Bank of Canada Upends Summer Sales Recovery (September 2023 BCREA) – August 10, 2023 The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 7,103 residential unit sales were recorded in Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) systems in July 2023, an increase of 25.9 per cent from July 2022. The average MLS® residential price in…
Canadian Inflation (April 2023) – May 16, 2023 Canadian prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 4.4 per cent on a year-over-year basis in April, a slight increase from the 4.3 per cent rate in March. Month over month, CPI rose 0.7 per cent, in large part due to higher gasoline prices,…
BC Markets Showing Signs of Recovery As Supply Remains Scarce Vancouver, BC – April 13, 2023. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 7,118 residential unit sales were recorded in Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) systems in March 2023, a decrease of 38.3 per cent from March 2022. The average MLS® residential…
Housing demand impact of record-high immigration is five times as large as the Foreign Buyers Ban: report Vancouver, BC– March 28, 2023. To fully offset a deterioration in housing affordability, new home completions in BC need to increase 25 per cent above their historical average level for the next five years to a record level…
Highlights: Economic uncertainty driving substantial volatility in Canadian bond markets. Is the Canadian economy just slowing or something worse? Inflation trending the right direction, will that be enough to keep the Bank of Canada on hold?
https://youtu.be/6frw1TEsnQQ Home Sales Decline in 2022 After a Record 2021 Vancouver, BC – January 12, 2023. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that 80,874 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS® ) in 2022, a 35.2 per cent decline from a record 124,788 units sold in 2021. The…
Housing Market Activity Remains Slow in November Vancouver, BC – December 13, 2022. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 4,512 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in November 2022, a decrease of 50.8 per cent from November 2021 and about 30 per cent below…
Canadian Monthly Economic Growth (Q3’2022) Canadian real GDP rose 0.1 per cent in September, up for the eighth consecutive month. Goods-producing sectors rose 0.3 per cent while services-producing industries were essentially flat. Canadian real GDP is now roughly 2.8 per cent above its pre-pandemic, February 2020 level. Preliminary estimates suggest that output in the Canadian…
BC Home Sales Remain Slow While Active Listings Plateau Vancouver, BC – November 14, 2022. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 5,242 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in October 2022, a decrease of 45.5 per cent from October 2021. The average MLS® residential price in…
BC Market Activity Remains Subdued in September Vancouver, BC – October 12, 2022. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 4,977 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in September 2022, a decrease of 45.8 per cent from September 2021. The average MLS® residential price in BC was…
BC Housing Market Showing Signs of Stabilizing Despite Decreased Activity Canadian housing starts fell by 7.7k (2.8 per cent) to 267.4k units in August at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate (SAAR). Comparing year-over-year, starts were up from August of 2021 (2.5 per cent). Single-detached housing starts rose 1 per cent to 73.4k, while multi-family and others…
High Mortgage Rates Keeping Potential Buyers Sidelined Vancouver, BC – July 12, 2022. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 7,136 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in June 2022, a decrease of 35.7 per cent from June 2021. The average MLS® residential price in BC was…
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