This is the first time I heard of the new home absorbed price. But if a new built SFH in Calgary is $627K, that's really high. What income level do you need to support a $627K even with 20% down?
http://calgaryherald.com/business/re..._lsa=9b2b-ddbe
"The CMHC keeps tracks of what it describes as the absorbed price – when a single-detached home is completed and occupied.
In the Calgary CMA, up until the end of November, that price was $627,621, up from $588,179 in 2013."