Detached home prices in Calgary skyrocket by nearly $90K in past year

May 23 2024, 4:30 pm

The cost to buy a detached home in Calgary has skyrocketed past all other cities in Alberta this year, according to a new real estate report.

The report, which was released by the Canadian real estate website Zoocasa, found the average price for a detached home in Calgary was $749,000. That means interested home buyers would need a $49,900 average down payment, which comes out to a monthly mortgage average of $4,142.

That number is up 13.1% since April of last year and shows a dramatic increase when compared to other cities around the province.

Calgary home

Zoocasa

 

Edmonton has the second-highest detached home prices in Alberta but it’s still a whopping $222,422 less than the average price in Calgary. Aspiring homeowners can slice their mortgage payments down by 40% for an average of $2,956 a month.

Statistics for the report were collected using data from the Alberta Real Estate Association. It considers the current prices of single-family detached homes, yearly price changes, minimum down payments, and average mortgage payments in major cities around Alberta. The average mortgages were calculated with a five-year fixed rate of 4.79% and amortized over 25 years.

The report says Alberta has become a hot spot for interprovincial migration population growth, outpacing every other Canadian province.

Zoocasa

“Alberta has also become a popular destination for interprovincial migration in Canada, attracting 9,913 new residents in the past quarter with a majority coming from British Columbia and Ontario.”

The price disparity is hard to ignore when comparing Calgary to seven other cities in Alberta, with 87% of the mortgage payments for single detached homes averaging below $3,000 per month. Calgary stood out among the rest, with the average mortgage payment for a single detached home peaking at $4,142.

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