Saturday, December 20, 2025
ADVT 
National

Vancouver Home Sales Dip 11.5 Per Cent In June Compared With A Year Ago: Board

The Canadian Press, 05 Jul, 2017 11:21 AM
    VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales dipped 11.5 per cent in June compared with a record high set a year ago.
     
     
    The board says 3,893 properties changed hands last month compared with 4,400 residential property sales in June 2016.
     
     
    Sales in June this year were down 10.8 per cent compared with May, when 4,364 homes were sold.
     
     
    However, the board says last month's sales were still 14.5 per cent above the 10-year sales average for the month of June.
     
     
    The MLS composite benchmark price for all residential property types in Metro Vancouver was $998,700 — a 7.9 per cent increase from a year ago and up 1.8 per cent compared with May 2017.
     
     
    Board president Jill Oudil said demand for detached homes has eased back to more normal levels, while competition for condo units is leading to multiple offer scenarios and driving prices higher.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Kevin O'Leary To Quit Conservative Leadership Race, Support Maxime Bernier

    OTTAWA — Celebrity investor and reality-TV star Kevin O'Leary is quitting the federal Conservative leadership race and throwing his support behind Quebec rival Maxime Bernier.

    Kevin O'Leary To Quit Conservative Leadership Race, Support Maxime Bernier

    Wife Of Accused B.C. Polygamist Testifies About Life As A Sister-Wife

    Wife Of Accused B.C. Polygamist Testifies About Life As A Sister-Wife
    CRANBROOK, B.C. — The first legal wife of a man accused of polygamy has testified in B.C. Supreme Court about her marriage and life as a sister-wife with up to two dozen other women.

    Wife Of Accused B.C. Polygamist Testifies About Life As A Sister-Wife

    Terrorism Concerns Lead To Security Changes At Passport Offices

    Terrorism Concerns Lead To Security Changes At Passport Offices
    OTTAWA — The federal government has been quietly making changes to passport offices in a bid to improve security and address concerns that the facilities could be easy targets for a terrorist attack.

    Terrorism Concerns Lead To Security Changes At Passport Offices

    Premier Christy Clark Calls On Ottawa To Ban Coal Exports After Softwood Lumber Duties

    Premier Christy Clark Calls On Ottawa To Ban Coal Exports After Softwood Lumber Duties
      Clark says she has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking Ottawa to act by stopping the export of the coal, including from the United States.

    Premier Christy Clark Calls On Ottawa To Ban Coal Exports After Softwood Lumber Duties

    Missing Sex Offender From B.C. Believed To Be Heading To Manitoba

    Missing Sex Offender From B.C. Believed To Be Heading To Manitoba
    Police issued the warrant for Joseph Davis, who is 46, after he failed to report at his halfway house in the city.

    Missing Sex Offender From B.C. Believed To Be Heading To Manitoba

    Sen. Patrick Brazeau Acquitted Of Charges Related To Drunk Driving

    Sen. Patrick Brazeau Acquitted Of Charges Related To Drunk Driving
    OTTAWA — Sen. Patrick Brazeau has been acquitted of drunk-driving charges that date back to 2014.

    Sen. Patrick Brazeau Acquitted Of Charges Related To Drunk Driving