Home Sales Firming Across the Province, BCREA

B.C. Real Estate News, Kamloops Real Estate Statistics

Vancouver, BC – December 12, 2019.  The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 6,616 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in November, an increase of 27.5 per cent from the same month last year. The average MLS® residential price in the province was $746,939, an increase of 5.5 per cent from November 2018. Total sales dollar volume was $4.94 billion, a 34.4 per cent increase from the same month last year. 

MLS residential sales BC December 2019 Market update Home Sales Firming Across the Province

“After several months of strong gains, home sales are now firming around
long-run averages,” said BCREA Chief Economist Brendon Ogmundson. “We
expect 2020 will be a much more typical year for markets compared to the
volatility of recent years.”

MLS® residential active listings in the province were down 6.6 per cent from November 2018 to 31,310 units, and down for a seventh straight month on a seasonally adjusted basis. Overall market conditions remain balanced with a sales-to-active listings ratio of 21 per cent.

Year-to-date, BC residential sales dollar volume was down 6 per cent to $50.23 billion, compared with the same period in 2018. Residential unit sales were 3.9 per cent lower at 72,106 units, while the average MLS® residential price was down 2.2 per cent year-to date at $696,574.