High Inventory, Slower Sales, and What It Means for Buyers and Sellers This Year

The Edmonton real estate market entered 2026 with a noticeable shift in momentum, not a crash, not a surge, but a reset toward balance.

January brought a sharp increase in new listings, higher inventory, longer days on market, and slightly softer pricing month-over-month. At the same time, prices remain higher than this time last year, which tells us something important: the market isn’t weakening, it’s normalizing.

January 2026 Edmonton Market Snapshot

Here’s what happened across the Greater Edmonton Area in January:

  • 1,151 residential sales, down 12.5% from December and 27.6% year-over-year

  • 2,518 new listings, up a significant 84.2%…

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