Calgary Market Trends

This page replaces the Weekly Stats Update.

Calgary Market Trends
30-day sales	This year	Last year
Mar 7	1077	944
Feb 28	1071	889
Feb 21	1015	837
Feb 14	984	801
Feb 7	886	663
Feb 3	854	578
Jan 28	696	480
Jan 21	608	358
Jan 14	622	332
Jan 7	656	370
Dec 28	784	432
Dec 21	900	525
Dec 14	980	588
Dec 7	1045	634
Nov 30	1095	670
Nov 23	1141	689
Nov 9	1176	681
Nov 2	1228	725
Oct 26	1212	815
Oct 19	1209	896
Oct 12	1202	1045
Oct 5	1212	1109
Inventory	This year	Last year
Mar 7	3417	4360
Feb 28	3100	4352
Feb 21	3005	4287
Feb 14	2850	4216
Feb 7	2703	4138
Feb 3	2596	4122
Jan 28	2538	4019
Jan 21	2447	4006
Jan 14	2298	3961
Jan 7	2145	3909
Dec 28	2288	4356
Dec 21	2354	4511
Dec 14	2532	4722
Dec 7	2621	4896
Nov 30	2664	5083
Nov 23	2835	5293
Nov 9	2930	5411
Nov 2	2963	5466
30-day new listings	This year	Last year
Mar 7	2398	2196
Feb 28	2235	2178
Feb 21	2118	2123
Feb 14	2052	2123
Feb 7	1986	2173
Feb 3	1974	2165
Jan 28	1683	1921
Jan 21	1331	1525
Jan 14	1018	1162
Jan 7	795	837
Dec 28	817	809
Dec 21	1015	1017
Dec 14	1178	1226
Dec 7	1285	1368
Nov 30	1365	1567
Nov 23	1480	1732
Nov 9	1544	2003
Nov 2	1690	2071
Sales equal to, or over, list price; % of total sales
Mar 1-7	10%
Feb 22-28	10%
Feb 15-21	8%
Feb 8-14	12%
Feb 1-7	14%
Jan 28-Feb 3	11%
Jan 22-28	15%
Jan 15-21	17%
Jan 8-14	9%
Jan 1-7	17%
Dec 22-28	7%
Dec 15-21	12%
Dec 8-14	12%
Dec 1-7	9%
Nov 24-30	12%
Nov 17-23	15%
Nov 3-9	10%
Sep 29 - Oct 5	16%
Sold in 7 days or less; % of total sales
Mar 1-7	37%
Feb 22-28	32%
Feb 15-21	38%
Feb 8-14	40%
Feb 1-7	35%
Jan 28-Feb 3	32%
Jan 22-28	41%
Jan 15-21	29%
Jan 8-14	22%
Jan 1-7	27%
Dec 22-28	12%
Dec 15-21	26%
Dec 8-14	20%
Dec 1-7	22%
Nov 24-30	25%
Nov 17-23	26%
Nov 3 - 9	22%
Absorption rate
Mar 7	3.2
Feb 28	2.9
Feb 21	3.0
Feb 14	2.9
Feb 7	3.1
Feb 3	3.0
Jan 28	3.7
Jan 21	4.0
Jan 14	3.7
Jan 7	3.3
Dec 28	2.9
Dec 21	2.6
Dec 14	2.6
Dec 7	2.5
Nov 30	2.4
Nov 23	2.5
Nov 9	2.5
Nov 2	2.4
30-day Median price
Mar 7	413,500
Feb 28	410,000
Feb 21	411,000
Feb 14	404,000
Feb 7	400,200
Feb 3	396,375
Jan 28	400,200
Jan 21	395,000
Jan 14	398,872
Jan 7	399,900
Dec 28	402,500
Dec 21	404,000
Dec 14	405,000
Dec 7	407,000
Nov 30	408,000
Nov 23	410,000
Nov 9	412,000
Nov 2	410,000
30-day Sales price per sq ft
Mar 7	302
Feb 28	304
Feb 21	304
Feb 14	299
Feb 7	299
Feb 3	296
Jan 28	298
Jan 21	297
Jan 14	300
Jan 7	300
Dec 28	300
Dec 21	302
Dec 14	303
Dec 7	304
Nov 30	304
Nov 23	301
Nov 9	303
Nov 2	299
30-day Sales to new listings ratio
Mar 7	45%
Feb 28	48%
Feb 21	48%
Feb 14	48%
Feb 7	45%
Feb 3	43%
Jan 28	41%
Jan 21	46%
Jan 14	61%
Jan 7	83%
Dec 28	96%
Dec 21	89%
Dec 14	83%
Dec 7	81%
Nov 30	80%
Nov 23	77%
Nov 9	76%
Nov 2	73%
Other Indicators (provided by readers from my blog)
Wages: August 2009 in Alberta the average hourly wage rate is up +5.9% year over year.  Also, average weekly earnings are up +4.3% year over year as of June 2009. (statistics provided by Radley77)