Housing sales numbers rise in Fort St. John, Fort Nelson in third quarter

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — An upward trend in Fort St. John real estate sales that began in the second quarter of this year has continued, according to the BC Northern Real Estate Board (BCNREB).

The board’s latest quarterly report says 561 properties worth a combined total of $224.1 million have sold in Fort St. John as of September 30th, 2025, up from the 509 properties worth a total of $189.2 million that had sold by the same time last year.

According to the board, 253 of those properties sold this year were single-family homes. Half of those homes sold for less than $392,000, and they reportedly took 48 days to sell on average.

Outside of those single-family homes, 65 half-duplexes, 53 homes on acreage, 41 manufactured homes on land, 33 parcels of vacant land and 15 manufactured homes in parks have also sold in Fort St. John as of the end of September.

The board also says 429 properties are currently listed for sale in the area.

Fort Nelson, meanwhile, has seen 42 properties worth a combined total of $8.6 million sold as of September 30th, 2025, compared to 41 properties worth $7 million by the same time last year.

Single-family homes made up 18 of those sales, with a median sale price of $198,500 and 84 days spent on the market on average. 

The report says 10 manufactured homes on land, five homes on acreage and two manufactured homes in parks also changed hands within the first three quarters of the year. One hundred and eight properties are currently listed for sale in Fort Nelson.

“Sales in the B.C. northern region in the third quarter of 2025 ticked upward from a relatively weaker previous quarter,” the BCNREB’s summary reads. “At 1,049 sales on a seasonally adjusted basis, housing market activity was 1.4 per cent below its 10-year average and 7.1 per cent above the level of quarter-three of 2024.”

Outside of Fort St. John and Fort Nelson, sales are also reportedly on the rise in Williams Lake, Prince George, Terrace, Kitimat, 100 Mile House and Prince Rupert, while sales declined in Smithers and Quesnel.

The average sale price in northern B.C. reportedly rose to $455,864, an increase of 0.1 per cent compared to the end of the second quarter. 

Fort St. John’s average sale price as of September 30th, 2025 is $422,047, an increase of nearly $11,000 compared to the average price at the same time last year.

Meanwhile, the average sale price in Fort Nelson sits at $203,115, a decrease of just over $6,000 compared to the average on September 30th, 2024.