Homes in SE Calgary — Lakes, New Communities, and the Green Line Corridor
Calgary’s growth engine: lake communities, the South Health Campus and Seton, and the Green Line taking shape through the quadrant’s spine. "Which SE?" matters enormously here — this hub sorts it, with live numbers per community.
It depends which SE you mean, because the quadrant spans five very different markets. Lake communities — Mahogany, Auburn Bay, McKenzie Lake, Lake Bonavista, Chaparral, Sundance and Midnapore — are the premium tier and carry deeded lake access. Seton, Hotchkiss, Rangeview, Wolf Willow and Ricardo Ranch are the new build side, where standing builder inventory means real negotiating room. McKenzie Towne, Copperfield, New Brighton and Douglasdale are the established family core. Ogden, Riverbend and Southview sit on the Green Line corridor now under construction. Dover, Erin Woods, Forest Lawn and Penbrooke Meadows hold the entry-level detached stock. Across all of them there are 1,409 active listings today, with a median detached ask of $685,000 and 36 median days on market.
Choose your SE
The southeast is Calgary's growth engine: seven lake communities, the South Health Campus and Seton's emerging downtown, and the Green Line LRT taking shape through its spine. It is also the quadrant where "which SE?" matters most — a Mahogany lakefront and an Ogden bungalow are both SE Calgary and have nothing else in common.
Counts beside each name are live listings today. Every name links to its own guide where the site has one, and to a filtered search where it does not.
Lake life
Private lake associations with deeded access, beaches and year-round privileges. The SE’s premium tier, and the reason the quadrant carries a price band the city average never shows.
Mahogany · 143 Auburn Bay · 68 Chaparral · 33 McKenzie Lake · 22 Midnapore · 18 Lake Bonavista · 17 Sundance · 17
New and still building
2020s construction, builder inventory, showhome parades and incentives. Where the leverage is right now, because someone is paying to carry the standing stock.
Seton · 100 Cranston · 93 Legacy · 81 Hotchkiss · 59 Walden · 55 Rangeview · 49 Belvedere · 46 Wolf Willow · 31 Ricardo Ranch · 6
Established value
The family core — built out, schools in place, no construction dust. Detached stock in the middle of the market rather than at either end of it.
Copperfield · 81 McKenzie Towne · 67 Acadia · 47 Douglasdale/Glen · 46 New Brighton · 43 Queensland · 15 Willow Park · 13 Parkland · 8 Deer Ridge · 7 Maple Ridge · 6 Bonavista Downs · 5 Deer Run · 4
The Green Line corridor
Mid-century bungalows on wide lots along the LRT alignment now under construction. Ogden is the community my own data tags Green-Line-coming; Riverbend and Southview sit next to it.
Ogden · 25 Riverbend · 15 Southview · 9
Entry and investment
The under-$500K detached stock and the suite-conversion candidates. Where a first purchase or a second property still pencils in a city where most quadrants no longer do.
Dover · 47 Erin Woods · 35 Forest Lawn · 31 Penbrooke Meadows · 28 Albert Park/Radisson Heights · 19 Forest Heights · 10 Fairview · 10
The SE market right now
CREB® July 2026 report · live feed as of 2026-08-20
| SE Calgary today | |
|---|---|
| Active listings across these communities | 1,409 |
| Detached — count and median ask | 699 · $685,000 |
| Townhome & apartment — count and median ask | 564 · $359,900 |
| Detached under $500,000 | 61 |
| Median days on market | 36 |
| Listings that have cut price | 287 |
| City detached benchmark (CREB®) | $743,900 · 2.9 months of supply |
The city number is one number. The SE is not. Lake communities carry a premium over equivalent dry-land homes in the same quadrant; the east communities sit below the city entry point; the new southeast communities are still absorbing builder inventory. Fresh, well-priced SE listings still move in weeks. Overpriced ones join the 287 on this list that have already cut.
Live-feed counts are read from the CREA DDF® feed — the same feed Realtor.ca uses — as of 2026-08-20, and are regenerated every time the feed syncs. Benchmark prices, months of supply and days-on-market come from the CREB® July 2026 report and update monthly. The two measure different things and are labelled separately throughout.
