Category: B.C. Real Estate News

Vancouver, BC – February 14, 2022. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 6,138 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service^® (MLS^®) in January 2022, a decrease of 14.7 per cent from January 2021. The average MLS^® residential price in BC was $1,042,169, a 23.5 per cent increase from $843,918 recorded in January 2021. Total sales dollar volume was $6.4 billion, a 5.3 per cent increase from the same time last year. 

“Sales activity is down compared to record levels at the start of last year,” said BCREA Chief Economist Brendon Ogmundson. “However, the level of sales activity remains strong compared to the long-term average and inventory is still incredibly low. As a result, it will take quite some time to get back to healthy balance in the BC market.”

Total active listings remain near record lows with just 13,000 total listings in the province. For context, a healthy level of re-sale listings for the province is closer to 40,000 listings. As a result of this listings drought, markets all over the province are seeing significant upward pressure on prices.  

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BCREA 2022 First Quarter Housing Forecast Update

Vancouver, BC – February 2, 2022. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2022 First Quarter Housing Forecast Update today.

Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in the province are forecast to decline 17 per cent from a record high 2021 to 103,250 units this year. In 2023 MLS® residential sales are forecast to fall an additional 12 per cent to 90,200 units.

“We expected home sales in 2022 do moderate from the frenetic pace of 2021,” said BCREA Chief Economist Brendon Ogmundson. “However, sales activity will remain high by historical standards.”

The BC housing market is entering 2022 with the lowest level of active listings on record and significant demand-side momentum. That means strong sales should persist through the first few months of the year and supply will remain severely limited. As a result, continued upward pressure on home prices is expected in all markets.

As a result, home prices are expected to rise by 8.5 per cent in 2022 with much of that gain happening in the first half of the year. With sales activity normalizing in 2023 and inventories rebuilding, market conditions around the province should improve and price growth is anticipated to slow to 2.7 per cent.

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BCREA has released it’s latest housing market update for January 2022 which discusses December 2021 statistics and the 2021 sales. 2021 was a record year for the BC housing market with home sales reaching 124,854 sales, surpassing the previous record of 112,425 in 2016. Seven different markets in BC set sales records for 2021. Provincial home sales for December were down 17.6% year over year. Listing activity has remained low resulting in 2022 beginning with the lowest level of active listings on record. There were just over 12,000 active listings in BC which is down 41% from one year ago. With a low number of listings, markets around BC are under pressure pushing the markets far into Seller’s market territory. The MLS average price for BC was up 22.7% year over year in December and passed the one million mark for the first time ($1,033,179). For 2021 the average home price was about $928,000.

For Kamloops there were 159 unit sales for the month of December which is a 33.2% decline year over year. The average price was $631,657 which is a 33.8% increase year over year. Kamloops finished with an active listing count of 375 which is 61.3% less than the previous year which equates to 2.4 months worth of supply. We have seen very few homes list for sale in January leading to multiple offers on properties. This has resulted in sales being reported well over the asking price. There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight at this time however with more listing inventory it should help ease the pressure on home buyers.

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