New Brunswick REALTORS publishes one monthly release for the province: an MLS® Home Price Index benchmark for New Brunswick as a whole, and a table of sales, new listings, dollar volume and average price for four areas. Greater Moncton has its own Moncton housing market report; Saint John, the Fredericton area and the Northern and Valley Region appear only in the table below. The Canadian housing market overview sets New Brunswick against the other provinces.
New Brunswick home prices, August 2026
The provincial composite benchmark reached $342,400, a 5.9% change from a year before, and homes sold for $348,897 on average.
| Home type | Benchmark | 12-month change |
|---|---|---|
| Single-family | $343,700 | 6.0% |
| Townhouse/row | $278,400 | 17.5% |
| Apartment | $287,400 | 1.6% |
New Brunswick REALTORS, August 2026.
Sales and inventory
Across the province, 825 homes sold (-8.7%), 1,263 were newly listed and 4,117 were on the market. Inventory came to 5.0 months, compared with 4.3 a year earlier; CREA treats more than 6.4 months as a buyer’s market (details).
Sales and average prices by area
| Area | Sales | Sales change | New listings | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Moncton | 255 | -15.3% | 461 | $374,090 |
| Saint John | 199 | -12.3% | 291 | $383,449 |
| Fredericton area | 213 | 0.0% | 263 | $368,845 |
| Northern and Valley Region | 158 | -3.1% | 248 | $237,826 |
New Brunswick REALTORS, August 2026. Average price is the board’s dollar volume divided by sales; sales change is from a year earlier.
Buying in New Brunswick
The province’s transfer tax is 1% of the price or the assessed value, whichever is greater; it is worked out on the New Brunswick calculator, and other provinces’ land transfer tax on the main calculator.
Programs for first purchases are listed under first-time home buyers in New Brunswick. What a given income supports is shown by the New Brunswick mortgage affordability calculator and the income needed to afford a home page.
Related pages
Sources
The figures and rules on this page come from these sources, last checked against them between September 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026. How we check facts.
- CREA: CREA Stats (local board market statistics)
- CREA: CREA Stats (local board market statistics)
- CREA: CREA Stats (local board market statistics)
- GlobeNewswire: Canadian Home Sales Slide Down Slightly in August
- Government of New Brunswick: <<SR_PageTitle>>
- WOWA.ca: Canadian Housing Market Report Sep. 15th, 2026 | Interactive Map - WOWA.ca