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Summer’s Lull

According to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver “Residential property sales in Greater Vancouver remained at a 10-year low in July, while the number of properties being listed for sale continued to edge down and prices remained relatively stable.” They say it’s in a Summer Lull.

The Pres Says:

Highlights

There were 2,098 residential property sales of detached, attached and apartment properties in July

an 18.4 per cent decline compared to the 2,571 sales in July 2011 and an 11.2 per cent decline compared to the previous month’s 2,362 sales.

July sales were the lowest total for that month in the region since 2000 – 31.2% below the 10-year July sales average of 3,051

New listings for detached, attached and apartment properties in Greater Vancouver totalled 4,802 in July, the lowest number of new listings for any month this year

18,081 is the total number of active residential property listings on the MLS® – 18.8% more than last year

Benchmark price for all residential properties in Greater Vancouver over the last 12 months has increased 0.6% to $616,000 and declined 0.7% compared to last month.

Detached sales in July 2012 totaled 787, a decrease of 28.4% from the 1,099 detached sales recorded in July 2011

Detached Benchmark price increased 1.4 per cent from July 2011 to $950,200

Apartment Sales totaled 927 in July 2012, a 10.9% cent decrease compared to the 1,040 sales in July 2011

Apartment Benchmark price remains unchanged compared to July 2011 at $374,300

Attached sales in July 2012 totalled 384, an 11.1% decrease compared to the 432 sales in July 2011

Attached Benchmark price decreased 0.5% between July 2011 and 2012 to $468,700

“People appear to be cautious about making significant financial decisions right now. While our local economy appears to be quite robust, there may be some concern about the impact of international markets and the federal government’s tightening of mortgage regulations” “Conditions favour buyers in our marketplace. Buyers have more selection to choose from and more time to make a decision. For sellers, it’s important to price properties competitively.”

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