Buying a Condo in Calgary, Read Honestly
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In September 2026, CREB reported apartment figures of $291,400 benchmark, -8.28% year over year, 5.29 months of supply and 55 days to sell. That is uncomfortable if you own one and interesting if you are buying one. This page is the honest version of both.
CREB® reporting period: September 2026. DDF snapshot: 2026-10-16T10:05:38.601Z (1,750 listings). Page built: 2026-10-16T10:05:47.853Z. Snapshot availability can change; live search may differ.
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Where the segment actually sits
These are CREB® figures for the apartment segment citywide, not a hand-picked slice. Months of supply is the number worth watching. Under two months of supply favours sellers, two to four leans to sellers, four to six leans to buyers, and six or more favours buyers.
For context, detached sits at $739,400 with 3.31 months of supply. The gap in supply between segments is the whole story: it is why negotiating room exists here and not there.
What is in the dated listing snapshot
1,750 active listings across Calgary, median asking price $299,900, ranging from $115,000 to $7,175,000. Asking prices are what sellers want; the benchmark above is what the market has been paying.
| Price band | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $250k | 493 | 28% |
| $250k–$350k | 732 | 42% |
| $350k–$500k | 364 | 21% |
| $500k–$750k | 98 | 6% |
| $750k and up | 63 | 4% |
Age of the stock, and why it matters
Building age alone does not establish condition or reserve adequacy. Use the study, plan, financial statements, minutes and insurance documents to identify questions for qualified review.
| Built | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Before 1980 | 204 | 12% |
| 1980–1984 | 120 | 7% |
| 1985–1997 | 56 | 3% |
| 1998–2009 | 482 | 28% |
| 2010–2019 | 561 | 32% |
| 2020 or newer | 324 | 19% |
Where the inventory is
Communities with at least twelve active listings, so the medians mean something. Concentration matters when you are buying — it tells you where you will have choice and where you will be competing.
| Community | Active | Median ask |
|---|---|---|
| Beltline | 248 | $299,900 |
| Sage Hill | 46 | $285,000 |
| Skyview Ranch | 44 | $253,000 |
| Downtown East Village | 44 | $324,900 |
| Seton | 40 | $349,900 |
| Downtown West End | 35 | $325,000 |
| Lower Mount Royal | 34 | $269,000 |
| Copperfield | 32 | $265,000 |
| Bridgeland/Riverside | 32 | $319,000 |
| Mahogany | 30 | $489,900 |
| Mission | 30 | $349,900 |
| Eau Claire | 29 | $450,000 |
| Downtown Commercial Core | 28 | $319,900 |
| University District | 26 | $450,000 |
| West Springs | 26 | $479,000 |
| Legacy | 25 | $289,000 |
By CREB® district
Benchmark prices for this segment across the city’s eight reporting districts.
| CREB district | Benchmark |
|---|---|
| City Centre | $297,900 |
| North | $298,400 |
| North East | $249,500 |
| North West | $274,900 |
| West | $321,700 |
| South | $271,900 |
| South East | $309,100 |
| East | $209,800 |
Depending on why you are buying
Buying one to live in
A softer market is a buyer’s market, and the leverage shows up in the numbers: at 5.29 months of supply and 55 days on market, sellers are negotiating. The mistake buyers make is shopping on price and monthly fee alone, then discovering the corporation’s financial position afterwards. The unit is the easy part. The corporation is the purchase.
Buying one as an investment
Condo fees are the variable that turns a promising cap rate into a negative one, and unlike a mortgage payment they are not fixed — they move with the corporation’s costs, and a special assessment can arrive in a single letter. Any investor model on a Calgary condo that does not stress-test the fee is not a model.
Short-term rental and Airbnb
Two separate approvals govern this, and people routinely confuse them. The City has its own short-term rental licensing regime, and the condominium corporation has its own bylaws. A city licence does not override a bylaw that prohibits short-term rentals, and the bylaw is the one that gets enforced by the people who live next door.
Selling one right now
Down 8.28% year over year with 55 days on market is a real headwind, and pretending otherwise wastes your first three weeks — which are the weeks that matter most. Condos in this market sell on correct pricing and clean documents, in that order.
Tell me the building and your document questions.
Send the building or area you are considering. I can help identify the documents and questions to discuss, including when a qualified document reviewer, lawyer or insurance professional is needed. These listing summaries do not mean the building documents have been reviewed.
Frequently asked
I own a condo here. In June, 123 of us were told to leave our titled parking for four months.
Ten days’ notice to vacate stalls we hold title to, for four months, so the development next door could build its garage. CTV News covered it and quoted me. What that taught me about titled parking, neighbouring development risk, and the one number in your bylaws that actually gives owners leverage.
Check costs and document questions
Transparent fee and reserve-balance arithmetic, with unknowns kept explicit and questions for professional document review.
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