{"id":13861,"date":"2019-10-09T10:10:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T17:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=13861"},"modified":"2019-10-02T14:13:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T21:13:20","slug":"the-september-sales-to-active-listings-ratio-17-4-falls-within-balanced-market-sweet-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2019\/10\/the-september-sales-to-active-listings-ratio-17-4-falls-within-balanced-market-sweet-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"The September Sales-to-Active Listings Ratio (17.4%) Falls Within Balanced Market Sweet Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019d be right in thinking that a 46 percent rise in home sales sounds like a pretty eye-popping figure. But, when emerging from one of the worst housing slumps in years, that staggering sales increase only gets Vancouver housing market activity to what market experts consider to be \u201chistorically typical levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

Home sales in Metro Vancouver rose to 2,333 in September 2019, up from 1,595 homes sold in the same month a year ago, according to Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver data. Impressed? Don\u2019t start celebrating just yet. Last month\u2019s sales didn\u2019t even manage to hit the 10-year sales average for September, a dependable gauge of market health. September 2019\u2019s sales total squeaked in just 1.7 percent below the 10-year average.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s a strong hint as to why this is actually great news \u2014 in September 2018, Metro Vancouver home sales were 36 percent below the 10-year average.<\/p>\n

That paints a much rosier backdrop for judging September\u2019s \u201ctypical\u201d performance, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

The context for all this of course is after years of booming sales and price increases, Metro Vancouver\u2019s housing market endured a monumental collapse, primarily as a result of intervention from several levels of government meant to cool the market.<\/p>\n

After slogging through a brutal fall and winter, the Vancouver market appeared to stabilize in the summer, leading market experts to celebrate a return to \u201cnormal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The good times are clearly continuing to roll, with market experts now rejoicing over the \u201ctypical\u201d home sales activity observed in September, historically one of the busier months in the homebuying calendar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re seeing more balanced housing market conditions over the last three months compared to what we saw at this time last year. Home buyers are more willing to make offers today, particularly in the townhome and apartment markets,\u201d writes Ashley Smith, President of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.<\/p>\n

The sales-to-active listings ratio for September 2019 was 17.4 percent across all property types. As you might guess, this widely cited measure looks at homes sold in a given period compared to homes listed on the market. When it\u2019s below 12 percent, market experts say prices typically experience downward pressure. When it\u2019s above 20 percent, prices often experience upward pressure. All that is to say, the September 2019 ratio falls within the balanced market sweet spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a more comfortable market for people on both sides of a real estate transaction,\u201d writes Smith. \u201cHome sale and listing activity were both at typical levels for our region in September.\u201d<\/p>\n

Comfortable and typical aren\u2019t generally the most exciting terms used to describe a real estate market, but there\u2019s little doubt that it\u2019s a better place to be than where Vancouver stood a year ago.<\/p>\n

Vancouver Home Sales were Just “Typical” in September – Here’s Why That’s Good News<\/a> by Sean MacKay | Livabl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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