Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
As of September 27, 2026, the median asking price in Gander is $359,900, across 37 active MLS® listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 49 days.
11 new listings came to market in Gander in the last 30 days.
Asking prices work out to about $214 per square foot, based on the 37 listings that report floor area.
Detached homes in Gander are listed at an average of $394,319 across 36 active listings.
Residential, service-centre living with aviation roots
Gander offers detached-home living with a broad spread of everyday services and community facilities across the area.
This is a predominantly detached-house area where errands, schools, and recreation are distributed across the community rather than concentrated in one walkable node. The appeal is having a full set of practical services and familiar, established residential streetscapes in one place; it is not an urban, car-free lifestyle built around a single main strip.
Gander’s origins as an aviation hub still show up in local identity and cultural touchpoints like the North Atlantic Aviation Museum.
Shopping and daily stops are available across the area through places like Gander Mall, Fraser Mall, Canadian Tire, Dominion Laurell Road, and multiple convenience stores.
Recreation options range from Cobb's Pond Rotary Park and Steele Community Centre to Gander Golf Club, Andy's Alleys, and YQX Community Fitness.
Community culture is tangible, with the Arts & Culture Centre, Gander Public Library, The Globe Theatre, and memorial sites like Silent Witness Memorial among the local anchors.
Housing in Gander is mostly detached houses, producing a market where standalone properties and their individual condition tend to define the experience. The overall feel is primarily low-rise and residential, with fewer multi-unit clusters than in condo-heavy areas.
A typical home in Gander is a detached house oriented toward owner-occupied living.
A weekend in Gander can revolve around choosing from several community-scale options: time outdoors at Cobb's Pond Rotary Park, a visit to the North Atlantic Aviation Museum or Gander Public Library, and recreation like Andy's Alleys or Gander Golf Club. Dining tends to look like familiar, casual choices spread across the area, from Pizza Delight and Jungle Jim's Eatery to Tim Hortons and Swiss Chalet.
In Gander, look past the asking price to the home’s overall condition and the practicalities of how you’ll run errands and use services across a spread-out area.
With detached houses as the dominant housing form, pay attention to the fundamentals you can’t easily change later—overall upkeep, renovation history, and how the home presents inside and out.
Because shopping and services are distributed, map how you’ll use the area’s options (for example, Gander Mall, Fraser Mall, Dominion Laurell Road, and Canadian Tire) based on where the property sits within Gander.
If schools are part of your decision, note that multiple schools are located across the area, including Gander Academy, Gander Elementary, St. Paul's Intermediate School, Crossroads Academy, Gander Collegiate, and Gander Collegiate School.
Everyday health and dental needs can often be handled within the area through options like Shoppers Drug Mart, Lawtons Drugs, Loblaw Pharmacy, and multiple dental clinics; confirm what matters most to you is convenient from the specific property.
Selling in Gander works when buyers can quickly understand what kind of detached home it is and how it fits day-to-day needs across the area. Because the area includes multiple shopping clusters, dining options, and recreation and culture venues, marketing that clearly orients the home within Gander’s broader amenity spread helps buyers judge practical fit without guesswork.
Make the core ownership proposition easy to see: outdoor space, storage, parking arrangements, and how the home’s layout supports everyday living. Clear photos and a complete feature list matter because the local mix is dominated by detached houses rather than uniform apartment stock.
Buyers tend to compare homes on upkeep and readiness, so provide straightforward disclosure on updates, remaining life of major components, and any visible wear. Clean inspection-ready presentation helps buyers focus on the home’s merits instead of unknowns.
Show how the property connects to the wider set of nearby options across Gander, such as shopping at Gander Mall, Canadian Tire, Dominion Laurell Road, and Fraser Mall, and dining choices like Jungle Jim's Eatery, Pizza Delight, and Tim Hortons. Positioning the home within the area’s spread of services helps buyers map daily errands to their own routine.
If the home aligns with specific local draws, make them easy to picture with accurate, place-specific references such as Cobb's Pond Rotary Park, Steele Community Centre, Gander Golf Club, or the North Atlantic Aviation Museum. Buyers respond to concrete connections to recreation and culture when they’re deciding how the home will live beyond its floor plan.
Gander offers detached-home living supported by a wide spread of shopping, dining, schools, recreation, and cultural venues across the area. Its distinguishing character comes from being a practical residential hub with visible aviation-rooted identity, rather than a single concentrated downtown experience. It’s a stronger match for buyers who like having many everyday options within the area, and less aligned with those prioritizing a dense, pedestrian-first routine.
This description is compiled from the figures above and from published sources. It is not a statistic.
Gander’s for-sale market currently has 43 active listings with a median asking price of $359,900, averaging $208 per square foot and about 54 days on market so far, pointing to a moderately paced environment where pricing and condition matter. With 15 new listings in the past 30 days, buyers are seeing fresh options across the city’s mix of established residential streets and newer pockets, while investors can use the steady flow of supply and time-on-market to negotiate selectively on homes that need updates versus turnkey properties.
AI-written commentary on the active MLS® listing snapshot as of September 22, 2026. Not financial advice.
Gander covers about 109 km², so a single Walk Score®, Transit Score® or Bike Score® measured at one point would not describe it. How easily you can get around depends on which part of Gander you are in — check the score for a specific address.
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