Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada
As of August 12, 2026, the median asking price in Cavendish is $150,000, across 39 active MLS® listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 129 days.
4 new listings came to market in Cavendish in the last 30 days.
Asking prices work out to about $169 per square foot, based on the 5 listings that report floor area.
Vacant land in Cavendish are listed at an average of $156,420 across 20 active listings.
Detached homes in Cavendish are listed at an average of $538,225 across 8 active listings.
Dune country, cottage lights, summer crowds
Cavendish is PEI’s North Shore in postcard form: salt air, dune grass, and a thin ribbon of businesses that comes alive when the weather turns. The community’s identity is inseparable from Cavendish Beach and the Prince Edward Island National Park—boardwalks, red cliffs, and wide Atlantic skies—paired with a lively tourism strip of restaurants, mini-golf, and family attractions that define summer here.
Off-season, Cavendish quiets down dramatically. Year-round residents skew to people tied to tourism and hospitality, trades and maintenance, nearby farming, and remote workers who can handle the winter calm; many properties are second homes or cottages used by Islanders and mainland families. Daily errands typically require a car—Walk Score sits around 22—so life revolves around drives to nearby communities for groceries and services, with the best “walk” being the beach path rather than the main road.
Real estate mirrors the rhythm of the place: lots of cottages, seasonal homes, and low-density single-family properties on larger lots, with limited purpose-built rentals. Buyers are often lifestyle-driven—seeking proximity to the National Park, beach access, and a rental-friendly summer location—while inventory can be tight and highly variable by season. Expect a market where condition and winterization matter as much as location, and where the strongest premiums follow water proximity, park adjacency, and turnkey short-season usability.
Cavendish currently has 35 active listings with a median asking price of $125,000, averaging $169 per square foot and about 122 days on market, pointing to a slower-moving market where pricing and patience matter. With only 5 new listings in the past 30 days, fresh supply is limited, which can help well-priced properties stand out, but buyers and investors still have room to negotiate given the longer selling timelines.
Walk Score 22 · Bike Score 35
The median asking price in Cavendish is $150,000, across 39 active MLS® listings as of August 12, 2026. The average asking price is $342,210. These are list prices on homes currently for sale, not sale prices.
There are 39 active MLS® listings in Cavendish as of August 12, 2026. 4 of them came to market in the last 30 days.
Homes currently listed in Cavendish have been on the market an average of 129 days as of August 12, 2026. This measures how long active listings have been available so far, not how long they take to sell.
Of the 39 homes currently listed in Cavendish, 51% vacant land, 21% detached houses, 5% commercial properties.
Cavendish has a Walk Score of 22 out of 100, which Walk Score classifies as Car-Dependent — almost all errands require a car. Bike Score is 35.