Housing Demand Continues to Recover in August.
Vancouver, BC – September 12, 2019.
The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 7,093 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in August, an increase of 4.9 per cent from the same month last year.
The average MLS® residential price in the province was $685,575, an increase of 2.6 per cent from August 2018.
Total sales dollar volume was $4.86 billion, a 7.6 per cent increase from the same month last year. “BC home sales continue to recover from a policy-driven downturn,” said BCREA Deputy Chief Economist Brendon Ogmundson. “Home sales have been rising through the spring and summer, but still remain well below preB20 stress test levels.”
MLS® residential active listings in the province were up 10 per cent from August 2018 to 40,098 units and were essentially flat compared to July on a seasonally adjusted basis. Overall market conditions remained in a balanced range with a sales-to-active listings ratio of about 18 per cent.
Year-to-date, BC residential sales dollar volume was down 16 per cent to $34.9 billion, compared with the same period in 2018. Residential unit sales were 12.2 per cent lower at 50,806 units, while the average MLS® residential price was down 4.4 per cent year-todate at $686,303.
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