Home sales trended downward in northern B.C., and the northeast was no exception. In Fort St. John, the latest real estate data showed seasonally adjusted sales decreasing.
“Of the 303 single-family homes sold in 2025, half sold for less than $395,000,” the B.C. Northern Real Estate Board explained in their fourth quarter update for 2025.
These numbers are not seasonally adjusted, which means they do not consider the impacts of “calendar effects.” Effects can include holidays when banks are closed, and transactions cannot be completed, according to Statistics Canada.
“In addition, 41 parcels of vacant land, 76 half-duplexes, 68 homes on acreage, 20 manufactured homes in parks and a further 54 (manufactured homes) on land sold in 2025. At the end of December, there were 352 properties of all types available,” the real estate board continued.
The average selling price for a detached home in the north Peace city increased to $424,641, according to the real estate group. When a property is listed for sale in Fort St John, it will remain on the market for around 130 days, as per their fourth quarter data for the community.
Northern B.C. saw 4.2 per cent less market activity than what is typically expected and 7.2 per cent less than the same period in 2024.
“Market activity took a broader downturn throughout the board region. Seasonally adjusted sales fell in Prince Rupert, Quesnel, Fort St John, Kitimat, 100 Mile House, Prince George, and Williams Lake. Overall, despite weakened sales activity in the fourth quarter, the board region had 4070 residential sales in 2025, surpassing 2024 while falling just shy of its long-run average,” wrote the BCNREB.
“The region remains about 30 per cent below what we consider healthy long-term levels of inventory,” explained the board.
North of the city in Fort Nelson, 25 single-family homes sold last year. Of those, half sold for less than $180,000. Fewer properties were listed for sale in the Northern Rockies than in 2024 – with “93 properties of all types available” in 2025.
