{"id":74,"date":"2026-10-03T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/?p=74"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:00:00","slug":"home-sales-remain-low-but-recovering-slowly-says-bcrea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/home-sales-remain-low-but-recovering-slowly-says-bcrea\/","title":{"rendered":"Home sales remain low but recovering slowly, says BCREA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>If you\u2019ve been watching the market lately, you might have noticed that home sales across British Columbia are still on the quieter side, but we\u2019re seeing signs of a slow recovery. The BCREA reports that residential sales in August dropped 4.8% to $5.2 billion, with average prices nudging down 1% to $924,826. The overall sales volume slipped 5.5% to 46,069 homes, and in Greater Vancouver, prices dipped 1.3% and sales fell 3.6%. As someone who\u2019s called so many corners of the Cowichan Valley home, I know how numbers like these can feel a world away from the day-to-day realities of buying or selling here. That\u2019s why I always pair data with local insight\u2014because understanding the bigger picture helps us make sense of what\u2019s changing in our own neighbourhoods. Whether you\u2019re considering a move or just keeping a close eye on your community, I\u2019m here to help you navigate this unique market with the experience of a true Islander.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouver.citynews.ca\/2026\/09\/14\/bc-real-estate-home-sales-low-recovering-slowly\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been watching the market lately, you might have noticed that home sales across British Columbia are still on the quieter side, but we\u2019re seeing signs of a slow recovery. The BCREA reports that residential sales in August dropped 4.8% to $5.2 billion, with average prices nudging down 1% to $924,826. The overall sales [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":75,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","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\/74","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=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/76"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatebybrian.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}