{"id":28,"date":"2026-09-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/realestatebybrian-ca\/2026\/09\/26\/more-homes-available-buyers-gain-options-in-latest-report\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T09:00:00","slug":"more-homes-available-buyers-gain-options-in-latest-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/26\/more-homes-available-buyers-gain-options-in-latest-report\/","title":{"rendered":"More Homes Available: Buyers Gain Options in Latest Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s spent a lifetime calling the Cowichan Valley home, I keep a close eye on how our local real estate market shifts. The most recent board report shows that Vancouver Island recorded 651 real estate sales in August\u2014a 4% decrease compared to last year. At the same time, active listings edged up 2%, reaching 4,498. Single-family home sales dropped 11% year-over-year, with the benchmark price sitting at $788,100. It\u2019s clear that buyers are taking a cautious approach these days. Having lived and worked all over the Valley, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how our community responds to changing market conditions. My years in customer service and home renovation taught me that understanding local trends is key to supporting my clients through every real estate move. If you\u2019re curious how these numbers might impact your plans, you\u2019re not alone\u2014making the Valley your home is what I do.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mypowellrivernow.com\/64913\/news\/business\/real-estate\/active-listings-up-sales-down-according-to-latest-real-estate-board-report\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s spent a lifetime calling the Cowichan Valley home, I keep a close eye on how our local real estate market shifts. The most recent board report shows that Vancouver Island recorded 651 real estate sales in August\u2014a 4% decrease compared to last year. At the same time, active listings edged up 2%, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":59,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}