Sales were up 45 per cent for all home types last month, though still about 15 per cent below the 10-year average.

Despite a boost in sales and tightening in supply, prices remained lower than this point last year, though showed signs of growth over the last several months.

The report from Royal LePage found aggregate home prices across the region dropped by 4.8 per cent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2019.

While Metro Vancouver assessed values are expected to dip, elsewhere in the province they may stay flat or even climb modestly.

November's sales were four per cent above the 10-year November average. 

Metro Vancouver's real estate bounce appears to be holding.

Prices in the region remain stalled, with double digit discounts over August last year in some areas.

There were more home sales in July 2019 than July 2018, but prices were still down across the board.

The benchmark price for a condo in the region was down to $654,000 — a nearly nine per cent drop from this time last year.

"The worst case scenario is that you have to sell that house to be able to pay off those debts."