{"id":2069,"date":"2020-03-03T17:55:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T17:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2020-03-03T17:55:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T17:55:26","slug":"steady-demand-and-low-supply-benefits-home-sellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/steady-demand-and-low-supply-benefits-home-sellers\/","title":{"rendered":"Steady Demand and Low Supply Benefits Home Sellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1493\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/30-3595-Salal-Drive-Web-10-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/30-3595-Salal-Drive-Web-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/30-3595-Salal-Drive-Web-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/30-3595-Salal-Drive-Web-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/30-3595-Salal-Drive-Web-10.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VANCOUVER, BC \u2013 March 3, 2020<\/strong> \u2013 February saw steady home buyer demand and reduced<br \/>\nhome seller supply across Metro Vancouver*.<\/p>\n<p>The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential home sales in the<br \/>\nregion totalled 2,150 in February 2020, a 44.9 per cent increase from the 1,484 sales recorded in<br \/>\nFebruary 2019, and a 36.9 per cent increase from the 1,571 homes sold in January 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Last month\u2019s sales were 15.6 per cent below the 10-year February sales average.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHome buyer demand again saw strong year-over-year increases in February while the total<br \/>\ninventory of homes for sale struggled to keep pace,\u201d Ashley Smith, REBGV president said.<br \/>\n\u201cThis was most pronounced in the condominium market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There were 4,002 detached, attached and apartment homes newly listed for sale on the Multiple<br \/>\nListing Service\u00ae (MLS\u00ae) in Metro Vancouver in February 2020. This represents a 2.8 per cent<br \/>\nincrease compared to the 3,892 homes listed in February 2019 and a 3.4 per cent increase<br \/>\ncompared to January 2020 when 3,872 homes were listed.<\/p>\n<p>The total number of homes currently listed for sale on the MLS\u00ae system in Metro Vancouver is<br \/>\n9,195, a 20.7 per cent decrease compared to February 2019 (11,590) and a 6.7 per cent increase<br \/>\ncompared to January 2020 (8,617).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our Realtors are reporting increased traffic at open houses and multiple offer scenarios in<br \/>\ncertain pockets of the market. If you\u2019re considering listing your home for sale, now is a good<br \/>\ntime to act with increased demand, reduced competition from other sellers, and some upward<br \/>\npressure on prices,&#8221; says Smith.<\/p>\n<p>For all property types, the sales-to-active listings ratio for February 2020 is 23.4 per cent. By<br \/>\nproperty type, the ratio is 17.3 per cent for detached homes, 26.9 per cent for townhomes, and<br \/>\n28.4 per cent for apartments.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, analysts say downward pressure on home prices occurs when the ratio dips below 12<br \/>\nper cent for a sustained period, while home prices often experience upward pressure when it<br \/>\nsurpasses 20 per cent over several months.<\/p>\n<p>The MLS\u00ae Home Price Index composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Metro<br \/>\nVancouver is currently $1,020,600. This represents a 0.3 per cent increase over February 2019<br \/>\nand a 2.7 per cent increase over the past six months.<\/p>\n<p>Sales of detached homes in February 2020 reached 685, a 52.9 per cent increase from the 448<br \/>\ndetached sales recorded in February 2019. The benchmark price for a detached home is<br \/>\n$1,433,900. This represents a 0.7 per cent decrease from February 2019 and a 1.9 per cent<br \/>\nincrease over the past six months.<\/p>\n<p>Sales of apartment homes reached 1,061 in February 2020, a 39.8 per cent increase compared to<br \/>\nthe 759 sales in February 2019. The benchmark price of an apartment property is $677,200. This<br \/>\nrepresents a 0.9 per cent increase from February 2019 and a 3.6 per cent increase over the past<br \/>\nsix months.<\/p>\n<p>Attached home sales in February 2020 totalled 404, a 45.8 per cent increase compared to the 277<br \/>\nsales in February 2019. The benchmark price of an attached home is $785,000. This represents a<br \/>\n0.6 per cent increase from February 2019 and a 1.7 per cent increase over the past six months.<\/p>\n<p><em>Press Release provided by The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February saw steady home buyer demand and reduced home seller supply across Metro Vancouver*.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[586,32,59,11],"tags":[247,235,92,376,309],"class_list":["post-2069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-post","category-market-stats","category-market-update","category-rebgv","tag-chris-brown-real-estate","tag-north-vancouver-real-estate","tag-real-estate-board-of-greater-vancouver","tag-sea-to-sky-real-estate","tag-vancouver-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2070,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069\/revisions\/2070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}