{"id":1258,"date":"2018-12-04T16:25:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T00:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ingridjarisz.com\/blog\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2018-12-04T16:26:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T00:26:21","slug":"the-victoria-real-estate-market-chills-out-for-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingridjarisz.com\/blog\/the-victoria-real-estate-market-chills-out-for-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Victoria Real Estate Market Chills Out For Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"vreb<\/a>A total of 498 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this November, 25.8 per cent fewer than the 671 properties sold in November of last year and a 16.7 per cent decrease from October 2018. Sales of condominiums were down 30.9 per cent from last year in November with 152 units sold. Sales of single family homes were down 20.8 per cent from 2017 with 267 sold this November.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe certainly anticipated a difference this year in terms of sales for November compared to last year,\u201d says Victoria Real Estate Board President Kyle Kerr. \u201cThis time last year, the government announced plans to change mortgage lending qualification rules and our market saw a rush of activity as buyers tried to beat that new lending criteria which was rolled out January first. Our ten-year average of units sold for the month of November is 515, which is likely a better comparison than to the unusual market conditions we saw last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Multiple Listing Service\u00ae Home Price Index benchmark value for a single family home in the Victoria Core in November 2017 was $832,800, while the benchmark value for the same home in November 2018 increased by 3.9 per cent to $865,200, lower than October’s value of $881,000. The MLS\u00ae HPI benchmark value for a condominium in the Victoria Core area in November 2017 was $456,200, while the benchmark value for the same condominium in November 2018 increased by 9.7 per cent to $500,500, slightly less than October’s value of $502,600.<\/p>\n

There were a total of 2,343 active listings for sale on the Victoria Real Estate Board Multiple Listing Service\u00ae at the end of November 2018, an increase of 32.8 per cent compared to November 2017 but 6.7 per cent fewer than the month previous.<\/p>\n

\u201cInventory continues to be low compared to historic averages,\u201d adds President Kerr. \u201cThe ten-year average for active inventory in November is 3,204, so although it has improved compared to last year, we are still low on choice for buyers. At the same time, waning demand has meant that there is less urgency in our market right now, which can benefit buyers and sellers. The market tends to naturally slow down in the winter, so I\u2019d expect we will have a more balanced market heading into the new year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0About the Victoria Real Estate Board<\/i> \u2013 Founded in 1921, the Victoria Real Estate Board is a key player in the development of standards and innovative programs to enhance the professionalism of REALTORS\u00ae. The Victoria Real Estate Board represents 1,375 local Realtors. If you are thinking about buying or selling a home, connect with your local Realtor for detailed information on the Victoria and area housing market<\/p>\n

View our press release and summary here<\/a>.
\nView our complete statistical package here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A total of 498 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this November, 25.8 per cent fewer than the 671 properties sold in November of last year and a 16.7 per cent decrease from October 2018. Sales of condominiums were down 30.9 per cent from last year in November with 152 units sold.  Continue Reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,33,11,58,8,18,5,40,4,34],"tags":[37,10,36,15,35,60,69,13,9,14,53],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridjarisz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridjarisz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridjarisz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridjarisz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridjarisz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridjarisz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1261,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridjarisz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions\/1261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridjarisz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridjarisz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ingridjarisz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}