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Price-to-Rent Ratio | Calgary (2021–2025)
Tracking Calgary’s price-to-rent ratio — comparing benchmark home prices with market rents to understand buy-versus-rent conditions between 2021 and 2025. Use the level and ratio panels together to see when it becomes relatively cheaper to rent or own.
Tech Stack:
Power BI
SQL/ETL
Oracle
Focus:
Housing
Price-to-Rent
Buy vs Rent
Calgary
Calgary Price-to-Rent Ratio
Data refresh: Oct, 2025
Context: The ratio compares benchmark home prices with market rents to flag buy-versus-rent conditions. Use the price & rent panel to see each series over time, and the ratio panel to spot periods when rents grow faster than prices (ratio falls) or prices outrun rents (ratio rises).
📌 Interpretation Tips
- Falling ratio → rents growing faster than prices (renting relatively less expensive).
- Rising ratio → prices outrunning rents (ownership relatively more expensive).
- Use annotations and the date slider to compare pre- and post-peak periods in Calgary’s market.