INFOGRAPHICS: April 2024 VIREB Vancouver Island Market Reports

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The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) recorded 741 unit sales board-wide (all property types) in April 2024. In the single-family category (excluding acreage and waterfront), 376 homes sold in April, down two per cent from one year ago and up 29 per cent from the previous month. Sales of condo apartments last month came in at 75, dropping by one per cent year over year and down 11 per cent from March. In the row/townhouse category, 83 units changed hands in April, down two per cent from one year ago and up one per cent from March.

Active listings of single-family homes were 1,271 in April, an increase from the 956 posted one year ago. VIREB’s inventory of condo apartments was 381 last month, up from 304 in April 2023. There were 368 row/townhouses for sale last month compared to 246 the previous year.

VIREB Chief Executive Officer Jason Yochim says that the spring market, which typically starts showing signs of life in February, is finally here.

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The following data is a comparison between April 2024 and April 2023 numbers, and is current as of May 2024. Click here to check out last month’s infographics.

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