The Vancouver Neighborhoods Quietly Booming in Value [ALL-TIME HIGHS!]

Everywhere you look right now, it seems like there's negative news and opinions about the Vancouver real estate market. When it gets that negative, it gets me curious...and so I did a bit of digging.

It's true that the current market is relatively weak.

In recent months, we've seen demand at 10-year lows while demand rose to 10-year highs. Typically, that's a recipe for significant price drops.

While some elements of Vancouver's real estate market are DEFINITELY weak and showing serious signs of strain, that's NOT every part of our market.

In this video, I walk you through the reality of Vancouver's real estate market. I touch on why we are seeing weakness in some parts of the market...but this video is taking a positive spin.

I'm honestly tired of all the negativity and I want to make sure you understand that the sky isn't falling everywhere.

Not only are some areas in Vancouver seeing remarkable resilience...they're...

There’s been quite a bit of talk about the Vancouver real estate market “stabilizing” last month. In the region overall, sales picked up a bit while inventory eased up a bit. The real estate board referred to this action as “green shoots”.

I don’t quite see the same pattern specifically in the City of Vancouver…at least not quite as much.

Vancouver did NOT see a jump in sales in July. In fact, sales fell to 640. This was a monthly decline of -6.8% and -6.2% lower than a year prior. It was also -23.4% below the 10-year average.

New listings continued to slow reaching just 1,623. Quite significantly this was down -16.7% from June and -5.8% lower than a year ago. It was also just 5.8% over the 10-year average.

And then the total active listings dropped for the second month in a row to 5,026 (-6.1% month-to-month and +6.6% over last year). This was +36% over the 10-year average.

Sales have really just remained at the same level since March. We’ve drifted between a low 0f 640 to a high of 687. We...

The Single Biggest Mistake You Can Make When Buying a Home in Vancouver (and how to avoid making it)

Buying a home in Vancouver is truly an exercise in compromise. Vancouver is an expensive real estate market. If you are moving to Vancouver or already living in Vancouver that's not going to be a surprise to you.

But in my experience no matter how much money you have…$500,000 or $5,000,000…you will ALWAYS wish you had more. And in order to make buying a home in Vancouver work, you'll need to find a compromise.

BUT, there's one thing you should NEVER compromise on when buying real estate in Vancouver…and that's what today's video is all about…the single biggest mistake you can make when buying a home in Vancouver.

Even more importantly than the mistake, I'm going to give you step-by-step instructions on exactly how YOU can avoid making this horrendous mistake when buying a home in Vancouver whether you are moving to Vancouver or you already live in Vancouver!

Vancouver’s real estate market didn’t take a sudden turn in May. The pattern we’ve been seeing in recent months of a relatively weak market shifting toward buyer’s market territory continued through May.

Sales hit 654 in May. This was down slightly (-2.1%) from April but a fairly significant drop of -11.5% from the previous year (and -33.4% from the 10 year average).

It’s clear that demand was stifled in May. While being down just -2.1% isn’t really a big deal…it is when you take into account the typical historical pattern in our market…which is that sales are usually highest in May and June (although in recent years the peak sales have been moving earlier in the spring - March was the peak in 2021 and 2022 - but not in 2023 or 2024).

New listings followed a similar patter. They reached 2,036 which was slightly off the previous month (-0.7%) while they were +11.6% from the previous year (and +12.3% over the 10 year average).

Once again, these numbers are not following the typical spring pattern....

Buying a House in Vancouver | 7 Mistakes to Avoid (2025)

I've seen people make a lot of mistakes over my nearly 20 years as a Vancouver realtor. Mistakes that have cost people many thousands of dollars and a whole lot of aggravation.

If you are thinking of buying a house in Vancouver, then this is a video you can't afford to miss. I'm not filling this video with fluff, and generic advice. No, this is detailed, honest advice that is specific to the Vancouver real estate market..and exactly the kind of stuff you NEED TO KNOW when buying a house in Vancouver.

You'll want to watch this video to learn how YOU can avoid making costly mistakes when moving to Vancouver and buying a house.

Remember all that uncertainty I spoke about last month?

Turns out it’s continued to have an impact on our real estate market. We continued to have “unusually” low sales activity through the month of April.

However…there are some glimmers of a silver-lining if I squint very hard.

Sales rose 4% from last month to 668. However, this was well below a year ago (-18.6%) and almost -21% below the 10-year average.

In recent years, we’ve seen April sales numbers dip from March…so while this number well below our historical average I do think it’s meaningful that it rose from last month rather than dropped.

New listings climbed only a modest +1% from the previous month to 2,050. This was -12% below last year but still +16% over the 10-year average.

Total active listings reached 4,915 +42% over the 10-year average (significantly, it’s our first decline vs the 10-year average in supply so far this year). This is the highest number of listings we’ve had in Vancouver since the fall of 2012 (although just 20...

Are you moving to Vancouver with your family and trying to find the right neighborhood?

The weight of the decision you are making can feel overwhelming.

…but I made this video to try and make things easier for you…and help you understand what it's like living in Vancouver.

Watch this video to learn about some of the best family friendly neighbourhoods in Vancouver (and Metro Vancouver). I'll help you understand why so many families love living in these Vancouver neighbourhoods, but also why they might not be right for you.

By the end of this video you'll know which family neighbourhood you'll want to live in Vancouver, but even MORE important which family oriented neighbourhoods you are going to want to avoid!

I don’t think it’ll surprise you if I said we were living in (suddenly) uncertain times. That uncertainty (driven by the threat of tariffs as well as rhetoric around the ‘51st State’) have had a significant impact on the Vancouver real estate market.

We were seeing a strengthening of demand at the tail end of 2024…strength that disappeared in the last couple of months. As a result, we have growing inventory and demand that’s well off of the typical pace at this time of year.

Sales rose to 642 in March which was up +25.9% from April but down -9.5% from last year. Most significantly, this was down -35.3% from the 10-year average and a low we haven’t seen in a March since 2019.

New Listings are growing and we saw 2,030 enter the market last month. This was +25.2% from last month and +28.8% from a year ago as well as +17.3% over the 10 year average. Total active listings rose to 4,561 which was nearly 50% over the 10 year average.

With demand falling and supply rising, we would expect to see prices...