Airdrie
Airdrie trades as its own market, not a Calgary suburb. Detached inventory skews newer than the city, condo supply is thin, and buyer traffic responds quickly to the spread between Airdrie and northwest Calgary pricing. Here is what we are seeing on the ground, and what it means if you need a value on a specific address.
Market statistics are published by CREB® and linked in full below. The commentary is ours; the data is theirs. Nothing here is an opinion of value for any individual property.
How to read the Airdrie market
Three figures on CREB’s monthly report tell you more than the headline price:
- Benchmark price. The price of a typical home of each type. It tracks the market better than the average, which moves when the mix of sales changes.
- Months of supply. How long current listings would last at the current pace of sales. Lower means a tighter market for buyers.
- Sales-to-new-listings ratio. How quickly new listings are being absorbed. A rising ratio usually comes before price pressure.
Compare Airdrie’s benchmark with northwest Calgary’s. Buyers watch that spread closely, and it moves demand between the two.
CREB’s guide to these measures ↗What the housing stock looks like
- Mostly detached homes and townhouses, built in growth phases, and newer on average than Calgary.
- Condo apartment supply is thin, so there are fewer comparable sales in that segment.
- Builders are still active, so new homes compete directly with resale.
- Basement suites are common. Whether a suite is legal and registered changes the comparable set.
For counts by type and age, see the municipality’s assessment pages listed below. We describe the stock; we don’t publish figures for it.
CREB® housing statistics ↗
Monthly city and regional reports, including this area, from the Calgary Real Estate Board.
The board’s data. We link to it, we don’t copy it.
Official sourceCREB® daily housing summary ↗
Sales, new listings and inventory, updated daily.
Current feed. Not a value for any property.
Official sourceYour assessment is not your market value
Alberta assessments are set to a July 1 valuation date, with the property’s condition taken as at December 31. The figure on your notice describes what your home was worth months before you read it, and it is a mass-appraisal estimate produced for taxation, not an opinion of current market value.
That gap is normal. It only becomes a problem when the assessment misstates something about your specific property: the finished area, the condition, the lot influence, or a comparison to homes that are not really comparable.
Your complaint deadline is printed on your assessment notice and differs between municipalities. Confirm it on the notice itself, not from a date you read online.
What actually moves value here
A 2006 build and a 2021 build are not the same house
Airdrie’s growth phases show up in the grid. Window packages, insulation and mechanical systems changed materially between phases, and buyers price those differences even when square footage matches.
Legal suite or just a finished basement
A suite with permits and a separate entrance carries value a comparable finished basement does not. Whether it is registered with the City is the first thing we verify, because it changes the comparable set entirely.
Which side of the highway
Commuter access, school catchment and pond or green-space backing separate otherwise identical plans within the same community. Location is analyzed at the block, not the town.
New build competition sets the ceiling
When a builder is still selling the same floor plan two streets over, that price caps resale regardless of finish. Resale competing directly against active new construction gets adjusted for it.
Appraisals we complete in Airdrie
Mortgage financing & refinancing
Lender-ready reports for purchase, refinance, or removing default insurance once you have the equity for it.
Read → 02Estate & date-of-death valuation
A retrospective opinion of value as at the date of passing, prepared to withstand review by CRA and by beneficiaries.
Read → 03Matrimonial & separation
An impartial value for property division, written to be relied on by both parties and by counsel.
Read → 04Assessment appeal
An independent market value opinion to support a complaint before the Assessment Review Board.
Read → 05Pre-listing & pre-purchase
An independent number before you set an asking price or commit to an offer, with no commission riding on the answer.
Read → 06Capital gains & change of use
Values as at a specific past date for a rental conversion, a gift, or the disposition of a secondary property.
Read →Public records you can check yourself
City of Airdrie assessment search ↗
Assessed value, assessment class and roll number for any property in the city.
Not market value: July 1 valuation date
Official sourceAlberta Land Titles (SPIN2) ↗
Registered owner, legal description and encumbrances such as mortgages, caveats and easements.
Fee per search. No value data.
Official sourceAlberta equalized assessment data ↗
Province-published assessment totals for every Alberta municipality.
Aggregate only, not property level
Official sourceCity of Airdrie property information request ↗
Drawings, inspection reports and permit records for a property, by request to the City.
Fee applies. Registered owners only.
Official sourceThese sources are useful for confirming facts about a property, such as ownership, assessed value, lot size and permit history. None of them produces an opinion of market value, and none is accepted where a signed appraisal is required.
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Need a value you can stand behind in Airdrie?
Tell us the address and the purpose (financing, estate, matrimonial, assessment appeal or pre-listing), and we will confirm the fee and the delivery date before any work begins.