Real Estate Board Chair Colette Gerber attributes the increased activity to lower interest rates and changing housing needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Council voted 10-1 in favour of building a four-storey apartment building in Shaughnessy.

The 2,443 homes sold in June are also more than double the 1,109 sales registered in April, at the peak of pandemic restrictions.

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

The city says 787 properties were declared vacant for 2019 — down 15 per cent from 2018 and 30 per cent from when the tax started.

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 Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says December sales were 9.5 per cent above the 10-year average for the month.

BC Assessment says home values fell as much as 16 per cent in West Vancouver, while only Whistler and Pemberton saw gains.

It's at 1200 Pacific Blvd, in an underground lot of an apartment at the corner of Davie St and Pacific Blvd

The searches were conducted as part of an ongoing CRA investigation into roughly $3 million in unreported income.