January 2024 Market Insights

January 2024 Market Insights – Watch REGBV January 2024 overview of housing market activity in Metro Vancouver: “While the Metro Vancouver market ended 2023 in balanced market territory, conditions in January began shifting back in favour of sellers as the pace of newly listed properties did not keep up with the volume of home sales.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential sales2 in the region totalled 1,427 in January 2024, a 38.5 per cent increase from the 1,030 sales recorded in January 2023. This was 20.2 per cent below the 10-year seasonal average (1,788).

“It’s hard to believe that January sales figures came in so strong after such a quiet December, which saw many buyers and sellers delaying major decisions. If sellers don’t step off the sidelines soon, the competition among buyers could tilt the market back into sellers’ territory as the available inventory struggles to keep pace with demand.”  — Andrew Lis, REBGV Director of Economics and Data Analytics

* 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 January 2024

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, New Listings houses for sale, Residential properties

11.9 % – Balanced Market

New Listings Townhouses for Sale

22.9% – Seller’s Market

New Listings Condos for sale, Residential properties

19.9 % – Balanced Market

Check our Market Statistics page to see detailed January 2024 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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