Continued Success

Continued Success

Jul 30, 2023 | Finance, Local, Real Estate

Over the last couple of months there’s been a lot of questions asked about market stability – in British Columbia and the Okanagan alike – with residential sales appearing to dwindle as the Kelowna summer continues to heat up. Then again, when your market’s been as successful as ours for as long as it has (even through COVID times) it’s no wonder that slight changes might create cause for concern. 

Despite these understandable speculations, reports are showing that things are right on track with the market’s historical averages for this time of year. In fact, residential property sales are up 10.7% over the same month a year ago and available listings are up 13.8% compared to a year ago; two great indicators of a healthy housing market. As much as the latest mortgage rate increases imposed by the Bank of Canada (and Canadian banks adjusting their prime lending rates in kind) might have a deterring impact on new market activity, these year-over-year increases are showing a strong trajectory for the rest of 2023. And so far, the changes in mortgage rates aren’t having the intense effect that some thought they would – more good news!

The biggest overall win in the current state of the market is the availability of inventory, especially considering last year’s inventory was very sparse, creating a bundle of difficult circumstances. According to the Association of Interior Realtors vice-president Lyndi Cruikshank, “There’s definitely less people looking for homes right now and there are more homes on the market so it’s what I would call a more balanced market which is really nice to see.”

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