{"id":115,"date":"2026-09-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:00:00","slug":"calgary-home-buyers-enjoy-lower-prices-and-more-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/?p=115","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Home Buyers Enjoy Lower Prices and More Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>After 18 years guiding Calgary families through every kind of market, I\u2019ve learned that numbers tell a story\u2014and this August, that story is all about shifting tides. Home sales in Calgary dropped 16.4%, with only 1,660 properties changing hands. The benchmark price slipped 1.1% to $569,800. If you\u2019re watching specific segments, you\u2019ll notice apartment prices saw the biggest drop at 8.2%, row homes were down 5.4%, detached homes dipped by 1.1%, while semi-detached homes actually edged up by 1%. Fewer new listings and a decline in inventory are adding another layer to the mix.<\/p>\n<p>Having grown up here and helped hundreds navigate both the highs and the lows, I know these market changes can raise a lot of questions. Whether you\u2019re feeling first-time jitters or weighing a new investment, understanding where things stand is the first step to making confident decisions in our city\u2019s evolving market.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/12044006\/calgary-home-sales-august-2026\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 18 years guiding Calgary families through every kind of market, I\u2019ve learned that numbers tell a story\u2014and this August, that story is all about shifting tides. Home sales in Calgary dropped 16.4%, with only 1,660 properties changing hands. The benchmark price slipped 1.1% to $569,800. If you\u2019re watching specific segments, you\u2019ll notice apartment prices [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepitsimplesold.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}