total of 493 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this September, 20.2 per cent more than the 410 properties sold in September 2022 and a 9.4 per cent decrease from August 2023. Sales of condominiums were up 23 per cent from September 2022 with 155 units sold. Sales of single family homes increased 3.2 per cent from September 2022 with 228 sold. This is impressive volume showing the resiliency of our market, despite a general hesitancy by buyers as the market finds its new equilibrium. In general, we are seeing homes sit on the market longer and re-listing at lower prices as higher interest rates mean that buyers, dependent on mortgages, are seeing substantial cost increases, over 30% year over year (Toronto Star) The Bank of Canada will announce the next key overnight interest rate on October 25th. It currently stands at 5.00%. Sales Volume and Inventory Sales improved 20.2% compared to 2021, but...

It was one of the busiest February on record for Victoria’s real estate market with 836 unconditional and completed sales. That shatters the previous all-time record which was 780 sales in 1992. Runner-up was 772 sales in 2016. Record High Prices & Purchasing Activity Victoria ignored it’s winter hibernation this year. Real estate buyers were out in droves all winter, and continue to prop up the market to new heights. Demand is exceptionally strong, which is further confirmed by year over year price growth remains well above historic averages. The average price for a single family detached home remains flat at $1.22M – which is remarkably higher than the $912,000 average price in February of 2020 (pre covid). The single family home market breezed past the 1 million mark in June of 2020, and hasn’t slowed down since. Prices continue to sustain themselves because there are fewer than 400 single family homes available across...