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November 2024 Market Update

 

Vancouver home sales surge in October amid lower borrowing costs

Greater Vancouver Realtors says home sales in the region jumped 31.9 per cent in October compared with the same month last year, marking potential early signs of a long-awaited rebound after the Bank of Canada's four consecutive cuts to its key interest rate.

The real estate board says there were 2,632 sales of existing residential homes last month, which is just 5.5 per cent below the 10-year average after months of tracking approximately twenty per cent below those trends.

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Click the link below to view the monthly market statistics for your area in an easy to understand infographic. Listings, sales and prices are summarized for condos, townhomes and single-family homes in cities across BC. For more up-to-date market information please visit macrealty.com/blog.

 

Abbotsford

Bowen Island

Burnaby East

Burnaby North

Burnaby South

Cloverdale

Coquitlam

Greater Victoria

Kelowna

Ladner

Langley

Maple Ridge

Mission

Nanaimo

New Westminster

North Delta

North Okanagan

North Surrey

North Vancouver

Parksville / Qualicum

Pitt Meadows

Port Coquitlam

Port Moody

Richmond

Saanich Peninsula

South Okanagan

South Surrey/
White Rock

Squamish

Sunshine Coast

Surrey - Central

Tsawwassen

Vancouver - East

Vancouver - West

Vancouver Island

Victoria Core

Westshore

West Vancouver

Whistler

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B.C. Real Estate News

LOWER MAINLAND

Metro Vancouver home sales jump 32% in October amid lower mortgage rates (Canadian Mortgage Trends)

Vancouver home sales surge in October amid lower borrowing costs: board (BNN Bloomberg)

October home sales surge in Richmond (Richmond News)

Fraser Valley home sales rise significantly after interest rate cut (Fraser Valley Today)

VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND

VREB: Victoria Market Exceeds Expectations But Remains Balanced (Business Examiner)

Complexity of Vancouver Island's housing crisis highlighted at economic summit (Goldstream News Gazette)

OKANAGAN

Major rezoning proposed for properties on Kelowna's transit supportive corridors (Kelowna Now)

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Municipalities fall short of B.C.'s housing targets, Victoria only city to pass target (Vancouver Sun)

B.C. municipalities press province on infrastructure, housing and health (Nanaimo News Bulletin)

CANADA

Beyond Vancouver, B.C.'s secondary real estate markets poised for investor growth (BIV)

Calgary and Vancouver housing sales rise suggesting buyers 'finally' responding to rate cuts (Financial Post)

 
 

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