August 5, 2025
Greater Vancouver Housing Market Update – July 2025
“The June data showed early signs of sales activity in the region turning a corner, and these late...
Category: Market Update
July 7, 2025
June 2025 Greater Vancouver Housing Market Update
“On a trended basis, signs are emerging that sales activity is rounding the corner after a challen...
May 2, 2025
Spring market brings abundance of opportunity for buyers
“Inventory levels have just crested 16,000 for the first time since 2019, prices have stayed fairl...
April 12, 2025
Greater Vancouver Realtors Market Update – March 2025
“Prices have eased from recent highs, mortgage rates are among the lowest we’ve seen in years, a...
March 7, 2025
The Early Bird Gets the Worm: Why Now May Be the Perfect Time to List Your Home in BC
2025 is underway and with the spring market just around the corner, savvy sellers who list early can...
March 7, 2025
February brings balance to Metro Vancouver’s housing market
“Balanced market conditions typically bring a flatter price trajectory, and we’ve seen prices ac...
March 7, 2025
Navigating BC’s Real Estate Market Amid U.S. Trade Uncertainty
With U.S. tariffs now imposed on Canadian goods, home buyers and sellers may be wondering how this c...
February 18, 2025
Home sellers off to an active start in 2025
VANCOUVER, BC – February 4, 2025 – Homes newly listed on the MLS® in Metro Vancouver* rose 46 p...
January 7, 2025
Comparing the BC Home Flipping Tax and Federal Property Flipping Tax
As of January 1, 2025, the new BC Home Flipping Tax has added another layer of tax consideration for...
January 7, 2025
Home sales register a strong finish to cap off 2024
Although sales activity had a slower start to the year, price trends began 2024 on the rise and clos...
December 12, 2024
New Mortgage Rules for Purchases Under $1.5M with Less Than 20% Down
You can now buy a home priced up to $1.5M with less than 20% down. This opens the door to more opt...
December 4, 2024
Greater Vancouver Market Update – November 2024
The Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR)2 reports that residential sales in the region totalled 2,181 ...
November 23, 2024
Greater Vancouver Housing Market Update – October 2024
After months of tracking approximately twenty per cent below the ten-year seasonal average, Metro Va...
October 2, 2024
Greater Vancouver Market Update – September 2024
“Real estate watchers have been monitoring the data for signs of renewed strength in demand in res...
September 21, 2024
Greater Vancouver Market Update – August 2024
“From a seasonal perspective, August is typically a slower month for sales than June or July. In t...
August 6, 2024
Greater Vancouver Market Update – July 2024
“The trend of buyers remaining hesitant, that began a few months ago, continued in the July data d...
July 5, 2024
Market shifting in buyers’ favour, though hesitation remains
Metro Vancouver home sales registered on the MLS® remained below seasonal and historical averages i...
June 4, 2024
Metro Vancouver home sales down in May while inventory continues to increase
“The surprise in the May data is that sales have come in softer than what we’d typically expect ...
April 4, 2024
Increased seller activity is giving buyers more choice this spring
The number of Metro Vancouver1 homes listed for sale on the MLS® rose nearly 23 per cent year-over-...
January 12, 2024
Metro Vancouver housing market shows resilience in 2023, ending the year in balanced territory
“Ultimately, the story of 2023 is one of too few homes available relative to the pool of willing a...
December 5, 2023
Balanced conditions come to the Metro Vancouver housing market for the holiday season
“We’ve been watching the number of active listings in our market increase over the past few mont...
October 4, 2023
As inventory increases, price gains relent in Metro Vancouver to begin the fall season
“In contrast to the spring and summer, the September data suggests there may be a renewed interest...
August 2, 2023
Strong sales push Metro Vancouver home prices past the rate hike in July
“Yet despite borrowing costs being even higher than last July, sales activity surpassed the levels...
July 30, 2023
Home prices continue to rise in Metro Vancouver’s housing market to kick off the summer
Continuing the trend that has emerged in the housing market this year, the benchmark price for all h...
June 9, 2023
Competition among buyers in Metro Vancouver’s housing market heats up as summer arrives
“Back in January, few people would have predicted prices to be up as much as they are – ourselve...
May 4, 2023
Prices continue rising across Metro Vancouver as home buyer confidence returns
“The fact we are seeing prices rising and sales rebounding this spring tells us home buyers are re...
January 4, 2023
Rising mortgage rates bring caution to Metro Vancouver’s housing in 2022
“The headline story in our market in 2022 was all about inflation and the Bank of Canada’s effor...
December 8, 2022
Home sale and listing activity continue trending below long-term averages in November
“Heading into 2023, the market continues the trend of shifting toward historical averages and typi...
November 21, 2022
New premier delivers action to expand housing supply
To help deliver more good homes for people, the Province is introducing new laws to build the homes ...
November 4, 2022
Inflation, interest rates create caution in Metro Vancouver’s housing market
“Inflation and rising interest rates continue to dominate headlines, leading many buyers and selle...