Community by community
Live inventory, median asking price and median days on market. Communities with fewer than five active listings are linked above but carry no median here — below that, a median is noise rather than information.
| Community | Active | Median ask | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake life | |||
| Mahogany | 143 | $679,900 | 41 |
| Auburn Bay | 68 | $450,000 | 34 |
| Chaparral | 33 | $699,800 | 22 |
| McKenzie Lake | 22 | $664,400 | 35 |
| Midnapore | 18 | $414,900 | 40 |
| Lake Bonavista | 17 | $885,000 | 26 |
| Sundance | 17 | $699,900 | 23 |
| New and still building | |||
| Seton | 100 | $404,900 | 46 |
| Cranston | 93 | $599,900 | 35 |
| Legacy | 81 | $516,500 | 37 |
| Hotchkiss | 59 | $549,900 | 64 |
| Walden | 55 | $521,900 | 41 |
| Rangeview | 49 | $674,900 | 37 |
| Belvedere | 46 | $461,945 | 54 |
| Wolf Willow | 31 | $550,000 | 47 |
| Ricardo Ranch | 6 | $699,728 | 58 |
| Established value | |||
| Copperfield | 81 | $433,000 | 33 |
| McKenzie Towne | 67 | $399,900 | 35 |
| Acadia | 47 | $649,900 | 41 |
| Douglasdale/Glen | 46 | $625,000 | 34 |
| New Brighton | 43 | $560,000 | 30 |
| Queensland | 15 | $450,000 | 33 |
| Willow Park | 13 | $689,900 | 42 |
| Parkland | 8 | $1,049,950 | 23 |
| Deer Ridge | 7 | $565,900 | 18 |
| Maple Ridge | 6 | $942,450 | 25 |
| Bonavista Downs | 5 | $739,900 | 32 |
| Deer Run | 4 | — | — |
| The Green Line corridor | |||
| Ogden | 25 | $474,900 | 33 |
| Riverbend | 15 | $710,000 | 16 |
| Southview | 9 | $535,000 | 47 |
| Entry and investment | |||
| Dover | 47 | $419,900 | 33 |
| Erin Woods | 35 | $458,600 | 33 |
| Forest Lawn | 31 | $529,900 | 31 |
| Penbrooke Meadows | 28 | $454,450 | 36 |
| Albert Park/Radisson Heights | 19 | $499,900 | 76 |
| Forest Heights | 10 | $427,400 | 41 |
| Fairview | 10 | $599,900 | 27 |
Search it live
Every SE listing on the same CREA DDF® feed Realtor.ca uses, refreshed every 15 minutes, with full-remarks search — "walkout", "legal suite" and "backing green space" all work as searches because the text of the listing is indexed, not just its fields.
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Narrow it: detached only · under $500K · price-reduced (287) · 4+ bedrooms · get new SE listings by email.
Not sure which SE fits? The two-minute neighbourhood quiz shortlists communities against your budget and how you actually live, and the suite ROI calculator runs the numbers if a legal suite is part of the plan.
Tell me your budget and I will shortlist the SE
Which communities actually fit your number, which ones are negotiable this month, and the three listings I would look at first. I will also tell you when the answer is a different quadrant.
Frequently asked
What is the most affordable way into SE Calgary?
The established east communities — Erin Woods, Dover, Penbrooke Meadows, Forest Lawn and Forest Heights — plus Ogden on the Green Line corridor hold most of the quadrant's entry-level detached stock; there are 61 SE detached listings under $500,000 on the live feed today, which is thin, so an alert beats browsing. Attached product is the other route: townhomes and apartments across the SE have a median asking price of $359,900 against $685,000 for detached.
Which SE Calgary communities have lakes?
Mahogany, Auburn Bay, McKenzie Lake, Lake Bonavista, Chaparral, Sundance and Midnapore all have lake associations, with Chaparral and Lake Bonavista sitting near the quadrant line depending on how you draw it. Access is a deeded right tied to the property and the community association, not a neighbourhood amenity — confirm what a specific address actually includes, and what the annual association fee is, before you price the premium in.
Where will the Green Line run in the SE?
The alignment now under construction runs from the downtown core through the southeast toward Shepard, with the communities around Ogden among the most directly affected. Construction is active, and station locations and timelines are published by the City — check them for a specific address rather than relying on a listing that says "steps from the future LRT".
Is Seton a good buy?
It is the quadrant’s biggest bet, and the infrastructure argument is already won — South Health Campus, the world’s largest YMCA, the rec centre, high school and retail are built. What keeps prices honest is supply: Seton is condo- and townhome-heavy and still delivering. That makes entry pricing genuinely attractive and product type the decision that matters. Choose carefully between apartment, townhome and detached there; they are not on the same trajectory.
How is the SE market doing right now?
The city detached benchmark is $743,900 at 2.9 months of supply in the CREB® July 2026 report — competitive. The SE spreads wide around that: 1,409 active listings across the communities on this page, a median detached ask of $685,000, a median attached ask of $359,900, and 36 median days on market. Segment and street decide everything here, which is why I quote community-level numbers rather than city averages.
Go deeper
Background reading on the quadrant: the SE Calgary real estate guide. Every community named above with its own guide is linked from its name — those are the pages with school catchments, commute times and the honest downsides.
All Calgary neighbourhoods · community guides · neighbourhood quiz · new construction · homes with legal suites · suite ROI calculator · homes near schools · live market data · Chestermere, just east · what you can afford.
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Last updated 2026-08-19 · Written by Mohammad Emon, REALTOR® (SRES®) & Licensed Property Manager, KO Realty · RECA licence LIC-00666633