{"id":17,"date":"2026-09-13T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/jonathanwu-ca\/2026\/09\/13\/b-c-home-sales-stay-resilient-amid-lower-mainland-shift\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:00:00","slug":"b-c-home-sales-stay-resilient-amid-lower-mainland-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/13\/b-c-home-sales-stay-resilient-amid-lower-mainland-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. Home Sales Stay Resilient Amid Lower Mainland Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>July brought a noticeable shift in British Columbia\u2019s real estate market, with home sales dropping 6.7% year over year to 6,561 units. The average price slid by 1.3% to $929,619, and total sales volume came in at $6.1 billion\u2014a 7.9% decrease. The Lower Mainland, in particular, saw the most significant slowdown.<\/p>\n<p>Having worked in both residential and commercial real estate since 2006, I find that understanding these numbers is essential for anyone looking to buy, sell, or invest. My analytical background\u2014shaped by years in consulting and further studies at the London School of Economics\u2014reminds me that market fluctuations like these are opportunities to evaluate your goals and make informed decisions. If you\u2019re curious about how these changes might affect your property plans, I\u2019m always happy to provide insights tailored to your needs.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianmortgagetrends.com\/2026\/08\/lower-mainland-weakness-pulls-b-c-home-sales-down-6-7-in-july\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July brought a noticeable shift in British Columbia\u2019s real estate market, with home sales dropping 6.7% year over year to 6,561 units. The average price slid by 1.3% to $929,619, and total sales volume came in at $6.1 billion\u2014a 7.9% decrease. The Lower Mainland, in particular, saw the most significant slowdown. Having worked in both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":47,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanwu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}