{"id":69,"date":"2026-10-02T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/?p=69"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:00:00","slug":"b-c-home-market-shows-signs-of-gradual-recovery-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/02\/b-c-home-market-shows-signs-of-gradual-recovery-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. Home Market Shows Signs of Gradual Recovery in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Drawing from my background in consulting and my master&#039;s degree in business, I approach each market update with a careful eye. In August, British Columbia saw home sales dip 4.7% year-over-year, with 5,653 properties changing hands and average prices just under $925,000. While there are signs of gradual recovery, activity still sits below long-term averages. Notably, Okanagan sales declined by 22%, while South Peace River experienced a nearly 35% increase. These regional shifts remind us how vital it is to look beyond headlines and examine local dynamics when considering the Greater Vancouver market.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxNMllNeXpPZERxNHZtN1ViU25FQ3gybU9yWXV1cHd5WGo2S0lMSm05Z3d2OTFVR1l4YU5UOWp1NXhsT3UxUkRXU1Qxak5fN3lRNVRoR0RqQmVZQzltN3M5VHdQYjZvUUVCamhCeFZqOFBFemV0d0JQZ3M5YTZKUmtRaDItbzllanprMkZNTWhNcko3bm5wOHRnU1V6OUItSHd5QlVkM2poSkZEZnZ6UnExLVhIbjJzRTl0VEdjTDJtV1ZaV28?oc=5&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US:en\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drawing from my background in consulting and my master&#039;s degree in business, I approach each market update with a careful eye. In August, British Columbia saw home sales dip 4.7% year-over-year, with 5,653 properties changing hands and average prices just under $925,000. While there are signs of gradual recovery, activity still sits below long-term averages. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":370,"featured_media":70,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/370"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shahins.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}