Calgary real estate market sees declines in sales and prices again in January

Calgary's realestate market showed no signs of heating up in January, as both sales volumes and sale prices dropped again.

A total of 763 homes were sold in the first month of the year, down 13 per cent from January 2015, according to month-end data from the Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB).

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The median sale price in January fell 3.1 per cent, year over year, to $409,000.

The average sale price, meanwhile,dipped by 0.2 per cent to $459,874.

There were 5,022 active listings at the end of January, up from 4,357 in December.

Time spent on the market also increased last month, edging up to 50 days. That's an increase of 22 per cent from the previous January.