This ratio can suggest if the market is moving quickly or slowly, and how long the average property may stay on the active market. The June months of inventory ratio was at 6.6, up from the 5.2 months recorded at the end of June 2017 and above the 10-year average of 4.8 months for this time of year. A score of 6.4 is still generally thought of as a "balance market," not favouring either the buyer or seller. 

Last month’s Market Report is also available online.

 

The data provided herein is national data and may not perfectly reflect the data reported by a Board/Association. For more specific information, please contact the local Board/Association representing your area of interest. Click here for a guideline of Board/Association boundaries.

 

AREA represents more than 10,000 REALTORS® and 10 real estate Boards/Associations province-wide and provides world-class leadership that positively shapes the Alberta real estate profession, enhances member professionalism, and reinforces the critical value REALTORS® deliver to both buyers and sellers.

 

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