Sorry to tell you, but we’re not number 1 – that honor goes to New Zealand, but Canada is right up there on this visual map of countries at the greatest risk of a bursting housing bubble.
Thanks to southseacompany for the link, see all the data here.
It’s not just Vancouver, sales are falling across the nation marking the first March decline since the recession.
Prices fell in seven of the 11 markets in the index, led by a 1.5 per cent drop in the capital region of Ottawa-Gatineau. In Victoria, British Columbia’s capital city, prices were down 1.1 per cent, with Vancouver prices down 0.5 per cent.
Canada’s once-hot housing market has softened since the start of last year, as tighter mortgage rules and five interest rate hikes from the Bank of Canada since July 2017 have curbed buyer spending power.
Read the full article here.
Via southseacompany, this little tidbit over at Global News on sales stats:
According to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, residential home sales in February were down 32.8 per cent compared to February 2018 and more than 42 per cent below the region’s 10-year-average.
Sales were also down 34.5 per cent from January 2019.
Read the full article here.
Sales down, inventory up and prices are down for condos in the greater Vancouver area :
The price of a condo in Greater Vancouver is coming down. REBGV reported a benchmark price of $658,600 in January, down 0.8% from the month before. This represents a 1.7% decline compared to the same month last year. In the City proper, condo apartments in Vancouver East fell to $530,500, down 3.9% from last year. In Vancouver West prices fell to $783,400, down 3.6% from last year. Prices are falling, but they still have a long way to go for typical incomes.
Read the full article here.
If you were hoping 2019 would kick off with a booming real estate market… well, it’s not going so well.
“After three or four years of a very robust market and escalating prices, this certainly seemed to be a year of transition. We went from more of a sellers’ market, to a balanced market, and now — a buyers’ market.”
The drop in benchmark price for a detached home accompanied a drastic slump in sales, year-over-year.
The total number of homes sold across Metro Vancouver in 2018 dropped 31.6 percent from 2017, with 24,619 transactions.
That’s the lowest number recorded in the region since 2000, and 25 percent below its 10-year average.
Read the full article here.
