August 2023 Market Insights

August 2023 Market Insights – Watch REGBV August 2023 overview of housing market activity in Metro Vancouver: “As summer winds to a close, higher borrowing costs have begun to permeate the Metro Vancouver1 housing market in predictable ways, with price gains cooling and sales slowing along the typical seasonal pattern. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential home sales2 in the region totalled 2,296 in August 2023, a 21.4 per cent increase from the 1,892 sales recorded in August 2022. This was 13.8 per cent below the 10-year seasonal average (2,663).”

“It’s been an interesting spring and summer market, to say the least. Borrowing costs are fluctuating around the highest levels we’ve seen in over ten years, yet Metro Vancouver’s housing market bucked many pundits’ predictions of a major slowdown, instead posting relatively strong sales numbers and year-to-date price gains north of eight per cent, regardless of home type.” Andrew Lis, REBGV director of economics and data analytics

1 Areas covered by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver include: Bowen Island, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, South Delta, Squamish, Sunshine Coast, Vancouver, West Vancouver, and Whistler.

Sales-to-active listings ratio for August 2023

Generally, analysts say downward pressure on home prices occurs when the ratio dips below 12 % for a sustained period, while home prices often experience upward pressure when it surpasses 20 % over several months. You can see more details on Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Market Watch.

Detached Houses for sale, houses for sale, Residential properties

14.2 % – Balanced Market

New Listings Townhouses for Sale

30.3% – Seller’s Market

New Listings Condos for sale, Residential properties

31.9 % – Seller’s Market

Check our Market Statistics page to see detailed August 2023 market insights for Greater Vancouver & Fraser Valley, broken out by city and housing type (detached homes, condos, townhouses) .  The movements in prices, sales, number of days a listing is on the market, and sales to active ratio by city will give you a real understanding of how the market is shifting neighbourhood by neighbourhood.   This is really important:  Greater Vancouver is made up of a lot of local markets, which can move very differently!  For example, the market might be HOT in Maple Ridge and slow in Vancouver, or HOT for condos and slow for detached homes… and it is shifting all the time!  Sometimes the shifts are small, other times they are very significant.  We track movements across the entire region – contact us for further insights!

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