Average residential price, City of Grande Prairie
$388,467 (up 7.6%)As of October 2026.Source
Average detached price, City of Grande Prairie
$425,093As of October 2026.Source
Residential inventory and months of supply
235 units (up 32.8%), 2.58 monthsAs of October 2026.Source
Population of Grande Prairie
64,141As of 2021 Census.Source
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Grande Prairie is the main city of the Peace Region, and its housing market is small enough that a handful of sales can swing an average. Keep that in mind with every number below.

Grande Prairie’s October numbers, and the equity under them

The Alberta Real Estate Association publishes a monthly statistics sheet for the City of Grande Prairie, built from MLS data. For October 2026 it shows 91 residential sales, down 19.5% from a year earlier, and 235 homes in inventory, up 32.8%, which is 2.58 months of supply. The average price across all residential types was $388,467, up 7.6%.

Detached homes made up 69 of those sales and averaged $425,093, up about 3%. Detached inventory was 176 units, up 28%, at 2.55 months of supply. From January to October, 926 detached homes sold at an average of $432,518, up 2% on the same period of 2025 while sales fell 6%.

Statistics Canada counted 64,141 people in Grande Prairie in 2021, 1.5% more than in 2016. Those census figures are five years old, so the monthly sheet tells you more about today’s equity than the population does.

Where the 80% line leaves a detached owner and a semi owner

Under the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada’s description, a second mortgage reaches no further than 80% of appraised value, less what you still owe on the first. In the first example a $290,000 first mortgage leaves $50,074 of room, and $15,074 after a $35,000 loan.

The second example is a semi-detached home at the October average of $296,850. With a $240,000 first mortgage the owner holds $56,850 of equity and is already $2,520 over the ceiling. Use the calculator with a value a few per cent below your hope, and with the balance on your latest mortgage statement.

What registering a Grande Prairie loan costs

Alberta has no land transfer tax on a purchase, and registering a second mortgage on a home you already own is not a purchase. The Government of Alberta charges a registration levy of $5 for every $5,000 on mortgages received on or after October 20, 2024. For a $35,000 loan that is 7 units, so $35, plus a flat fee we could not confirm from the government page.

The larger costs are appraisal, title search, title insurance, legal fees and any lender or broker fee, as the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada lists. A lender in a smaller market may also ask for an appraiser who is familiar with the area, which can add days.

Income that moves with the year

Many Peace Region households earn through contract work, trades or business income that is not a steady salary. Banks usually look at a long history of that income and may count less of it. That is one reason people end up asking a private lender. Read second mortgages for the self-employed and second mortgages with bad credit for how costs change, and compare them with refinancing to take out equity.

A second mortgage adds a payment secured by your house. Plan the exit before you sign: how will the loan be repaid at the end of its term, and what if your income dips in the year it falls due?

Four property types, four different tables

The October sheet splits sales by type, and the gaps are wide. Detached homes averaged $425,093 on 69 sales. Semi-detached homes averaged $296,850 on 8 sales, down 6%. Row homes averaged $309,613 on 8 sales, up 39%, and apartments averaged $194,567 on 6 sales, up 1%.

A 39% jump on eight sales is a sample effect, not a trend. Averages built on so few sales swing with a single deal, so an owner of anything other than a detached home should treat the category figure as loose and let an appraisal settle the value.

For a borrower, the lesson is timing. The room under the ceiling shrinks by 80 cents for every dollar of value lost, and with inventory up a third an appraisal may meet more competing listings than it would have a year ago. If your plan only works at the highest value you can imagine, it is not yet a plan.

Ask any lender what date its comparable sales run to and how many it used.

Looking up a broker’s licence in the Peace Region

Alberta requires a mortgage broker licence from the Real Estate Council of Alberta for anyone who deals in mortgages for another person for pay, apart from some exemptions. Search for the name before you share anything. The Alberta page explains provincial rules, and when you would like a professional to go through your Grande Prairie figures, ask for a review of your options.

A Grande Prairie detached home at the October 2026 average, with a $35,000 loan

The $425,093 value is the October 2026 average detached price in the City of Grande Prairie from the Alberta Real Estate Association, used as a stand-in for an appraised value. The $290,000 first mortgage and the $35,000 loan are made up. The 80% ceiling is the one the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada gives for a second mortgage.

Home value used
$425,093
80% of the home value
$340,074

$425,093 x 0.80, rounded to the dollar

Room under the ceiling before any loan
$50,074

$340,074 minus $290,000

Combined loan-to-value with a $35,000 loan
76.5%

$325,000 / $425,093

Room left under the ceiling after the loan
$15,074

The loan fits with a cushion of $15,074. That cushion is what protects the plan if the appraisal comes in under the average.

Illustration only. The figures are made up to show the arithmetic. They are not a quote, a rate or an offer.

A Grande Prairie semi-detached home at the October 2026 average, with a larger first mortgage

The $296,850 value is the October 2026 average semi-detached price in the City of Grande Prairie from the Alberta Real Estate Association, based on only 8 sales and used as a stand-in for an appraised value. The $240,000 first mortgage is made up.

Home value used
$296,850
Equity before any new loan
$56,850

$296,850 minus $240,000

80% of the home value
$237,480

$296,850 x 0.80

Loan-to-value of the first mortgage alone
80.8%

$240,000 / $296,850

Amount the first mortgage already exceeds the ceiling by
$2,520

Equity of $56,850 exists, and an 80% ceiling still leaves nothing to borrow. A thin sample behind the average makes a real appraisal even more important.

Illustration only. The figures are made up to show the arithmetic. They are not a quote, a rate or an offer.

Questions people ask

Which report are the Grande Prairie figures taken from?

The Alberta Real Estate Association's monthly sheet for the City of Grande Prairie, October 2026, built from MLS data. It splits detached, semi-detached, row and apartment sales, so a condo or townhome owner can read their own category instead of a detached-only average.

Have Grande Prairie prices gone up or down in 2026?

Mixed. October's all-residential average was $388,467, up 7.6% on a year earlier, and the detached average was $425,093, up about 3%. Across January to October the detached average was $432,518, up 2%. One month in a small market is a noisy signal.

Rising inventory in Grande Prairie: does it affect a loan against my house?

Inventory reached 235 homes in October, up 32.8%, and months of supply rose 64.9% to 2.58. More choice for buyers can make an appraiser and lender more careful about how quickly a home would sell, so build some cushion into the amount you ask for.

My income comes from contract or oilfield work in the Peace Region. Does that rule me out?

Lenders look at how stable and how well documented your income is. Contract or commission pay is usually assessed over a longer period, and some private lenders weigh the home more than the income. Read our self-employed page for how that changes cost.

Will a second mortgage repair a credit problem in Grande Prairie?

It can ease cash pressure, but it adds a payment secured by your house and usually costs more than bank borrowing. If the credit damage came from debt you cannot carry, speak to a Licensed Insolvency Trustee before taking on a new loan.

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