News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Residential housing price decline
creates buying opportunities
VANCOUVER, B.C. – November 3, 2008 – Housing price reductions across Greater Vancouver over the last six
months have eliminated price gains witnessed in the first quarter of 2008.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential benchmark prices, as calculated
by the MLSLink Housing Price Index®, declined 8.8 per cent between May and October 2008, resulting in a
3.9 per cent year-to-date price reduction for detached, attached and apartment properties in Greater Vancouver
between Octobers 2007 and 2008. In May 2008, the overall residential benchmark price was $568,411, compared
to $518,668 in October 2008.
“Home sales are not keeping pace with the positive economic conditions in BC,” said REBGV president, Dave
Watt. “That’s a direct result of a loss of consumer confidence in the overall market. Accordingly, today’s housing
market is characterized by moderating home prices and wide selection. It’s definitely a buyer’s market.”
Residential property sales in Greater Vancouver declined 55 per cent in October 2008 to 1,364 from the 3,028
sales recorded in October 2007.
Active listings totalled 19,257 in October 2008, a three per cent decline from the 19,852 active listings reported
in September 2008. New listings for detached, attached and apartment properties increased one per cent to 4,867
in October 2008 compared to October 2007, when 4,819 new units were listed.
Sales of detached properties in October 2008 declined 56.5 per cent to 493 from the 1,133 sales recorded during
the same period in 2007. The benchmark price for detached properties declined 4.7 per cent from October 2007
to $695,962. Since May 2008, the benchmark price for a detached property in Greater Vancouver has declined 9.8
per cent.
Sales of apartment properties in October 2008 declined 52.7 per cent to 647, compared to 1,368 sales in October
2007. The benchmark price of an apartment property declined 3.5 per cent from October 2007 to $358,359. Since
May 2008, the benchmark price for an apartment property in Greater Vancouver has declined eight per cent.
Attached property sales in October 2008 are down 57.5 per cent to 224, compared with the 527 sales in October
2007. The benchmark price of an attached unit declined 1.4 per cent in Greater Vancouver between October 2007
and 2008 to $448,152. Since May 2008, the benchmark price for an attached property in Greater Vancouver has
declined 6.4 per cent.
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