New Brunswick real estate prices: the provincial benchmark, dated and sourced

New Brunswick indicators — June 2026

These four figures come from the same monthly release, published by the board and relayed by CREA. All of them are dated June 2026: that is the exact period, not a rolling average.

Period: June 2026. Source: CREA — New Brunswick REALTORS®.

What the inventory says

At 4.1 months of inventory (against 3.7 a year ago), New Brunswick is a balanced market. The board convention, the same one our data server applies: under 4 months = seller's, 4 to 6 = balanced, over 6 = buyer's.

Months of inventory answers a simple question: at the current pace of sales, how many months would it take to clear everything on the market? It is the most reliable read on the balance of power — well ahead of price, which reacts several months late. Here it is rising, against a long-run average of 4.3 months.

“Overall inventory reached levels not seen since August 2020, marking an important shift in market conditions. Even with more supply, prices continued to hold firm with the MLS® HPI Benchmark Price rising year over year.” — CREA — New Brunswick REALTORS®, June 2026

How to read this market

New Brunswick is Nova Scotia's counter-example: inventory is rising here too (3.7 → 4.1 months, active listings up 6%), yet the price keeps climbing 6%. The board notes that overall inventory "reached levels not seen since August 2020" while prices "continued to hold firm". At 4.1 months, the province sits just under its 4.3-month long-run average.

Borrowing costs remain a key driver: see our policy-rate dossier for current rates and the Bank of Canada's decision calendar.

The cities we track in New Brunswick

Saint John and Fredericton carry an older figure: their board publishes no monthly per-city price. We would rather show the real date than a figure that only looks fresh.

Three provinces, three markets

Manitoba, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick all publish a provincial figure rather than a price by city. Side by side, they do not tell the same story — and price alone would not reveal it.

Every row carries its period: boards do not publish in the same month. Comparing prices without comparing dates is the first way to get it wrong.

What it actually costs to buy in New Brunswick

The listed price is not what you sign for. On purchase, the real property transfer tax is added in cash: Flat 1.0% of the greater of sale price or assessed value (Act R-2.1, s. 2). On a $500,000 home that comes to roughly $5,000, payable at closing and not financeable in the mortgage.

First-time buyer: No provincial rebate. Federal HBTC $1,500. The detail for all ten covered jurisdictions, with the official schedules, is in our closing-costs dossier — and the deed itself is signed by a lawyer or notary.

Payotte coverage in New Brunswick

Payotte tracks 3 sectors in New Brunswick and publishes 14 verified professionals there — one per sector and profession, never two. Every profile shows the score criterion by criterion, the licence number when the professional supplied it, and a link to the official register: do not take our word for it, check.

• Moncton
• Saint John
• Fredericton
• The whole province

The method, and its limits

Where the figure comes from. The composite HPI benchmark, sales, active listings and months of inventory are copied from the CREA — New Brunswick REALTORS® release for June 2026. Payotte recomputes nothing and estimates nothing: if the board does not publish a figure, it does not appear here.

Why the HPI rather than the average price. The average moves as soon as the mix of sales changes — a month with more luxury homes pushes it up without any single property gaining value. The HPI tracks a typical home at constant characteristics: it is the only one of the two that really answers "is it going up?".

Why this dossier does not compare cities. New Brunswick has 3 markets in our data, but 2 of them have no monthly price published by the board — lining them up in one table would make for a misleading comparison. Our Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan dossiers use the comparative shape, because the data allows it.

Freshness. This page is regenerated on every build (last generated August 11, 2026) and the provincial figure is revisited with each monthly release. The same data feeds our open feed.

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