After a sharp increase in Average Sale Price from June through November 2020 (+39.2 per cent), the curve flattened and declined slightly (-1.5 per cent) December through February. Year-over-year the Average Sale Price was up by +35.8 per cent over February 2020—the largest increase recorded across the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, includ...
"After an unprecedented and often surprising performance in 2020, the provincial housing market is set up for a very strong year in 2021,” said Brendon Ogmundson, BCREA Chief Economist. “A strong economic recovery and record-low mortgage rates will continue to drive strong demand this year.
On the supply side, new listings activity recovered through...
British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) predicts low mortgage rates to remain low until 2023.
Very low inventory levels in all categories have created upward pressure on home prices and low inventory levels have reduced competition in the market, resulting in a strong seller's market entering into 2021.
The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 93,953 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in 2020, an increase of 21.5 per cent from the 77,350 units sold in 2019. The annual average MLS® residential pric...
2020 Year-end report – Benchmark price at new high
The YoY* MLS® Home Price Index (benchmark price) for Bowen Island passed $1.0 million in November, 2020, and ended the year at $1.025 million. Without exception, 2019 was a year of decline across all indicators: The benchmark price reached an all-time high in March, 2019, and then lost 5 per cent of...
The Bowen Island detached home market continued to out-perform 2019 in all indicators. The dollar volume growth rate year-over-year (the past 12 months of activity) was up 132 per cent compared to 2019, number of sales was up 65 per cent, average sold price was up 37 per cent, average sold price per square foot was up 2...