{"id":13605,"date":"2019-09-09T10:10:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T17:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=13605"},"modified":"2019-09-05T08:44:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T15:44:58","slug":"bcrea-3rd-quarter-housing-forecast-homes-sales-set-to-normalize-around-long-term-averages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2019\/09\/bcrea-3rd-quarter-housing-forecast-homes-sales-set-to-normalize-around-long-term-averages\/","title":{"rendered":"BCREA 3rd Quarter Housing Forecast &#8211; Homes Sales Set to Normalize Around Long-Term Averages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vancouver, BC \u2013 September 5, 2019. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2019 Third Quarter Housing Forecast Update today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Multiple Listing Service\u00ae (MLS\u00ae) residential sales in the province are forecast to decline 5% to about 75,000 units this year, after recording 78,505 residential sales in 2018. MLS\u00ae residential sales are forecast to increase 11% to 82,700 units in 2020, just below the 10-year average for MLS\u00ae residential sales of 85,800 units.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBC markets are showing signs of recovery after nearly a year and a half of policy-induced declines,\u201d said Brendon Ogmundson, BCREA Deputy Chief Economist. \u201cWe expect that recovery to continue into next year, with home sales normalizing around long-term averages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A recovery in home sales has slowed the accumulation of resale inventory, with active listings still well short of the previous peak in 2012. That leaves market conditions at the provincial level essentially balanced with little upward pressure on prices. We anticipate that the MLS\u00ae average price will decline 2.4% in 2019 before rising modestly by 3% to $718,000 in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=13606\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13606\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-13606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BCREA-288x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BCREA-288x216.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BCREA.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Click here for the complete news release, including detailed statistics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcrea.bc.ca\/economics\/housing-forecast-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BCREA 2019 Third Quarter Housing Forecast Update &#8211; BC Homes Sales Set to Normalize in 2020<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver, BC \u2013 September 5, 2019. 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