KIM HEIZMANN
KELOWNA – Residential real estate sales across the region from Revelstoke to Eastgate Manning Park and into the South Peace River region still hot sellers market after record setting months, reports the Association of Interior Realtors.
Residential sales for the month of June for the entire Association region totalled 1,381, down from May’s 1,482 sales. The same area also saw a 32 per cent increase in year-over-year comparisons, however that is still in comparison to the restrictive months of the pandemic.
“The market is still very much a hot market, maybe just not boiling hot anymore,” says the Association of Interior Realtors President Kim Heizmann, adding that “like the weather this past week, it went from 40 plus degrees to a more comfortably warm 30 something degrees, which is still warm by all accounts.”
The supply of active residential listings increased from May’s 2,554 to 3,126 current listings across the Association region yet dropped 46 per cent compared to June 2020.
“As more and more consumers get fully vaccinated, and with the Province in Step 3 of the re-opening plan, we might see more inventory come on market as anxiety around listing homes may be easing for sellers who weren’t comfortable to do so during COVID restrictions,” says Heizmann.
The benchmark price for homes in the Central Okanagan, North Okanagan and Shuswap/Revelstoke regions kept their double-digit percentage increases streak in year-over-year comparisons in all home categories.
In the South Okanagan, where benchmark pricing is currently not available, average sales prices were also up year-over-year in all home categories with condominiums seeing the highest percentage increase of 55 per cent. In the South Peace River Region, average sale prices for single-family homes and condominiums dropped slightly while the average price for mobile homes increased to $109,200 compared to June 2020.