Steady MLS® home sales reported by real estate boards in New Brunswick
The number of homes sold through MLS® Systems of real estate boards in New Brunswick totaled 806 units in October 2023. This was a slight gain of 0.4% (three sales) from October 2022.
Home sales were 16.3% below the five-year average and 0.2% below the 10-year average for the month of October.
On a year-to-date basis, home sales totaled 7,936 units over the first 10 months of the year, declining 15.2% from the same period in 2022.
At the local level home sales activity posted an increase in Greater Moncton (11.1%), Northern and Valley Regions (5.3%), and Fredericton (2.2%) and recorded a decline in Saint John (-19.4%) on a year-over-year basis.
The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) tracks price trends far more accurately than is possible using average or median price measures. The overall MLS® HPI composite benchmark price was $293,100 in October 2023, a moderate gain of 7.4% compared to October 2022.
The benchmark price for single-family homes was $294,000, increasing by 7.6% on a year-over-year basis in October. By comparison, the benchmark price for townhouse/row units was $255,300, a modest decline of 1.4% compared to a year earlier, while the benchmark apartment price was $269,300, up modestly by 3% from year-ago levels.
The average price of homes sold in October 2023 was $299,508, a gain of 12.4% from October 2022.
The more comprehensive year-to-date average price was $299,700, up modestly by 2.5% from the first 10 months of 2022.
The dollar value of all home sales in October 2023 was $241.4 million, an increase of 12.8% from the same month in 2022.
The number of new listings rose 8.7% from October 2022. There were 1,047 new residential listings in October 2023.
New listings were 0.9% below the five-year average and 4% below the 10-year average for the month of October.
Active residential listings numbered 2,735 units on the market at the end of October, a substantial decline of 12.7% from the end of October 2022.
Active listings were 20.4% below the five-year average and 47.4% below the 10-year average for the month of October.
Months of inventory numbered 3.4 at the end of October 2023, down from the 3.9 months recorded at the end of October 2022 and below the long-run average of 7.3 months for this time of year. The number of months of inventory is the number of months it would take to sell current inventories at the current rate of sales activity.
BOARD & ASSOCIATION INFORMATION
The average price information quoted can be useful in establishing trends over time, but does not indicate actual prices in centers comprising widely divergent neighbourhoods, or account for price differentials between geographical areas.
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Jamie Ryan
CEO
New Brunswick Real Estate Association/Association des agents immobiliers du Nouveau Brunswick
22 rue Durelle Street #1
Fredericton, NB E3C 0G2
Tel: 506-459-8055
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Web: www.nbrea.ca
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