Market Balance
Who has more negotiating power?
Brings buyer and seller conditions into one market story. More buyer choice and slower sales can tell a different story from rising prices.
In development · resale inputs required
Understand this view ↗HOUSEDEX · CANADIAN HOUSING INTELLIGENCE
The housing market.
Made understandable.
Who has the upper hand? Are buyers getting more choice? What is happening to prices, ownership costs and rents? HouseDex turns housing data into clear market stories.
New-home price and homebuilding delivery pilots are now published. Each view shows its own reference period.
START WITH THE QUESTION
How the HDX family works ↗Six views of a housing market.
Plain names first. The index code is there for reference.
Home Supply
How much choice do buyers have?
Shows how much stock is available and how quickly it is being absorbed. A home listed for sale is different from a home still being built.
In development · inventory inputs required
Understand this view ↗Price Momentum
Where are home prices moving?
Separates price levels from direction and pace. An expensive market can be falling; a cheaper market can be rising.
Published new-home pilot · resale coverage in development
Understand this view ↗Ownership Affordability
What does owning a home cost relative to income?
Connects the purchase price to the monthly household budget. A lower interest rate alone does not prove a market is more affordable.
In development · matched cost and income inputs required
Understand this view ↗Homebuilding Pipeline
Are more homes actually reaching the market?
Separates permission to build from construction and finished homes. Existing total-permit research is context only: it also includes non-residential projects.
Published completion-delivery pilot · wider pipeline research continues
Understand this view ↗Rental Market
What is happening to advertised rents?
A dedicated rental research family within HouseDex. Asking rents describe advertised homes, not every existing lease or tenant’s cost.
Published pilots · periods vary
Understand this view ↗FROM A READING TO A STORY
A number needs a sentence.
Explore a supported example from the existing published research.
Calgary: fast population growth, at a slower pace.
Calgary’s Population Pulse reading is 95 out of 100: faster relative growth in the covered comparison group. The number is a relative position, not percentage population growth.
Its Growth Shift reading is 10 out of 100: slower growth pace. This compares the pace of growth with the previous annual interval. Slower growth does not mean the population fell.
July 2024–July 2025 · July 2023–July 2025 · Population context does not establish home sales, buyer competition or future prices.
Read Calgary’s published measures ↗A city can grow quickly and still be slowing down.
“How fast compared with other places?” and “Faster or slower than before?” are different questions. Both belong beside the headline.
What it means for housing
Population adds context to the housing conversation. To judge negotiating power, we also need matched sales, listings and inventory. To judge affordability, we need prices, income and ownership costs.
This example uses already published outputs. It is not a new November market update.
NEWLY RELEASED HOUSING RESEARCHPrices and delivery.
Prices and delivery.
Two stories you can read today.
New-home price momentum across 25 geographic profiles; completed-home delivery across 35. Coverage includes separately labelled provincial parts.
HDX-P · NEW-HOME PILOT
Where are builder prices moving?
A dated annual comparison, a recent three-month perspective, and an explanation of what the reading means.
Read price momentum ↗HDX-C · DELIVERY PILOTAre more homes being completed?
Compare completed homes over matched 12-month windows. Keep earlier building stages separate from delivered homes.
Read homebuilding delivery ↗