Month in review
August 2026, by its own numbers.
199 homes changed hands across Saint John and Area, at a median of $355,000, selling for 101.4% of asking in a median of 31 days. A record of a closed month, written from the data rather than from memory.
What sold
$355,000
median sale price
+4.6% on a year earlier
101.4%
of asking price
sold above list
31 days
to sell
23 a year earlier
3.7 months
until everything sells
at that pace, tilted toward sellers
199
homes sold
worth $76.3 million
291
newly listed
sales equal to 68% of them
-1.4%
median vs July 2026
$360,000 then
$355,700
benchmark price
the index, +3.8% on the year
What was for sale
The standing market as recorded on 2026-08-18, homes only, asking prices rather than sold.
364
homes for sale
houses and multi-family
$399,950
median asking
average $473,363
34 days
on the market
median, standing inventory
167
newly listed
in the prior 30 days
Sold figures cover Saint John and Area, the board’s region, which is wider than Greater Saint John. CREA revises between reports, so treat month-to-month moves as direction. Listing figures are Greater Saint John from the MLS® feed, homes only. Source: Canadian MLS® Systems, CREA. Saint John and Area MLS® Residential Market Activity report, published by New Brunswick REALTORS®.
