January 2013
Rod Forsythe’s Year end Calgary Real Estate Report for 2012
Calgary’s real estate market is getting back to normal and property sales over $1,000,000.00 were the stars of the year. There were 544 transactions in Calgary this year that sold for more than a million dollars compared to 446 sales in 2011 and 462 unit sales in 2007. Inventory today sits at about 2700 properties; this is a low amount of inventory for the beginning of any year. The average price for a single family home in 2012 ended up at $481,236 up about 3.1% from 2011; the average condo price is $284,702 up from 271,538 in 2011.
Country residential property sales picked up this year with a total of 873 sales compared to 676 in 2011. The interesting statistic about the country market is that the average price went down from $816,655 in 2011 to $793,053 in 2012. The average days on market remained at about 105 days for both years.
Looking at the big picture Calgary has improved since 2008; with net migration happening in Alberta again, the new mortgage rules pertaining to the amortization, the price of oil and gas and the fact that 20% more properties sold for more than a million dollars in 2012 than 2011. It seems as if this market will be around for a while yet.
If you’re thinking about buying or selling the market is as good as it has been in 4 or 5 years. The activity in unit sales rivals that of 2004 and buyers are starting to ring our phones again. Timing might be perfect to move across the market, move up in this market or sell your home and buy a place in BC or the U.S.A.
The following are MLS sales and the average sale prices for all properties in Calgary in the past few years.
2012 — 21,207, $428,655 2011 — 18,496, $414,391
2010 — 17,218, $409,885 2009 — 20,669, $394,064
2008 — 19,084, $413,293 2007 — 26,611, $423,770
2006 — 27,426, $358,326 2005 — 26,833, $256,327
2004 — 22,842, $227,269 2003 — 21,062, $215,838
2002 — 21,544, $203,203 2001 — 19,535, $186,586
2000 — 17,211, $180,420 Source: Calgary Real Estate Board
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Wishing all a magnificent 2013
Rod Forsythe
Keller Williams Real Estate
email rod@rodforsythe.com //tel. 403.777.1040
Calgary Real Estate Alberta Canada 