Nanaimo Real Estate Market Update: Why It’s Getting More Selective

Nanaimo Real Estate Intelligence
Single-family snapshot · Active vs pending & sold

Nanaimo Market Signal

A sharper look at what is actually moving in Nanaimo’s single-family market — where buyers are active, where inventory is building, and how pricing is separating the homes that sell from the homes that sit.

Active Supply
422Active single-family listings
Recent Demand
277Pending + sold in the last 90 days
Market Balance
4.6Months of inventory using pending + sold absorption
Conservative View
7.8Months of inventory using sold-only absorption
Current Market Read

Not slow. Selective.

Nanaimo’s single-family market is showing a clear split. Correctly positioned homes are still attracting offers, while higher-priced and over-stretched listings are taking longer to absorb.

Market speed: the homes that sell are moving faster than the homes that sit.

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53Average days on market for active listings
Median: 27 days
38Average days on market for pending/sold listings
Median: 23 days

This is one of the clearest signals in the data. The market is not rejecting all inventory — it is rewarding homes that are priced and presented correctly.

Pricing power is still there, but it is conditional.

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97.6%Average pending/sold price to original list price
98.2%Median pending/sold price to original list price

Roughly 20% of recent pending or sold properties went above original list, but nearly half traded below 98% of original list. Buyers will compete for value — not just availability.

Price ranges selling best

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$700K–$800K
2.9
$600K–$700K
3.3
Under $600K
3.8
$900K–$1M
4.1
$800K–$900K
4.2
$1.25M–$1.5M
9.0
$1.5M+
12.8
Sweet spot: $600K–$900K, with the strongest read around $700K–$800K.

What’s sitting?

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Luxury inventory is carrying the most visible weight in the current single-family market.

  • 1$1.5M+ segment: 12.8 months of inventory
  • 2$1.5M+ active DOM: 87 days on average
  • 3Longer exposure: 61 active listings have been on the market more than 90 days
  • 490+ DOM average price: approximately $1.41M

Assessment vs price

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109.3%Active list price vs assessed value
102.3%Pending/sold price vs assessed value

Buyers are pushing back when pricing stretches too far above assessment.

Best-selling areas

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North Nanaimo53 pending/sold
Diver Lake1.9 MOI
Central Nanaimo2.3 MOI
University District2.8 MOI
Pleasant Valley3.3 MOI
Departure Bay3.7 MOI

Most active floor plans

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Ground Entry, Main Up
65
Main Entry, Lower
64
Rancher
60
Main Entry, Upper
41

Ranchers remain especially desirable, showing approximately 3.4 months of inventory.

What this means

Nanaimo’s single-family market is active, but it is selective. Buyers have more choice, especially in the upper price ranges, yet the best-positioned homes are still moving. Sellers need to price against current buyer behaviour — not just active competition. Buyers may have more negotiating room in slower segments, but in the strongest price bands, the right home can still move quickly.

Market conditionAbout 4.6 months of inventory using pending-plus-sold absorption.
Best-performing rangeThe $600K–$900K market is carrying the strongest demand signal.
Inventory pressureThe $1.5M+ segment has heavier supply and longer days on market.
Buyer behaviourBuyers are active, but increasingly disciplined on price and value.
Source note: User-provided Nanaimo single-family MLS snapshot. Dataset includes 703 listings: 422 active, 150 pending, and 131 sold. The sold-date window in this export runs from Feb. 20 to May 4, 2026, so sold-only absorption should be read as a conservative short-window measure.
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