The Vancouver Life

If you live anywhere else in Canada, it’s pretty clear in today’s market that without demand, the supply of homes will rise creating a decline in sales volume and that effectively helps to lower prices along with very low consumer confidence. With credit having been restricted through quantitative tightening at the most aggressive pace in recent history – affordability has reached heights we’ve never seen before and everyone is feeling the squeeze. Toronto saw new home sales fall 96% last month – just 45 new homes sold in October, and only 250 new condos – in a region where 6 million people live this isn’t good news for the market. So why is it that in Vancouver, under the same set of financial conditions, hasn’t experienced the rise in inventory needed to bring prices down? In this episode we discuss the unique case of Vancouver’s inventory, why it performs so much stronger than the rest of the market and how existing re-sale inventory will be a formidable problem for the market to tackle in the years to come. Is it any surprise that new home builders are getting hurt the most? With new layoffs announced in both Canada and the US, it’s a sealer sign there’s more pain to come. And let’s not forget we need these very same people to help solve our housing crisis by building more inventory. They are now paying interest on their inventory they can no longer afford to pay. As this problem persists, expect to see these properties begin to sell as Builders are forced to bring their prices down to reduce their debt load in the short run. But at the same time, Developers will freeze projects or push them out until prices are restored and the environment improves. Looking at the longer term metrics, it’s without a doubt that it will – Canada recently announced it is gearing up its ultra aggressive immigration policy. With more than 500,000 new Immigrants per year by 2025 – and the majority of those people will be technically skilled individuals immigrating to Canada to add to the workforce. As these people accumulate and new home builders freeze out the inventory and existing inventory not coming to market because home owners have locked in ultra low rates, we are poised for another housing boom on the other side. However in the short run, Buyers who can capitalize on this softening trend will thank themselves in the years to come. #vancouverrealestate #vancouverrealtor #vancouverrealestateagent _________________________________ Contact Us To Book Your Private Consultation:📆 https://calendly.com/thevancouverlife🏡 Visit our website to see active listings and valuable Real Estate information 🏡 → The Vancouver Life: https://bit.ly/3yN25V7🏦 Investors 🏦 Join our Investors Group with over 7,300 Members→ Facebook Group for Investors: https://bit.ly/3CQ7hu3 💥 Follow us on Social Media 💥 → Instagram: https://bit.ly/3jSkRo1→ Facebook: https://bit.ly/3g05bxK→ Twitter: https://bit.ly/3xMGFpZ_________________________________ The Vancouver Life Real Estate Group are licensed Real Estate Agents at eXp Realty Vancouver / eXp Realty Canada:🏆 Top 3% Agents 2019, 2020, 2021🏆 Medallion Club Members 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022🏆 Over $250,000,000 in saleswww.thevancouverlife.com_________________________________ 👩🏼‍💼 Are You A Real Estate Agent? 👨🏼‍💼Book a 1-on-1 with us to learn how we help agents DOUBLE their business → https://bit.ly/level10agentThis is a taste of what our Coaching Team can offer you, free of charge!🆓 Google Ads coaching or discounted management🆓 Level 10 Agent + SIMS Coaching Systems & coaching calls every week🆓 YouTube, social media & online lead generation coaching🆓 Access to an online lead generation program🆓 Access to online lead conversion program🆓 1-Page business plan created with you by our Coaching team🆓 90-day Coaching new agent training program🆓 Your Assistants trained & hired with SIMS assistant team🆓 Your Inside Sales Agents trained & hired with SIMS powerhouse ISA team🆓 Access to our private Facebook mastermind Group🆓 Access to 1-1 when you need us for support🆓 Access to kvCORE, 40+ weekly training calls, stock, revenue share and more…👉 Learn more at https://bit.ly/level10agent_________________________________

Making sense of what is happening inside our current Real Estate market is tough in today’s environment. Sweeping comments in conversation or news articles that suggest “The Market” isn’t doing well or that “Housing is Down” is no longer an accurate way of describing the housing sector – at least not in Vancouver. Take this little stat as an example: Vancouver currently has less inventory than it did this time last year; inventory actually dropped by 3% compared to September 2021 and is the third straight month of inventory declines in the GVRD. By comparison, Ontario’s inventory count is up by a whopping 89%.In this week’s podcast episode, we review the bizarre case that is Vancouver Real Estate and how it measures up to its historical performance in down markets. While HPI prices are generally down across the board by about 9.5% and the median price of a home is down by 12%, we’ve seen that slow dramatically. Prices have only adjusted down by 2% over the last 3 months showing signs of an early stabilization or at the very least less downward pressure than we initially saw some months ago. However, this is where the head scratching begins as the average price of a home in Vancouver actually rose by about $44,000 last month! Sounds like some good old supply and demand economics at play again. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the Fraser Valley where median prices have fallen by 25% or an average price loss of (-$455,000). North Vancouver is down significantly by a similar amount (-$470,000 albeit in a more expensive market) and West Van detached is down on average by (-$627,000) per home. It’s definitely no surprise that we are down -46% in sales volume year over year – largely driven by the cost of borrowing and unstable prices but like we’ve seen in the past, Vancouver is a resilient market and if you’re thinking of buying a home in the foreseeable future here – take advantage of this time because if inventory continues to remain this low and the economy begins to correct – we know what kind of a market we’ll be heading into. _________________________________ Contact Us To Book Your Private Consultation:Dan Wurtele, PREC, REIA604.809.0834dan@thevancouverlife.comRyan Dash PREC778.898.0089ryan@thevancouverlife.com 🏡 Visit our website to see active listings and valuable Real Estate information 🏡 → The Vancouver Life: https://bit.ly/3yN25V7🏦 Investors 🏦 Join our Investors Group with over 6,600 Members→ Facebook Group for Investors: https://bit.ly/3CQ7hu3 💥 Follow us on Social Media 💥 → Instagram: https://bit.ly/3jSkRo1→ Facebook: https://bit.ly/3g05bxK→ Twitter: https://bit.ly/3xMGFpZ_________________________________ The Vancouver Life Real Estate Group are licensed Real Estate Agents at eXp Realty Vancouver / eXp Realty Canada:🏆 Top 3% Agents 2019, 2020, 2021🏆 Medallion Club Members 2019, 2020, 2021🏆 Over $250,000,000 in saleswww.thevancouverlife.com_________________________________ 👩🏼‍💼 Are You A Real Estate Agent? 👨🏼‍💼Book a 1-on-1 with us to learn how we help agents DOUBLE their business → https://bit.ly/level10agentThis is a taste of what our Coaching Team can offer you, free of charge!🆓 Google Ads coaching or discounted management🆓 Level 10 Agent + SIMS Coaching Systems & coaching calls every week🆓 YouTube, social media & online lead generation coaching🆓 Access to an online lead generation program🆓 Access to online lead conversion program🆓 1-Page business plan created with you by our Coaching team🆓 90-day Coaching new agent training program🆓 Your Assistants trained & hired with SIMS assistant team🆓 Your Inside Sales Agents trained & hired with SIMS powerhouse ISA team🆓 Access to our private Facebook mastermind Group🆓 Access to 1-1 when you need us for support🆓 Access to kvCORE, 40+ weekly training calls, stock, revenue share and more…👉 Learn more at https://bit.ly/level10agent_________________________________