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BCREA August 2025 Market Update

BCREA Reports August 2025 MLS® Market Activity

Vancouver, BC – September 11, 2025. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that 5,961 residential unit sales were recorded in Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems in August 2025, up 0.5 per cent from August 2024.

The average MLS® residential price in BC in August 2025 was down 1.4 per cent at $926,335 compared to $939,376 in August 2024.

The total sales dollar volume was $5.5 billion, down 0.9 per cent from the same time the previous year. BC MLS® unit sales were 24.2 per cent lower than the ten-year August average.

“We continue to see significant regional disparity in the market, with the Lower Mainland lagging behind the rest of…

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Second-Half Recovery in 2025 Sets Up a Brighter 2026

Vancouver, BC – August 21, 2025. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2025 Third Quarter Housing Forecast Update today.

Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in BC are forecast to fall 2.2 per cent to 72,840 units this year. In 2026, MLS® residential sales are forecast to move higher, rising 10.7 per cent to 80,600 units.

“Trade-related uncertainty upended hopes for a more normal market through the first half of 2025,” said BCREA Chief Economist Brendon Ogmundson. “While provincial home sales remain weak overall, particularly in the Lower Mainland, many markets are now returning to long-run average sales activity and should head into 2026 with some…

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Pent-up Demand Builds as Tariff Uncertainty Drives Buyers to the Sideline

BCREA 2025 Second Quarter Housing Forecast

Vancouver, BC – April 30, 2025

The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2025 Second Quarter Housing Forecast today.

Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in BC are forecast to fall 1.1 per cent to 73,650 units this year. In 2026, MLS® residential sales are forecast to move slightly higher, rising 8.8 per cent to 80,150 units.

“Hopes for a return to normalcy in the BC housing market were swiftly dashed this year, upended by a pointless and mutually destructive trade war,” said BCREA Chief Economist Brendon Ogmundson. “While there is significant pent-up demand in the market,…

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