{"id":846951,"date":"2026-08-05T12:16:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/846951\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T12:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:16:40","slug":"calgary-home-sales-down-nine-per-cent-in-july-amid-condo-oversupply-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/846951\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary home sales down nine per cent in July amid condo oversupply: board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Home sales in Calgary were down in July compared with a year ago as prices also fell, which the city\u2019s real estate board says is partly due to \u201cpersistent oversupply\u201d of condominiums.<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary Real Estate Board says 1,904 homes changed hands last month, down 9.2 per cent from July 2025, as the residential benchmark price fell two per cent to $569,200.<\/p>\n<p>The board\u2019s chief economist Ann-Marie Lurie says several consecutive years of high construction levels and a sudden drop in international migration have contributed to a \u201cshift\u201d in housing market conditions, mostly for higher-density homes, which is driving lower prices.<\/p>\n<p>Apartment-style homes saw a year-over-year price decline of 8.4 per cent to $297,600, while row-style properties were 6.1 per cent less expensive at $418,500.<\/p>\n<p>Detached home prices were down 1.9 per cent to $743,900, and semi-detached prices ticked 0.3 per cent lower compared with July 2025 to $691,000.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary saw 3,323 new listings on the market in July, down 15 per cent from a year earlier, while total inventory was 4.2 per cent lower year-over-year to 6,626 homes for sale.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/40abdba701ff3a190bd4bc6a24c506605c115c67f5f2d3e8acef44d3d7ded412-1024x704.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" ratio=\"16x9\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThe Calgary Real Estate Board says home sales in the city dropped last month as economic uncertainty took a toll on consumer confidence. A mural is seen through high-rises in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, June 28, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jeff McIntosh  <\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784110070_915_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home sales in Calgary were down in July compared with a year ago as prices also fell, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[45,49,2798,48,1007,968],"class_list":["post-846951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada","tag-construction","tag-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}