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The Saint John real estate market — Aug 2026

Saint John is New Brunswick's largest port city and its industrial anchor, set where the Saint John River meets the Bay of Fundy — home to the world's highest tides and to one of Canada's busiest deep-water harbours.

In August 2026, the MLS® benchmark price in Saint John stood at $355,700, up 3.8% year over year. The average price, all property types combined, was $383,449 (+7.3% year over year). By property type: single-family $357,900 (+3.7%), one-storey $353,300 (+3.9%), two-storey $365,100 (+3.7%), and apartment $259,800 (+10.2%). There were 199 sales during the month, 12.3% fewer than a year earlier. With 3.7 months of inventory, it is a seller's market by the standard board convention (under 4 months: sellers; 4 to 6: balanced; over 6: buyers). Homes in Saint John took an average of 31 days to sell. Over five years, prices are up 76%. Source: New Brunswick REALTORS® du Nouveau-Brunswick (NBREB) / ACI, August 2026.

These figures come from the monthly report the Canadian Real Estate Association prepares for the New Brunswick REALTORS® du Nouveau-Brunswick, and they cover the Saint John area served by the board rather than the municipality alone. Underneath the composite, property types — single-family homes, one- and two-storey houses, apartments — do not always move together, a reminder that a single citywide number can hide real divergence between segments. That is where local judgment matters more than a headline average.

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