Edmonton Real Estate Market Update August 2023

Written by Alan Kelly, Bōde’s Chief Economist

Real Estate Market Report | Edmonton | August 2023

Edmonton home sales stronger in July 2023 than 2022 or 2021

Home buyers continue to purchase in Edmonton – due to the strong economy as well as an increase in migration. Many sellers seem to be sitting back to see what is happening to interest rates, however, the homes on the market are moving. 

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So what's happening in the Edmonton real estate market as of August 2023?

Let’s start with a Macroeconomics view 

To understand what’s happening in the real estate market you have to look at supply and demand.

The best proxies for supply and demand are:

Supply

New supply: New Listings (i.e. the number of homes recently listed for sale)

Total supply: Inventory (i.e. the total number of homes listed for sale)

Demand

Sales (i.e. the number of homes recently sold)

 

Supply & Demand

Months of Supply (i.e. the number of months it would take to sell all current inventory at the current rate of sale)

 

These metrics are the best indicators of the health of the real estate market. Let’s look at what they show us.

Sales are up 16% vs the average of the last 5 Julys

Edmonton MLS new listings chart showing monthly new supply trends from 2018 to 2023, highlighting a 1% increase in July 2023.
Edmonton MLS sales chart illustrating residential sales trends from 2018 to 2023, highlighting a 16% increase in July 2023 compared to previous years, with a blue background and labeled axes.
Edmonton residential inventory chart showing total supply trends from 2018 to 2023, highlighting a 21% decrease in July 2023.
Edmonton months of supply chart showing residential real estate trends, with data from 2018 to 2023, highlighting supply and demand metrics, August 10, 2023.
Chart depicting Edmonton property prices over time, showing the Benchmark Price in orange and the HPI Index in green, with data from January 2005 to August 2023, highlighting trends in the real estate market.

Home sales in July 2023 were higher than 2022/2021 levels for the first time this year. Sales are up 16% vs the average of the last 5 Julys. Meanwhile the number of homes for sale is 21% lower than where it would typically be this time of year. Despite this home prices decreased 0.5% over last month and down 6.2% over July last year

Edmonton's Detached Homes

Chart depicting Edmonton detached home new listings from 2018 to 2023, highlighting a 6% increase in July 2023, with varying trends across years.
Chart depicting Edmonton detached home sales trends from 2018 to 2023, highlighting a 13% increase in July 2023, with data points for each year represented in different colors against a blue background.
Edmonton detached home prices chart showing benchmark price and HPI index trends from January 2005 to August 2023, highlighting market fluctuations.

Detached sales were up 13% in July 2023 compared to the last 5 Julys. Detached prices are down 0.4% MoM and down 5.6% YoY

Edmonton's Apartments

Chart showing Edmonton apartment new listings trends from 2018 to 2023, highlighting a 36% decrease in July 2023 compared to previous years, with a blue background and Bōde branding.
Chart depicting Edmonton apartment sales trends from 2018 to 2023, highlighting a 24% decrease in July 2023 sales compared to the average of the last five Julys, with a blue background and Bōde branding.
Edmonton apartment prices chart showing benchmark price and HPI index trends from January 2005 to August 2023, illustrating a decrease in prices and sales activity.

Sales of apartments were down 24% in July 2023 vs the avg of the last 5 Julys. Prices decreased 0.3% MoM while being down 2.3% YoY.

Edmonton's Attached Homes

Edmonton attached new listings graph showing monthly supply trends from 2018 to 2023, with an 18% increase in July 2023, highlighting market dynamics for home buyers and sellers.
Edmonton attached home sales trend chart showing a 20% increase in July 2023, with data from 2018 to 2023, highlighting market dynamics and demand.
Chart depicting Edmonton attached home prices from January 2005 to August 2023, showing benchmark price in yellow and HPI index in green, highlighting trends in the Edmonton real estate market.

Attached sales were up 20% in July 2023 vs the avg of the last 5 Julys. Sales were even higher than 2022 & 2021 levels, making attached homes the strongest selling segment (relatively). Prices increased 0.6% MoM while being down 3.8% YoY.

It’s critical to understand the dynamics in your local property market

 

To understand your local property market you need to look at your local data. Head over to Bōde’s new and improved Market Data dashboard, the only place where you can see all the data yourself, including being able to filter on community, property type, and price range to see exactly what’s happening where you live.

 

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August 2023 Edmonton Real Estate Market Insights

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