Durham · Market Report

Samac market

How homes are selling in Samac. Latest: August 2026.

Updated with August 2026 sold data
Balanced marketAll home types · 35 sales over 3 months
Buyer'sBalancedSeller's

Homes in Samac are selling near asking in about 19 days. Neither side has the upper hand right now.

What homes sell for here150+ sales · 12 months

Every sale in Samac, grouped by price. Two peaks mean two markets sharing one median.

$229kmedian $703k$975k

Bars span the middle 90% of sales. The cheapest and dearest 5% are folded into the end bars, so one unusual sale cannot stretch the scale. Sales to 2026-09-15.

What homes rent for hereLeases · 12 months

Median monthly rent in Samac, by bedroom count.

Studio20+$1,350-5.3% yr
1 bed20+$1,325-5.4% yr
2 bed20+$2,325-3.1% yr
3 bed +100+$2,800-3.4% yr

Bedroom counts with fewer than 20 leases are not shown. Year-over-year appears only where the prior year also cleared that bar. Leases to 2026-09-15.

Bought & rented out200+ sales · Samac

Homes sold here, then listed for lease within 120 days.

3.5%of all sales

For scale: 0.5% of these homes had a lease listed in the 120 days before they sold — a lease that the sale cannot explain. The gap between the two is the signal.

Counts investors and owners who kept the home as a rental; the two cannot be told apart from listing data. Sales to 2026-08-30.

The Samac market, at a glance

Sold prices, pace, and neighbourhood detail — pick any month we've reported.

MEDIAN SOLD PRICE
4
HOMES SOLD
27
AVG DAYS ON MARKET
104%
SOLD-TO-LIST
COMMUNITIES
August
REPORT MONTH

What sold in Samac, by home type — August 2026

Every style of home, averaged honestly — so you can see exactly where your home fits.

Detached homesAVG SOLD PRICE
Bungalow
2 sales · too few to publish a price
INDICATIVE
2-Storey Detached
1 sale · too few to publish a price
INDICATIVE
Townhomes, condos & semisAVG SOLD PRICE
Semi-Detached
1 sale · too few to publish a price
INDICATIVE

Average sold price within each tier. Detached split by style & garage. Tiers with fewer than 3 sales are marked indicative. Ask us for a precise read on any segment.

Sold-to-asking by home type

Above 100% means homes traded over ask — a read on where competition is hottest.

Detached homes sold — by size

Median price and price-per-square-foot for detached homes across size bands in August 2026. Smaller homes cost more per foot; larger homes cost more overall.

SIZE (SQ FT)MEDIAN SOLDHOMES SOLD$ / SQ FT
1,000 - 1,4993
3,000 - 3,4991

Bands with only a handful of sales are directional. Ask us for the fuller multi-month trend.

Recent sold homes — August 2026

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What moves Samac prices

Two forces sit behind almost every price move: the cost of borrowing and the pace of inflation. When rates fall and inflation cools, buying power rises and prices tend to firm; when they climb, the market cools.

5-year fixed mortgage rate
4.35%
0.05 pt
Jun 2025Jun 2026
Bank of Canada · uninsured, funds advanced
Inflation — CPI
3.00%
0.20 pt
Jul 2025Jul 2026
Bank of Canada / StatCan · year-over-year
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Buying & selling in Samac, made clear

Plain-English guides that turn the numbers above into decisions.

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