Direction
Application activity is broadly near the comparable period.197 applications versus 198 through the same date last year. That represents 788 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
- 197 2026 calendar year
- Last 30 days
- 31 New four-unit applications
- Change vs prior YTD
- -1% 198 in the comparable period
- Average declared cost
- $931.5K 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 31 applications, compared with an average of 27.7 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
197New-work application records entered this calendar year with exactly four housing units.
Permits issued YTD
184Four-unit new-work permits with an issued date this year, regardless of application year.
Permits completed YTD
210Four-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 Permit95 · 48%
Pending Plans Review Assignment43 · 22%
Pending Prescreen Review24 · 12%
Hold - Prescreen Review18 · 9%
Application Received8 · 4%
Completed5 · 3%
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$10.9M declared
WINSTON HEIGHTS/MOUNTVIEW12 applications
+500% vs same period · 2 prior
02$9.2M declared
GLENBROOK11 applications
+450% vs same period · 2 prior
03$10.5M declared
BOWNESS10 applications
-38% vs same period · 16 prior
04$7.8M declared
FOREST LAWN9 applications
-36% vs same period · 14 prior
05$14M declared
RICARDO RANCH9 applications
+125% vs same period · 4 prior
06$8.5M declared
KILLARNEY/GLENGARRY9 applications
+13% vs same period · 8 prior
07$9.6M declared
ALPINE PARK9 applications
+13% vs same period · 8 prior
08$6.9M declared
MONTGOMERY7 applications
+40% vs same period · 5 prior
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
6052 THORNCLIFFE DR NWTHORNCLIFFE
BP2026-14958Online / unclassified
Aug 7, 2026Declared cost$808,4223833 155 AV SWALPINE PARK
BP2026-14789Rowhouse
Aug 6, 2026Declared cost$953,000137 GREENWICH GD NWGREENWOOD/GREENBRIAR
BP2026-14812Rowhouse
Aug 6, 2026Declared cost$1,580,000#1 812 17 AV NEWINSTON HEIGHTS/MOUNTVIEW
BP2026-14817Online / unclassified
Aug 6, 2026Declared cost$700,5751242 CARRINGDEL GA NWCARRINGTON
BP2026-14691Rowhouse
Aug 5, 2026Declared cost$600,000#401R 150 CIRRUS CI NEWINSTON HEIGHTS/MOUNTVIEW
BP2026-14727Townhouse
Aug 5, 2026Declared cost$857,149#501R 150 CIRRUS CI NEWINSTON HEIGHTS/MOUNTVIEW
BP2026-14729Townhouse
Aug 5, 2026Declared cost$857,149#701R 150 CIRRUS CI NEWINSTON HEIGHTS/MOUNTVIEW
BP2026-14731Townhouse
Aug 5, 2026Declared cost$857,149#801R 150 CIRRUS CI NEWINSTON HEIGHTS/MOUNTVIEW
BP2026-14732Townhouse
Aug 5, 2026Declared cost$857,1492211 81 ST SWSPRINGBANK HILL
BP2026-14740Townhouse
Aug 5, 2026Declared cost$764,2083849 155 AV SWALPINE PARK
BP2026-14749Rowhouse
Aug 5, 2026Declared cost$953,000#1B 4531 26 AV SWGLENBROOK
BP2026-14664Townhouse
Aug 4, 2026Declared cost$1,014,761#1B 617 19 ST NWWEST HILLHURST
BP2026-14542Townhouse
Aug 3, 2026Declared cost$677,6382118 16A ST SWBANKVIEW
BP2026-14311Townhouse
Jul 29, 2026Declared cost$1,111,045#1B 111 26 AV NETUXEDO PARK
BP2026-14209Townhouse
Jul 28, 2026Declared cost$813,587#1B 2213 27 ST SESOUTHVIEW
BP2026-14231Townhouse
Jul 28, 2026Declared cost$1,084,987133 GREENWICH GD NWGREENWOOD/GREENBRIAR
BP2026-14138Rowhouse
Jul 27, 2026Declared cost$1,580,0003021R 30 AV SWKILLARNEY/GLENGARRY
BP2026-13905Rowhouse
Jul 24, 2026Declared cost$1,140,603Exactly 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.