News: Vancouver Real Estate Market
Posted on
July 15, 2022
by
David Reimers
Increased supply and slowing sales push Greater Vancouver toward balanced market for the first time in more than two years
Key highlights from the release include:
- Royal LePage reduces national home price forecast to +5.0% in fourth quarter of 2022; expects home prices to hold relatively flat through the second half of the year in greater regions of Toronto and Vancouver. Greater Montreal Area expected to see continued price appreciation.
- National aggregate home price increases 12.1% year-over-year...
Posted on
May 10, 2022
by
David Reimers
Detached home prices increased 20.7% in the first quarter of 2022
According to the Royal LePage House Price Survey released today, the aggregate price of a home in Greater Vancouver increased 18.2% 1 year-over-year to $1,368,600 in the first quarter of 2022. Broken out by housing type, the median price of a single-family detached home increased 20.7% to $1,870,100, while the median price of a condominium increased 20.4% to $828,400 during the same period.
"While the supply of listings is beginning...
Posted on
October 18, 2021
by
David Reimers
National aggregate home price increases 21.4% year-over-year
Third quarter highlights:
- Royal LePage maintains its 2021 forecast, with the national aggregate home price expected to rise 16.0% in Q4, compared to a very strong Q4 2020
- Very low inventory pushes potential buyers to sidelines amid national housing supply crisis, resulting in pent-up demand
- 5% of regions surveyed saw double-digit year-over-year aggregate price growth in Q3
- Condominiums continue price rebound in urban centres as return to...
Posted on
February 28, 2020
by
David Reimers
Posted in
2019 Fourth Quarter Analysis, BC Home Prices, Greater Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Real Estate, Home Buyers, Home Owners, Home Prices, House Price Survey, Metro Vancouver, Real Estate Investment, Real Estate Statistics, Royal LePage Market Update
The aggregate price of a home in Canada increased 2.2% year-over-year to $648,544 in the fourth quarter of 2019 as reported by the Royal LePage House Price Survey. As we have seen in the third quarter, potential buyers are continuosly coming back to the real estate market.
Buyers stayed in the sidelines during the first half of 2019, trying to guage the potential impact of the federal mortgage stress test."The federal government has signaled that changes could come to the mortgage stress test mechanism...
Posted on
April 18, 2017
by
David Reimers
Over-heated Toronto market boils over into adjacent regions
Market slows in Vancouver, yet signs point to early rebound
TORONTO, April 18, 2017 – According to the Royal LePage House Price Survey[1] released today, Canada’s residential real estate market saw substantial price growth in the first quarter of 2017. While the majority of Canadian housing markets posted modest gains, price appreciation across much of Ontario significantly outpaced the rest of the country,...
Posted on
November 29, 2016
by
David Reimers
Vancouver, BC – November 29, 2016. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2016 Fourth Quarter Housing Forecast today.
Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in the province are forecast to climb 11 per cent to a record 113,800 units this year, eclipsing the previous record of 106,310 units in 2005. Less robust economic conditions combined with government policy constraints are expected to slow housing demand by more than 15 per cent...
Posted on
October 18, 2016
by
David Reimers
Canada’s residential real estate market continued to grow in the third quarter of 2016, posting a double-digit year-over-year aggregate house price increase, according to the Royal LePage House Price Survey[1] released today. The Government of British Columbia’s new 15 per cent property transfer surtax on foreign nationals and foreign-controlled corporations, introduced early in the quarter, has contributed to slower sales activity but has had little impact to-date on Greater Vancouver...
Posted on
January 13, 2016
by
David Reimers
Canada’s residential real estate market showed strong growth in the fourth quarter of 2015, led by hot Vancouver and Toronto markets according to the Royal LePage House Price Survey[1] and Market Survey Forecast[2] released today. Looking forward to 2016, Royal LePage expects continued price increases in most markets, but not at the pace that has been the recent norm. Instead, the national real estate market is expected to slow later this year, principally due to the effects of a dampened economy...
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