
Market Stats - August 2024: Two rate cuts not enough to ignite summer home sales in the Fraser Valley
September 16th, 2024, Randy Friesen
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SURREY, BC – The Fraser Valley residential resale market slowed again in August, as homebuyers continue to face affordability challenges.
The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board recorded 1,067 sales in August, down by 13 per cent over last month and by 30 per cent over the 10-year seasonal average. August sales were the second slowest seasonally adjusted sales in a decade.
Inventory levels in t ...

Market Stats - July 2024: Cool summer market persists in Fraser Valley with second slowest July sales in a decade
August 13th, 2024, Randy Friesen
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SURREY, BC – Sluggish seasonally-adjusted sales and a continued rise in inventory has the Fraser Valley market slowly shifting to favour buyers.
The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board recorded 1,230 sales in July, down by seven per cent over last month and down by 26 per cent over the 10-year seasonal average.
Inventory levels in the Fraser Valley reached a 10-year seasonally adjusted high in ...

Market Stats - June 2024: Fraser Valley home sales fall despite Bank of Canada rate cut
July 12th, 2024, Randy Friesen
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SURREY, BC – The policy rate cut of 25 basis points by the Bank of Canada on June 5 was not enough to rally home sales in the Fraser Valley last month.
The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board recorded 1,317 sales in June, down by 13 per cent over last month and by more than 30 per cent over both last year and the 10-year seasonal average.
While sales remain soft, inventory continued to build fo ...

Market Stats - May 2024: Spring inventory continues to build in the Fraser Valley to levels not seen in nearly five years
June 13th, 2024, Randy Friesen
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SURREY, BC – Slower seasonal sales helped build inventory to its highest level since September 2019 in the Fraser Valley in May, creating more balanced market conditions for home buyers and sellers. The increase in supply over the past several months has further contributed to a softening of price growth, which is good news for buyers.
Active listings increased eight per cent from April to M ...

Market Stats - April 2024: Modest increase in April home sales in the Fraser Valley takes lead from cooler spring weather
May 13th, 2024, Randy Friesen
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SURREY, BC – Supply of available homes in the Fraser Valley market continued to build last month, however buyers remained relatively hesitant, leading to a cooler resale market in April.
The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board recorded 1,471 transactions on its Multiple Listings Service® (MLS®) in April, up 5 per cent from March, but off by 5 per cent compared to April 2023.
While sales were th ...

Market Stats - March 2024: March home sales growth off last month’s pace, but supply still building in the Fraser Valley
April 9th, 2024, Randy Friesen
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SURREY, BC –Home buyers in the Fraser Valley have more choice heading into the spring market with inventory levels for March at the highest they’ve been in the past five years.
However, March sales were slower than anticipated with 1,395 transactions recorded on the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board’s Multiple Listings Service® (MLS®), a 13 per cent increase over February, but still 31 per cen ...

Market Stats - February 2024: Sales, listings continue to pick up heading into spring
March 12th, 2024, Randy Friesen
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SURREY, BC – Home sales in the Fraser Valley posted a second consecutive bump in February as new listings continue to rise and trend slightly above the 10-year seasonal average.
The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board recorded 1,235 transactions on its Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in February, a 32 per cent increase over January but still 21 per cent below the 10-year average for sales in th ...

Market Stats - January 2024: Signs of stability in Fraser Valley housing market
February 28th, 2024, Randy Friesen
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SURREY, BC – The Fraser Valley real estate market showed signs of recovery in January as home sales rose after six consecutive months of decline, and new listings more than doubled.
The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board recorded 938 transactions on its Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in January, a 12 per cent increase over December and below the 10-year average for sales in the region.
At 2, ...

Market Stats - December 2023: Fraser Valley closes out 2023 with lowest annual sales recorded in 10 years
January 15th, 2024, Randy Friesen
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SURREY, BC – High interest rates kept a lid on sales and listings in the Fraser Valley in 2023, while holding year-over-year price growth to low single digits.
The Fraser Valley region ended the year with 14,713 sales recorded on its Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®), a decline of four per cent over 2022 and 23 per cent below the 10-year average. New listings in the Fraser Valley were also at ...

Market Stats - November 2023: Home sales fall for fifth straight month in the Fraser Valley
December 6th, 2023, Randy Friesen
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SURREY, BC – The Fraser Valley real estate market continues to cool heading into the holiday season as buyers and sellers maintain the holding pattern seen over the latter half of this year.
The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board recorded 891 transactions on its Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in November, a drop of 8 per cent from the previous month, representing the 9th slowest November in a ...