Real Estate Intelligence
Market data, prospect identification, and development pipeline tracking across Alberta.
Alberta real estate is cyclical and data-rich. Unlike many Canadian markets, Alberta municipalities publish granular property assessment, permit, and business licence data through open APIs. This section turns that raw data into actionable intelligence.
Market Intel gives you the macro read, Pipeline shows incoming supply, Neighbourhoods zooms into micro-trends, and Prospects surfaces specific opportunities.
Market Intel
Housing starts, assessments, permits, mortgage rates, and mill rate trends. The big picture.
Bank of Canada, Statistics Canada, ArcGIS
Prospect Leads
Algorithmically-identified opportunities: equity-rich sellers, teardown lots, renovation upside.
ArcGIS, Edmonton Open Data
Neighbourhoods
Micro-level signals from permits, development activity, and assessment changes by neighbourhood.
Municipal permit & assessment data
Dev Pipeline
CMHC housing starts, completions, and units under construction for Edmonton and Calgary.
Statistics Canada (CMHC)
Rental Intel
CMHC vacancy rates and average rents by unit type across Alberta metro areas.
Statistics Canada (CMHC)
Assessments
Property assessment trends by neighbourhood from UAlberta Open Data Centre.
UAlberta, Municipal Data
Commercial
Commercial assessments, business formation, retail sales, and commercial zoning activity.
Edmonton Open Data, Statistics Canada
Common terms in this section
- CMHC
- — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Publishes housing starts, completions, vacancy rates, and rents.
- Housing starts
- — New residential units where construction has begun. A leading indicator of future supply.
- Mill rate
- — Property tax rate, expressed as dollars of tax per $1,000 of assessed value.
- Assessment
- — The value a municipality assigns to a property for tax purposes.
- MLS
- — Multiple Listing Service. The database realtors use to list properties for sale.