Central Alberta residential home sales in the first five months of 2026 are the lowest in six years. There were 1,937 sales of residential units of all kinds through May, compared with 2,167 over the same period in 2025, an 11.8 per cent drop, according to statistics from Central Alberta Realtors Association (CARA). In 2024, there were 2,298 sales, 1,949 in 2023, 2,822 in 2022 and 2,960 in 2021. However, for sellers there is some good news. The …