4 New Brunswick Markets, 4 Completely Different Prices | July 2026 Update

New Brunswick and Canada real estate market update for July 2026, breaking down the latest June numbers. The Bank of Canada just held its key interest rate at 2.25% for the sixth straight time, CREA downgraded its 2026 housing forecast again, and here in New Brunswick our four major regions are telling four completely different stories. In this New Brunswick real estate market update I walk through the full picture, from the Canadian economy right down to your city: June's jobs report, the Bank of Canada rate decision and its new Monetary Policy Report, Canada home prices by province, New Brunswick's employment trends, and the four-region NB real estate breakdown (Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John, and Northern New Brunswick) so you can make a confident decision whether you're buying, selling, or investing in New Brunswick. 📲 THINKING OF BUYING, SELLING, OR MOVING TO NEW BRUNSWICK? I have contacts all over the province and I'd be happy to help point you in the right direction: 👉 https://brandonvincent.ca Buyers: https://brandonvincent.ca/buyer-intake/ Sellers: https://brandonvincent.ca/seller-intake/ My contact info: Brandon Vincent 📲 1.506.721.9020 📩 [email protected] Website: www.brandonvincent.ca   / b_vincentrealty     / davincy99     / brandon-vincent-861624aa     / b_vincentrealty   https://brandonvincent.exprealty.com/ ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 The market is shifting: NB summer update 0:26 Welcome to the channel 1:03 Canada's June jobs report 3:18 Bank of Canada holds at 2.25% (6th straight) 6:16 CREA downgrades the 2026 forecast again 8:19 Canada home prices by province 9:46 New Brunswick's job market 12:26 Will the population drop cool NB prices? 13:56 The 4 NB markets: Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John, Northern 16:55 Final thoughts 📊 THE NUMBERS AT A GLANCE Canada: • Bank of Canada held the policy rate at 2.25%, the sixth consecutive hold • Unemployment edged down to 6.5% in June (gains concentrated in part-time and seasonal work) • Headline inflation running above 3%, near 2% excluding gasoline • CREA now forecasts national home sales to fall 1.4% in 2026 (second downgrade this year) New Brunswick employment: • Unemployment 7.2%, up 0.1%, still below the long-run average • Net -1,700 jobs in June (-400 full-time, -1,300 part-time) • Biggest gains: health care and social assistance (+6,000); biggest losses: public administration and other services NB four-region real estate (June 2026, median price): • Fredericton: $395,222 median, 269 sales (+1.1%), 99.7% sale-to-list, 22 days, 3.1 months, seller's market • Moncton: $375,000 median, 323 sales (-4.7%), 97.0% sale-to-list, 36 days, 4.5 months, balanced • Saint John: $356,250 median, 212 sales (-6.6%), 104.2% sale-to-list, 21 days (fastest in NB), 3.4 months, seller's market • Northern NB: $230,000 median, 170 sales (-11.5%), 93.9% sale-to-list, 54 days, 5.8 months, near a buyer's market 📈 LIVE MARKET STATS See my live New Brunswick real estate charts and Saint John market stats, updated monthly with data going back over 25 years: 👉 https://brandonvincent.ca/market-stats/ 📚 SOURCES & LINKS USED IN THIS VIDEO Canada added 18,000 jobs in June, unemployment 6.5% (CBC): https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cana... June 2026 jobs report, full data (Statistics Canada): https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily... Bank of Canada holds rate + Monetary Policy Report (July 15, 2026): https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2026/07/f... CREA downgrades housing forecast again as June home sales edge up (CBC): https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/crea... Canada home prices by province (CREA Stats): https://stats.crea.ca/en-ca/ New Brunswick population drop and the housing market (Telegraph-Journal, June 22, 2026): https://tj.news/ 👤 ABOUT I'm Brandon Vincent, a real estate agent with eXp Realty in Saint John, New Brunswick. I've been actively selling real estate for over seven years, and I break down the New Brunswick and Canada real estate market every month so you're never guessing. Real answers, real insight, real results. Got questions about the New Brunswick real estate market? Drop a comment below or reach out through my website. #NewBrunswickRealEstate #NBMarketUpdate #CanadaRealEstate #NewBrunswickRealEstateMarket #MonctonRealEstate #FrederictonRealEstate #SaintJohnRealEstate #BankOfCanada #July2026 #DoingItDifferent