Better Vancouver’s actual property board says the variety of properties that modified arms in April rose 3.3% from the earlier yr, however complete gross sales have been nonetheless nicely under the 10-year common for the month.
Better Vancouver Realtors says there have been 2,831 residence gross sales within the area final month, in contrast with 2,741 gross sales recorded in April 2023.
That got here because the variety of Metro Vancouver properties listed on the market rose 42.1% year-over-year to 12,491, which is 16.7% above the 10-year seasonal common. It marks the primary time that determine has exceeded the 12,000-threshold because the summer season of 2020.
The composite benchmark residence worth was $1,205,800, up 2.8% from a yr in the past and a 0.8% improve from March.
In April, there have been 7,092 indifferent, hooked up and house properties newly accessible — a 64.7% improve in contrast with the 4,307 properties listed in April 2023.
Andrew Lis, the board’s director of economics and knowledge analytics, says it’s a “shock” to many who demand has remained robust, together with the very fact few owners have been pressured to promote within the face of the very best borrowing prices in over a decade.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Could 2, 2024