Rothesay, New Brunswick, Canada
As of August 12, 2026, the median asking price in Rothesay is $479,000, across 30 active MLS® listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 64 days.
13 new listings came to market in Rothesay in the last 30 days.
Asking prices work out to about $271 per square foot, based on the 28 listings that report floor area.
Detached homes in Rothesay are listed at an average of $614,041 across 22 active listings.
Riverfront calm, Saint John close
Rothesay sits where the Kennebecasis River bends and the tree canopy thickens—an old resort-and-summer-home story that never quite left. Grand, shaded streets and generous setbacks hint at a community built around space and privacy, with historic pockets near the village core and newer executive builds fanning out along quiet crescents. The water is always nearby, shaping the pace: sailboats on warm evenings, frost on the marshes in winter, and a shoreline that feels more like a retreat than a suburb.
Life here is resolutely family-oriented and routines are built around schools, sports, and the outdoors. You’ll see strollers and dogs on early walks, kids piling into minivans for practices, and neighbors who know each other by first name—helped along by recreation facilities and local events. With a Walk Score around 6/100, most errands and commutes are car-first, but the tradeoff is the calm: mature trees, low traffic, and a strong sense of “home base” just minutes from uptown Saint John and the region’s major employment hubs.
The real estate market reflects Rothesay’s reputation: low-density inventory, larger lots, and a price profile that tends to sit above much of Greater Saint John. Buyers often come for school catchments, river-adjacent living, and the stability that comes with established streets; sellers benefit from steady demand for move-in-ready family homes and well-kept properties with curb appeal. Expect a mix—character homes with renovation stories, tidy split-levels and two-storeys from the growth decades, and newer builds that lean modern while still fitting the leafy, residential backdrop.
Rothesay’s market currently has 74 active for-sale listings with a median asking price of $350,000 and an average of $269/sqft, giving buyers a fairly broad range of options to compare. With homes averaging 165 days on market, pricing and patience matter, and investors may find room to negotiate, especially on listings that have been sitting. Activity is picking up with 25 new listings in the past 30 days, suggesting rising supply that could further improve buyer leverage in the near term.
Walk Score 6 · Bike Score 27
The median asking price in Rothesay is $479,000, across 30 active MLS® listings as of August 12, 2026. The average asking price is $633,707. These are list prices on homes currently for sale, not sale prices.
There are 30 active MLS® listings in Rothesay as of August 12, 2026. 13 of them came to market in the last 30 days.
Homes currently listed in Rothesay have been on the market an average of 64 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 30 homes currently listed in Rothesay, 73% detached houses, 7% vacant land, 7% condos, 3% duplexes.
Rothesay has a Walk Score of 6 out of 100, which Walk Score classifies as Car-Dependent — almost all errands require a car. Bike Score is 27.