August 2023 Market Update
As summer winds to a close, higher borrowing costs have begun to permeate the Greater Vancouver housing market in predictable ways, with price gains cooling and sales slowing along the typical seasonal pattern. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential home sales in the region totalled 2,296 in August 2023, a 21.4% increase from the 1,892 sales recorded in August 2022. This was 13.8% below the 10-year seasonal average (2,663).