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Calgary Housing Market Update (July 2025): Why Has Inventory Soared?

August 4, 2025

Calgary inventory reached 6,919 homes in July 2025, up 66% year-over-year, as the benchmark fell 3.9% to $581,100. Full stats on sales, supply and analysis.
Calgary skyline with July 2025 Calgary real estate market statistics cover
Monthly Market Report · July 2025

Inventory two-thirds higher than last July, detached homes down year-over-year for the first time since 2023, and buyers with five weeks to decide.

Quick answer

In July 2025, Calgary’s benchmark home price was $581,100 — down 0.6% from June and 3.9% below July 2024. Sales fell 11.7% year-over-year to 2,096 while inventory stood at 6,919 homes, 66.4% above last July. Supply reached 3.3 months and a typical home took 37 days to sell, thirteen days longer than a year earlier. Detached homes turned negative at $758,100, down 1% year-over-year; apartment condos fell 4.8% to $324,800 with 4.1 months of supply.

July 2025 at a glance

Benchmark price
$581,100
▼ -3.9% vs last year
Sales
2,096
▼ -11.7% vs last year
Inventory
6,919
▲ +66.4% vs last year
Days on market
37
▲ +13 days vs last year
Months of supply
3.3
balanced market inventory ÷ sales

Calgary had 6,919 homes for sale in July 2025 — 66.4% more than a year earlier, and roughly two and a half times the 2,716 available at the April 2024 low. Supply reached 3.3 months and homes took 37 days to sell. The benchmark eased 0.6% to $581,100, down 3.9% year-over-year, and detached homes turned negative for the first time since 2023. Every part of Calgary’s market was now softening at once.

Calgary prices over time

Calgary benchmark price, 2014–2025
The price of a typical Calgary home, month by month. Hover any point to read the exact value.
Source: CREB benchmark (HPI), all residential, City of Calgary.
Year-end benchmark price (December), with the change from the year before.
YearBenchmark priceChange on the year
2014$459,500
2015$448,800▼ -2.3%
2016$434,100▼ -3.3%
2017$433,200▼ -0.2%
2018$424,600▼ -2%
2019$415,900▼ -2%
2020$421,300▲ +1.3%
2021$463,900▲ +10.1%
2022$518,800▲ +11.8%
2023$565,200▲ +8.9%
2024$582,100▲ +3%
2025 (to July)$581,100▼ -0.2%

Sales, listings and inventory

Sales vs. inventory — last 24 months
How many homes sold each month (left axis) against how many were for sale (right axis). The gap between the two is what decides whether buyers or sellers hold the leverage.
Source: CREB monthly statistics, City of Calgary.
MonthSalesNew listingsInventoryDays on marketBenchmark
August 20242,1823,5364,49027$600,100
September 20242,0003,6875,06428$595,400
October 20242,1673,2634,96732$590,900
November 20241,7932,3274,35437$586,400
December 20241,3181,2382,99444$582,100
January 20251,4492,8963,64041$581,800
February 20251,7182,8304,14733$586,300
March 20252,1564,0185,15329$590,300
April 20252,2304,0375,86829$589,200
May 20252,5594,8406,74432$588,300
June 20252,2844,2236,94433$584,600
July 20252,0963,9116,91937$581,100

The headline numbers

MetricJuly 2025vs prev monthvs last year
Benchmark price$581,100▼ -0.6%▼ -3.9%
Sales2,096▼ -8.2%▼ -11.7%
New listings3,911▼ -7.4%▲ +8.5%
Inventory6,919▼ -0.4%▲ +66.4%
Days on market37▲ +4 days▲ +13 days

A look by property type

Property typeBenchmarkvs last yearSalesDays on mktMonths of supply
Detached$758,100▼ -1%1,029343.0
Semi-detached$693,100▲ +0.8%187342.9
Row / townhouse$445,700▼ -3.5%371373.2
Apartment condo$324,800▼ -4.8%509454.1

Why the inventory build happened

Three things compounded. Owners who had been locked in by cheap pandemic-era mortgages had finally started listing, and once that began it accelerated. Calgary had also absorbed several years of strong homebuilding, with completions arriving into a market that no longer needed them urgently. And migration into Alberta, while still positive, had slowed from its 2023-24 peak.

More supply arriving as demand cooled is the classic recipe for a soft market. 6,919 listings against 2,096 sales is a very different city from the one that had 2,716 listings and 2,875 sales fifteen months earlier.

Detached homes joined the decline

Detached homes at $758,100 were down 1% year-over-year — the first annual decline in that segment since early 2023. Row homes were down 3.5% and apartment condos 4.8%.

Through the earlier part of the softening, detached housing had held its value while condos and townhouses gave ground. July was the month that protection ran out. With 3.0 months of supply in the detached segment, sellers there were now competing too.

Condos at 4.1 months and 45 days

Apartment condos had 4.1 months of supply, 45 days on market, and prices down 4.8% year-over-year to $324,800 — well below the August 2024 peak of $341,400.

That’s a properly balanced-to-buyer-friendly market. For anyone who had been priced out of Calgary condos during the 2022–2024 squeeze, the window had reopened, and this time with meaningful negotiating room rather than just availability.

What this meant if you were buying

Thirty-seven days on market with 3.3 months of supply is the most comfortable buying environment Calgary had offered in five years. Conditional offers, inspections, and price negotiation were all normal again.

The point worth making is that a soft market is when the quality of the purchase matters most. When everything sells in two weeks you buy what you can get; when there are nearly 7,000 listings you can afford to be genuinely particular about condition, location and layout — and to walk away from something that isn’t right.

Where prices sit is only half of affordability — your mortgage rate is the other half. It’s worth getting a current rate and a pre-approval before you shop, so you know your real budget.

Frequently asked questions

Why did Calgary’s housing inventory rise so much in 2025?
Several factors compounded: owners locked in by cheap pandemic mortgages finally began listing, several years of strong homebuilding delivered completions into a cooling market, and migration into Alberta slowed from its peak. Inventory reached 6,919 homes in July, up 66.4% year-over-year.
Were Calgary detached home prices falling in 2025?
Yes, from July. Detached homes were $758,100, down 1% year-over-year — the first annual decline in that segment since early 2023. Row homes fell 3.5% and apartment condos 4.8% over the same period.
Was mid-2025 a good time to buy in Calgary?
It was the most comfortable buying environment in five years. With 6,919 listings, 3.3 months of supply and 37 days on market, buyers could make conditional offers, get inspections and negotiate on price — none of which had been realistic in 2023 or early 2024.

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Source: CREB, July 2025 (City of Calgary geography). Prices shown are benchmark (HPI) values. Month-over-month compares to the prior month; year-over-year to the same month last year. The board may revise past months as late sales are recorded. Prepared by Mortgages for Less.

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