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estate news of December 2011:
The 2011 residential and
corporate housing Vancouver
market began with heightened demand in regional hot spots and concluded
with greater balance between seller supply and buyer demand.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that total
sales of detached, attached and apartment properties in 2011 reached
32,390, a 5.9 per cent increase from the 30,595 sales recorded in 2010,
and a 9.2 per cent decrease from the 35,669 residential sales in 2009.
Last year’s home sale total was 6.3 per cent below the ten-year average
for annual Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) sales in the region.
The number of residential properties including listed for sale on the
MLS® in Greater Vancouver increased 2.7 per cent in 2011 to 59,549
compared to the 58,009 properties listed in 2010. Looking back further,
last year’s total represents a 12.8 per cent increase compared to the
52,869 residential properties listed in 2009. Last year’s listing total
was 11.1 per cent above the ten-year average for annual Multiple Listing
Service® (MLS®) property listings in the region.
“It was a relatively balanced year for the real estate market in
Greater Vancouver with listing totals slightly above historical norms
and sale numbers slightly below,” Rosario Setticasi, REBGV president
said.
Residential property sales like apartments downtown Vancouver or
corporate suites Vancouver totalled
1,658 in December 2011, a decrease of 12.7 per cent from the 1,899
sales recorded in December 2010 and a 29.7 per cent decline compared to
November 2011 when 2,360 home sales occurred.
More broadly, last month’s residential sales represent a 34.1 per
cent decrease over the 2,515 residential sales in December 2009, a 79.4
per cent increase compared to December 2008’s 924 sales, and a 12.6 per
cent decrease compared to the 1,897 sales in December 2007.
The overall residential benchmark price, as calculated by the MLSLink
Housing Price Index, for Greater Vancouver increased 7.6 per cent to
$621,674 between Decembers 2010 and 2011. However, prices have decreased
1.5 per cent since hitting a peak of $630,921 in June 2011.
“Our market remained in a balanced state for most of the year,
although higher levels of demand for detached properties in the region’s
largest communities caused prices in certain areas to rise higher than
others,” Setticasi said. “For example, the benchmark price of a
single-family detached home experienced double-digit increases in nine
areas within the region over the last 12 months.”
New listings for detached, attached and apartment properties in
Greater Vancouver totaled 1,629 in December 2011. This represents a 4.1
per cent decline compared to the 1,699 units listed in December 2010 and
a 49.4 per cent decline compared to November 2011 when 3,222 properties
were listed.
Sales of detached properties in December 2011 reached 630, a decrease
of 18.1 per cent from the 769 detached sales recorded in December 2010,
and a 30.2 per cent decrease from the 902 units sold in December 2009.
The benchmark price for detached properties increased 11.2 per cent from
December 2010 to $887,471.
Sales of residential and
corporate apartments Vancouver reached
774 in December 2011, a decline of 4.6 per cent compared to the 811
sales in December 2010, and a decrease of 32.9 per cent compared to the
1,154 sales in December 2009.The benchmark price of an apartment
property increased 3.7 per cent from December 2010 to $401,396.
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