{"id":7502,"date":"2014-05-09T10:14:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T17:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garbuttdumas.ca\/?p=7502"},"modified":"2014-05-09T10:14:33","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T17:14:33","slug":"april-2014-market-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garbuttdumas.ca\/2014\/05\/09\/april-2014-market-update\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2014 Market Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Spring buyers and sellers emerge in the Greater Vancouver housing market<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nHome buyers and sellers became more active in the Greater Vancouver housing market in April.<br \/>\nThe Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver reached 3,050 on the Multiple Listing Service\u00ae (MLS\u00ae) in April 2014. This represents a 16.1 per cent increase compared to the 2,627 sales recorded in April 2013, and a 15.5 per cent increase compared to the 2,641 sales in March 2014.<br \/>\nLast month\u2019s sales were 5.2 per cent below the 10-year sales average for April of 3,217.<br \/>\nThe sales-to-active-listings ratio currently sits at 19.7 per cent in Greater Vancouver, which is the highest this measure has been since June 2011.<br \/>\n\u201cWe saw steady increases in home seller and buyer activity in April, which is typically the case in the spring months,\u201d Ray Harris, REBGV president said. \u201cPeople often look to buy or sell their home this time of year as the school year draws to a close and the summer holiday season is still a few months away,\u201d Harris said.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zyzXvntnvdc\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nNew listings for detached, attached and apartment properties in Greater Vancouver totalled 5,950 in April. This represents a 1.3 per cent increase compared to the 5,876 new listings in April 2013 and a 12.7 per cent increase from the 5,281 new listings in March. Last month\u2019s new listing count was 1.2 per cent higher than the region\u2019s 10-year new listing average for the month.<br \/>\nThe total number of properties currently listed for sale on the MLS\u00ae system in Greater Vancouver is 15,515, a 7.3 per cent decline compared to April 2013 and a 7.2 per cent increase compared to March 2014.<br \/>\n\u201cHome prices in the region continue to show steady, yet modest, increases when compared to last year,\u201d Harris said.<br \/>\n<a title=\"April 2014 Market Update News &amp; Stats Article REBGV\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rebgv.org\/sites\/default\/files\/REBGV%20Stats%20Package%2C%20April%202014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Full Article<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"April 2014 Market Update Stats Package REBGV\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rebgv.org\/sites\/default\/files\/REBGV%20Stats%20Package%2C%20April%202014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Full Stats Package<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring buyers and sellers emerge in the Greater Vancouver housing market &nbsp; 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