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Condo sales fell 18.7% year over year. Condo prices fell 1.2%.That gap is the whole story, and most people will miss it....
09/18/2026

Condo sales fell 18.7% year over year. Condo prices fell 1.2%.

That gap is the whole story, and most people will miss it.

A 15-to-1 gap between how much demand left and how much price moved doesn't describe a market in trouble. It describes a standoff. Buyers stopped competing. Sellers looked at the offers, decided no thanks, and stayed put.

For anyone thinking about an investment condo, that changes what you're actually negotiating for.

You are not going to get a big discount. The data says sellers aren't there. What you can get is everything else — a longer condition period, a real document review that isn't rushed, the possession date that suits you, repairs handled before closing, and the time to walk away without someone else swooping in. At 48 days on market, up from 44 last August, nobody is swooping.

Two things I'd want you to know before you get excited, because they don't fit on a graphic.

The apartment benchmark price is down 1.6% year over year — a bit more than the average price suggests. And a segment that's slow to buy into is slow to sell out of. If you need liquidity in three years, this isn't the asset for it.

The deals that work here work on the boring stuff: condo fees, the building's reserve fund, and a rent you can actually achieve today. Not the one you'd like.

Comment NUMBERS and I'll send you the breakdown I use to run these.

(REALTORS® Association of Edmonton, August 2026) rojekrealty.com · 587-778-4144

Everyone's talking about the residential market slowing down. Almost nobody has noticed what's happening one layer under...
09/17/2026

Everyone's talking about the residential market slowing down. Almost nobody has noticed what's happening one layer underneath it.

In August, the busiest commercial category in Edmonton wasn't industrial. It wasn't retail or office. It was land.

Fifteen land sales closed in August — up 87.5% from July. Year to date that's 63 sales, more than any other commercial category:

Land — 63 Retail — 59 Industrial — 55 Office — 40 Multi-family — 27

Meanwhile residential sales are down 9.8% year over year and inventory is up 15.1%.

Those two facts sound contradictory. They aren't.

You buy a finished house because of what the market is doing this year. You buy land because of what you think it'll be doing in 2028. Different buyer, different clock.

And there's plenty to point at for 2028 — Meta's $13-billion data centre campus in Sturgeon County with a $4.6-billion gas plant beside it, Dow's Path2Zero in Fort Saskatchewan, and industrial space here still trading at $169 a square foot against Calgary's $199.

Capital isn't leaving Edmonton. It's just moving down the stack, into dirt, while everyone's watching house prices.

Own land around the region and never had it properly looked at? That's a conversation worth having before the wave, not after it.

(RAE Commercial Statistics and CoStar Group via RAE, August 2026; NAI Commercial, Q2 2026) rojekrealty.com · 587-778-4144

You'll see it in September. You'll be living in it in January.That's the whole reason this list exists, and it's why acr...
09/16/2026

You'll see it in September. You'll be living in it in January.

That's the whole reason this list exists, and it's why acreage buying goes wrong more often than people expect. Every property looks good in the fall. The problems are all winter problems.

A few things behind the questions on this list:

The well. A well isn't a tap. Ask for the drillers' report and the flow rate in gallons per minute. A low-producing well doesn't just cost money — it changes how you live. Laundry gets scheduled. Long showers become a decision.

Septic versus holding tank. These get treated as the same line item and they're nothing alike. A proper field you barely think about. A holding tank you pump every few weeks, forever, and that's a lifestyle rather than a detail.

The road. County-maintained or your problem? The last quarter mile is very often the owner's, and nobody asks about it in August. In February it's the only thing you'll want to talk about.

Zoning. Country residential, agricultural and subdividable are three different things. If you're planning a shop, a suite, or running a business from the property, pull the land use bylaw first. Assume nothing.

Get honest answers to all five and acreage life near this city is genuinely hard to beat. Skip them and you find out the expensive way.

Send me a listing before you drive out and I'll tell you what to look at while you're standing on the property.

Acreage owners — what do you wish you'd checked before you bought?

rojekrealty.com · 587-778-4144

The head of our real estate board said something last week that most agents will quietly skip past. I'd rather say it ou...
09/14/2026

The head of our real estate board said something last week that most agents will quietly skip past. I'd rather say it out loud.

"Supply is ample, but unless demand keeps up, we are likely to see downward pressure on prices beyond the usual seasonal patterns." — Darlene Reid, RAE Board Chair

That's the board itself flagging possible softness beyond the normal autumn slowdown. It deserves to be taken seriously.

Now the honest read, because context matters. The benchmark price is $426,900 — down 0.6% from last year. Not 6%. Zero point six. That's a warning, not a crash.

Here's the part nobody will tell you though. There is no such thing as "the Edmonton market" right now. There are four, and they're moving at different speeds:

Detached — 38 days to sell, prices up 1.0% year over year Semi-detached — 41 days, up 0.8% Row and townhouse — 45 days, down 1.2% Apartment condo — 48 days, down 1.2%

A condo now takes ten days longer to sell than a house. If you own one, "the market softened" means something very different to you than it does to your neighbour with a bungalow.

So before you make a decision off a headline — find out which of the four you're actually in. Send me your address and I'll tell you straight.

Which one are you sitting in?

