THE REPORT
Monthly market data, inspection findings, and insights for real estate professionals in Saint John and Southern New Brunswick.
The Tide Report is a monthly briefing for real estate professionals working in Saint John and Southern New Brunswick. Each issue covers the latest market data from CREA and the New Brunswick Real Estate Board, patterns I am seeing in the field during inspections, and practical takeaways you can put to work with your clients immediately.
Whether you represent buyers, sellers, or both, this is designed to make your next conversation with a client a more informed one.
New issues publish in the third week of each month
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2026
June 2026
If you heat with oil, June 30 is the deadline that matters. And under older West Side streets, the sewer lines are aging together.
New Brunswick's benchmark price reached $352,200 in May, up 10.1% year over year, while sales cooled 12.4%. The Oil to Heat Pump Affordability rebate closes June 30. And on one older West Side street, three of the eight homes I have inspected needed work on the sewer line.
Read the June 2026 issue
May 2026
NB Power up 4.29%. The insurance bar just moved on older Saint John homes.
NB Power's 4.29% rate increase took effect April 14, adding about $118 per year for the average household. Atlantic insurers are repricing older Saint John homes around three findings I see every week: oil tanks (now the third most expensive claim type in Atlantic Canada), knob and tube, and Kitec. Plus the OHPA conversion deadline of June 30, 2026, the CMHC Eco refund running 24 weeks behind, and carpenter ant swarm season.
Read the May 2026 issue
March 2026
The numbers look steady. The details tell a different story.
NB benchmark up 5.2%, but the split matters: single-family +5.6%, apartments -14.7%. Saint John sales down 26.6%. Plus: why I keep finding frost in KV attics (it is a code issue), foundation cracks in pre-1980 homes after freeze-thaw, and an updated radon stat: 1 in 4 NB homes now exceed Health Canada's guideline.
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