Direction
Application activity is broadly near the comparable period.245 applications versus 249 through the same date last year. That represents 980 proposed housing-unit signals entering the application dataset—not completed homes.
Calgary Fourplex Market Pulse
Watch where four-door housing is moving.
A live reading of new Calgary building-permit applications where the City records exactly four housing units. Use it to see direction and investigate—not to infer availability, approval or completion.
- Applications YTD
- 245 2026 calendar year
- Last 30 days
- 35 New four-unit applications
- Change vs prior YTD
- -2% 249 in the comparable period
- Average declared cost
- $948.7K Construction estimate · not total project cost
The one-minute read
What changed—and why it matters
A concise interpretation of the current public signal. Change the lens to separate the home decision from the investment decision.
Near-term pace
Running above the recent monthly rhythm.The last 30 days recorded 35 applications, compared with an average of 26.7 across the last three complete calendar months. Timing and partial-month effects still matter.
Read it as a buyer
More activity means more choice eventually—not necessarily today.
Use active communities to learn the form, parking, privacy and block context you prefer. Never treat an application as a home that can be purchased.
Build an affordability scenarioTwelve-month rhythm
Is the four-unit pipeline accelerating?
Application counts show planning activity entering the system. They do not prove that a building was approved, started, completed or offered for sale.
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From intent to delivery
Three separate views of the four-unit pipeline
Applications, permit issuance and completions are dated events from two official City datasets. They describe activity in the same market, but they are not a cohort or a conversion rate.
Applications received YTD
245New-work application records entered this calendar year with exactly four housing units.
Permits issued YTD
229Four-unit new-work permits with an issued date this year, regardless of application year.
Permits completed YTD
246Four-unit new-work permits with a completed date this year, regardless of application year.
Current file status
Where this year’s applications sit now
Status is a current snapshot and can change. It is not approval probability or a forecast of construction.
Issued Permit130 · 53%
Pending Plans Review Assignment63 · 26%
Pending Prescreen Review22 · 9%
Completed12 · 5%
Hold - Prescreen Review7 · 3%
Application Received6 · 2%
Where activity concentrates
Communities carrying the current signal
26% of year-to-date applications are concentrated in the five leading communities below. Concentration can signal both precedent and future competition.
01
FOREST LAWN14 applications
-13% vs same period · 16 prior
$13.3M declared
02
BOWNESS13 applications
-32% vs same period · 19 prior
$13.2M declared
03
GLENBROOK13 applications
+117% vs same period · 6 prior
$10.5M declared
04
WINSTON HEIGHTS/MOUNTVIEW12 applications
+500% vs same period · 2 prior
$10.9M declared
05
KILLARNEY/GLENGARRY12 applications
+20% vs same period · 10 prior
$11.4M declared
06
ALPINE PARK11 applications
+10% vs same period · 10 prior
$12.2M declared
07
RICARDO RANCH11 applications
+57% vs same period · 7 prior
$17.2M declared
08
MONTGOMERY10 applications
+43% vs same period · 7 prior
$10.4M declared
How an investor reads this
Signal first. Conclusion later.
- 01 · Precedent: repeated activity can reveal where four-unit forms are moving through permitting.
- 02 · Competition: more applications can mean more future rental or resale supply.
- 03 · Verification: inspect the individual file, status and property context before using it in a decision.
Recent permit signals
Open the underlying record
Search the latest applications by address, community or permit number. Each row links back to the City source.
Address + communityPermitAppliedDeclared cost
Exactly what this measures
This Pulse filters the City’s Building Permit Application Report to new-work records where HousingUnits equals four. That can include rowhouse, townhouse and online/unclassified permit classes. It is a public planning signal—not an MLS listing, legal-unit opinion, approval, construction-start or completion record. Estimated project cost is applicant-declared construction value and may not represent land, financing, soft costs or total development cost.