(REALTORS® Association of Edmonton, August 2026) rojekrealty.com · 587-778-4144

Here's the first thing I'd tell you about this property: it has a shared wall.It's a half duplex. If that's a dealbreake...
09/13/2026

Here's the first thing I'd tell you about this property: it has a shared wall.

It's a half duplex. If that's a dealbreaker, this isn't it, and that's fair. But if you're still here, the honest case for 11727 83 St NW is pretty straightforward.

It's $300,000 in Parkdale, a mature central neighbourhood with real transit access, walking distance to NAIT, and easy routes downtown. The kind of location that costs considerably more when it comes detached.

The backyard is fully fenced, private, and the lot runs 36 metres deep. The garage is double and detached, with a loft for storage. Hot water tank was replaced in 2024. Fresh paint throughout. Four bedrooms, newer appliances.

The basement is partially finished. It needs work, and the price reflects that.

This is a home for the first-time buyer who wants a real neighbourhood and doesn't need every corner finished before they move in. Or an investor who knows what central Edmonton looks like at $300K.

https://rojekrealty.com/?MLSNumber=E4505322

What matters most in a first home, location or finishes?

David Rojek · eXp Realty · Licensed REALTOR® · Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Edmonton's busiest commercial sector last month wasn't industrial. It wasn't retail or office. It was land.Year to date,...
09/09/2026

Edmonton's busiest commercial sector last month wasn't industrial. It wasn't retail or office. It was land.

Year to date, land has outsold every other commercial category — 63 sales, against 59 for retail, 55 industrial, 40 office and 27 multi-family. August alone saw 15 land sales, up 87.5% from July.

Now hold that next to residential, where sales are down 9.8% year over year and inventory is up 15.1%.

Sounds contradictory. It isn't. You buy a finished building because of what the market's doing this year. You buy land because of what you think it'll do in 2028. Different buyer, different clock.

And there's plenty pointing at 2028 — Meta's $13-billion data centre campus in Sturgeon County with a $4.6-billion gas plant beside it, Dow's Path2Zero in Fort Saskatchewan, and a region that's grown 15% in four years to nearly 1.7 million people. Industrial here still trades at $169 a square foot against Calgary's $199.

Capital isn't leaving Edmonton. It's moving down the stack into dirt, while the conversation stays fixed on house prices.

Swipe through for the numbers. And if you own land out around the counties and have never had it properly looked at, that's a conversation worth having before the wave rather than after it.

Anyone out there sitting on land you inherited or bought years ago?

(RAE Commercial Statistics & CoStar via RAE, August 2026; NAI Commercial Q2 2026) rojekrealty.com · 587-778-4144

There is no "Edmonton market." There are four, and last month they went in different directions.The August numbers, plai...
09/08/2026

There is no "Edmonton market." There are four, and last month they went in different directions.

The August numbers, plainly: average price $469,602, down 1.1% from July but up 1.8% from last year. The benchmark sits at $426,900 — down 0.6% year over year. Not 6%. Zero point six.

So prices are broadly holding. What moved is time. Homes took 41 days to sell, four days longer than last August, with 8,052 on the market and 3.8 months of supply — the loosest we've seen this year.

Now the part the citywide average hides. Detached homes are up 1.0% year over year and sell in 38 days. Apartment condos are down 1.2% and take 48. Ten days apart, opposite directions, same month.

And one more that surprised me: inside Edmonton it's 4.2 months of supply, but across Greater Edmonton it's 3.8 — and that number includes the city. So the towns and counties are moving faster than Edmonton itself. That's two months in a row now.

Swipe through for the full breakdown. And if you want to know what your actual street did rather than the city average, send me your address — no pitch attached.

Which of the four are you sitting in?

(REALTORS® Association of Edmonton, August 2026) rojekrealty.com · 587-778-4144

Happy Labour Day! Celebrating the hard work and dedication of our community. Wishing you a restful long weekend with fam...
09/07/2026

Happy Labour Day! Celebrating the hard work and dedication of our community. Wishing you a restful long weekend with family and friends. You've earned it! 💪

A law office is about to become a medical clinic.Suite 215 at Academy Place has sold. It was Academy Law's space — it no...
08/28/2026

A law office is about to become a medical clinic.

Suite 215 at Academy Place has sold. It was Academy Law's space — it now belongs to Impact Medical Inc., who'll be treating patients from all over Alberta out of it.

I like this one for a reason that has nothing to do with me.

Downtown Edmonton office vacancy dropped to 14.3% last quarter — the lowest it's been since 2024, and the second straight quarter of real improvement. That's roughly 212,500 square feet of space that went from empty to occupied.

Deals like this one are what that number is made of.

Downtown isn't coming back because one enormous tenant rode in and rescued it. It's coming back a suite at a time, as older space gets repurposed for what the city actually needs right now. And right now Edmonton needs medical space a lot more than it needs another boardroom.

Four units were listed in this tower. This is the one that sold.

If you own space downtown and you've quietly decided it's a bad time to do anything about it — the data doesn't agree with you, and neither do I. Send me a message and I'll tell you honestly what your floor is doing. No pitch attached.

Curious — when's the last time you were actually downtown?

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Office vacancy figures: NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc., Greater Edmonton Q2 2026

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