Glenora vs Crestwood: Edmonton's West-End Prestige Pair, Priced Out

Glenora and Crestwood sit side by side in Edmonton's west end, and buyers cross-shop them constantly — but the headline medians tell the story backwards. Crestwood's all-types median sold price for the year to November 8, 2026 was $819,900, higher than Glenora's $786,000. That gap is an illusion of mix: Glenora recorded 17 condo sales at a $117,500 median, which drag its blended number down. Compare houses to houses and the picture flips — Glenora's single-family median was $1,045,000, about $220,000 above Crestwood's $825,000 — and Glenora's house prices rose 21.5% year over year while Crestwood's were essentially flat (+0.7%). All figures: Paragon MLS® sold data, November 9, 2025 – November 8, 2026.

The head-to-head

The price story: two different markets wearing similar labels

Glenora is a tale of two markets. Its houses are genuine prestige stock — a $1,045,000 median and a top sale of $2,943,000 — and they appreciated sharply: the single-family median climbed from $860,000 the prior year, a 21.5% rise on 49 sales. Its condos are something else entirely: 17 sales at a $117,500 median are mostly small, older units, among the cheapest entry points in the west end. Averaging those two markets together produces the misleading $786,000 all-types figure.

Crestwood is almost purely a house neighbourhood — 41 of its 43 sales were single-family, and its two condo sales are too few to publish a median for. Its $825,000 house median held steady year over year (+0.7% from $819,500), and its top sale, $4,200,000, was the highest of the pair. Where Glenora's range starts lower ($455,000), Crestwood's floor was higher ($513,750): there is no cheap way into Crestwood, while Glenora has both a condo door and a lower house rung.

Pace and negotiation

Crestwood homes sold faster — a 21-day median for houses against Glenora's 30 — and slightly closer to asking (97.4% of final list price vs 96.7%). Read together: Crestwood's market is steadier and tighter; Glenora's is pricier at the top and moved more over the year, with a little more negotiating room on the median sale. Neither is a deep-discount market — both medians sit within about 3% of asking.

On a per-square-foot basis Crestwood is the more expensive dirt: $556 per square foot for houses against Glenora's $522 — Glenora buyers paid more in total but got more house (or more lot) per dollar at the median.

Which one fits you

Choose Glenora if the address itself matters — it is one of Edmonton's signature prestige neighbourhoods, with the river valley at its edge and a stock of character homes and high-end infills — and if you want optionality: it is the only one of the two with a real condo entry point, and its lower house rung starts around $455,000. Go in knowing the top of its market moved fast this year.

Choose Crestwood if you want the quieter, purely residential version of the same west-end life — nearly all detached homes, a steadier price line, faster-selling listings, and the highest $/sq ft of the pair, which is what a neighbourhood with almost no lower-priced stock looks like. Budget from the mid-$500Ks up for houses; there is effectively no condo route in.

Either way: both neighbourhoods' full sold tables, community guides and current listings are here — Glenora community guide · Crestwood community guide · and the pair in regional context at the Edmonton Housing Data Centre.

How these numbers were worked out

Source: Paragon MLS® sold data, November 9, 2025 – November 8, 2026, with the prior-year window November 9, 2024 – November 8, 2025 for the change figures. Counts include single-family and condo property classes only. Medians are true medians of the actual sold records. Any split with fewer than 10 sales shows its count only (the thin rule) — that is why Crestwood has no condo median. Price per square foot is Paragon's sold-price-per-square-foot field (sold price ÷ total floor area as recorded in the MLS®). Sold vs asking divides the sold price by the final list price. Full methodology: Edmonton Housing Data Centre.

Talk it through: call Travis Bannert at 780-720-8240. West-end prestige stock turns over slowly and street by street — if you are weighing these two, he will pull the exact recent sales on the specific streets you are looking at, and if you are selling in either, price against your street's comparables, not the neighbourhood median.

Travis Bannert, Realtor® | Bridge Realty Group, Maxwell Progressive Realty
780-720-8240 | bridgerealtygroup.ca

Sources for this page

• Sold figures: Paragon MLS® sold data (master sold file), windows November 9, 2025 – November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2024 – November 8, 2025, counted as described in "How these numbers were worked out." Dataset snapshot read November 11, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Is Glenora or Crestwood more expensive?
For houses, Glenora — a $1,045,000 single-family median vs Crestwood's $825,000 in the year to November 8, 2026. Crestwood's higher all-types median ($819,900 vs $786,000) is a mix effect: Glenora's 17 low-priced condo sales pull its blended figure down, while Crestwood is almost entirely houses.

Which neighbourhood's prices are rising?
Glenora's single-family median rose 21.5% year over year ($860,000 to $1,045,000); Crestwood's was essentially flat at +0.7% ($819,500 to $825,000).

Can I buy a condo in Crestwood?
Barely — only 2 condo sales there in the last 12 months. Glenora had 17 condo sales at a $117,500 median, making it the realistic condo entry of the pair.

How fast do homes sell in Glenora and Crestwood?
Median days on market for single-family homes: Crestwood 21 days, Glenora 30 days, in the year to November 8, 2026.