Calgary vs Canmore Real Estate: Two Alberta Markets Moving in Opposite Directions (2025)
Look at Calgary vs Canmore real estate side by side and you would assume you are reading one story: two Alberta markets, one hour apart, both riding the same provincial economy. You are not. In 2025 they moved in opposite directions — Calgary’s benchmark price fell while Canmore’s detached homes climbed almost 10%. The numbers below show..
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Most people read Calgary’s 9% condo price drop as a weak market.
$300K condo. $750K detached. The family keeps choosing the $750K one. Here’s why that isn’t irrational. Most people read Calgary’s 9% condo price drop as a weak market. It’s not. It’s a product problem. Line up the three options a family is actually choosing between: → Apartment condo — benchmark ~$300K. But it’s a one..
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National Housing Starts Drop 5.2% YoY — Why Alberta Tells a Different Story
National housing starts: -5.2% YoY. Prairies: above historical average. Same country, opposite story. Most people will read that headline and assume Canada’s residential construction is slowing everywhere, at the same pace. It isn’t. Here’s what the disaggregated CMHC data actually shows: →→ National: 22,633 units in centers above 10,000 people, down 5.2% YoY →→ Prairies:..
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Alberta’s $244B Construction Pipeline: Are You Positioned to Capture It?
Alberta’s project pipeline jumped $49B in a matter of weeks. Most companies won’t see a dollar of it. That’s not a trend. That’s a signal. And most companies are not positioned to capture it. Here’s what the data actually shows: → The pipeline grew from $196B to $244B in weeks — but execution capacity didn’t..
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Alberta Construction 2026: Large-Scale Project Management
Is your project management system built for a single handover — or for a 253-acre, multi-phase community? Alberta isn’t just building homes anymore. Mattamy Homes and Truman are already developing master-planned communities at that scale. Data centres worth $16 billion by 2032 are coming next. Purpose-built rental is scaling fast. This explains why project professionals..
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Alberta Housing Starts 2026: What the CMHC Forecast Really Means for Developers
CMHC just reported the best month for housing starts in years. Then buried the forecast nobody wants to read. Every serious developer and builder in Alberta should understand this: — April 2026: housing starts jumped 17% nationally (279,317 units SAAR) — CMHC forecast: new construction will decline until 2028 — Both numbers are real. They’re..
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Alberta Real Estate Feasibility: Where Projects Lose Money
Most Alberta developers aren’t losing money on site. They’re losing it 18 months earlier — and don’t know it yet. Twelve months ago, every developer in Alberta was pointing at the same number. 54,900 housing starts. +18% versus Q1 2024. Best performance in the country. The market looked bulletproof. It isn’t. Here’s what the data..
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Alberta Affordability 2026
$641,000. $15/hr. Same province. Same 2026. In 2013, Alberta was the place to be. Wages 17% above the national average. Every worker was better off here than anywhere else in Canada. March 2026: real wages down 4.5% over five years. Minimum wage frozen at $15/hr since 2019. The labour market moved. The housing market didn’t..
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Alberta Real Estate Market 2026
Six months ago, every conversation in Alberta construction started the same way: groundbreaks, cranes, record pipelines. This week, the same people are asking different questions. The conversation has shifted. Here’s what the data is showing right now: → Condo presales are down → Unsold inventory is rising → Builder confidence is at its lowest point..
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70% of Alberta’s 2025 starts were multi-residential
54,900 new homes started in Alberta in 2025. A 70-year record. Most people read that as a single-family boom. It isn’t. Here’s what the data actually shows: → 70% of Alberta’s 2025 starts were multi-residential — rowhouse, multiplex, apartments → Missing middle housing is up ~10% vs the 10-year average across major Alberta CMAs →..
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Eros Belotti 01.
Eros belotti
Construction project manager with over 15 years of experience in Europe and the Canary Islands. Specialized in modular housing, container construction, real estate development and international project management. Founder of Reforma Vivienda Tenerife and Donkey Lab.
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