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Vancouver home prices ticking up as supply remains under pressure: Real estate board

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The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says last month’s home prices ticked up from May as prospective homebuyers faced a dearth of supply in the region.

The board says the composite benchmark sat at more than $1.2 million last month, down 2.4 per cent from June 2022 but up 1.3 per cent from May.

Sales in the market totalled 2,988 last month, a 21.1 per cent increase from a year ago.

The board says the sales were 8.6 per cent below the 10-year seasonal average of 3,269.

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New listings hit 5,348 last month compared with 5,278 in June 2022.

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The board’s director of economics and data analytics says the market is surpassing expectations, particularly in the apartment segment, but supply remains an issue.

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“Despite elevated borrowing costs, there continues to be too little resale inventory available relative to the pool of buyers in Metro Vancouver,” Andrew Lis says in a news release.

“This is the fundamental reason we continue to see prices increase month-over-month across all segments.”

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