There are 4460 Homes, condos, apartments and town homes for sale on the MLS in Vancouver and Burnaby, today Friday May 9, 2008
Housing market moderates for spring-time buyers
Housing market moderates for spring-time buyers
April 2, 2008 – The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that while
there were fewer housing sales in March 2008 compared to last year, residential prices continued to climb.
Residential property sales in Greater Vancouver totalled 2,997 in March 2008, a decline of 16.3 per cent from
the 3,582 residential sales recorded in March 2007, and a decline of 25.7 per cent compared to the 4,033 sales
in March 2006. New listings for detached, attached and apartment properties increased four per cent to 5,674 in
March 2008 compared with March 2007, when 5,456 new units were listed.
“The market is continuing to balance, with sales and listings beginning to re-align with our 10-year averages,”
says REBGV president, Dave Watt. “The selection of inventory hitting the market is wider than we have seen in
the past few years, which gives prospective buyers more choices.”
Attached
Attached property sales in March 2008 are down 21.5 per cent to 511, compared with the 651 sales in March
2007. The benchmark price of an attached unit increased 10.6 per cent between March 2007 and 2008 to
$473,543.
Detached
Sales of detached properties declined 20.2 per cent to 1,116 from the 1,399 detached sales recorded during the
same period in 2007. The benchmark price, as calculated by the MLSLink Housing Price Index®, for detached
properties rose 12.1 per cent from March 2007 to $764,616.
Apartments
Sales of apartment properties in March 2008 declined 10.6 per cent to 1,370, compared to 1,532 sales in March
2007. The benchmark price of an apartment property increased 11.5 per cent from March 2007 to $389,609.
Market Activity In Burnaby/Vancouver -February '08 Sales Compared to March '08
Burnaby
| Type Of Property |
Accumulative |
March'08 |
February '08 |
| Attached |
106 |
69 |
60 |
| Detached |
117 |
97 |
77 |
| Apartments |
194 |
170 |
150 |
Vancouver East
| Type Of Property |
Accumulative |
March '08 |
February '08 |
| Attached |
56 |
39 |
30 |
| Detached |
189 |
140 |
128 |
| Apartments |
154 |
164 |
120 |
Vancouver West
| Type Of Property |
Accumulative |
March'08 |
February '07 |
| Attached |
74 |
55 |
52 |
| Detached |
170 |
136 |
138 |
| Apartments |
536 |
404 |
413 |
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