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Metro 麻豆传媒映画may have had the , but could there be early signs of a spring awakening in the region's real estate market? It depends how you look at the latest statistics for February activity, released March 4 by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.

Home sales across the region looked fairly dismal, down 32.8 per cent year over year at 1,484, and a whopping 42.5 per cent below the 10-year average for February (see graph below). However, this sales total is also a 34.5 per cent increase since January, as the market started to see its usual uptick approaching spring.

The number of homes for sale in the region, as of the end of February, is nearly 50 per cent higher than the same month in 2018, and 7.2 per cent more than in January this year, at 11,590. But fewer sellers took their homes to market this February, with new listings down 7.8 per cent year over year and down nearly 20 per cent from January, perhaps because of nervousness over the slow market.

One of the key indicators of the strength of the market is the sales-to-active-listings ratio, which in at just 10.2 per cent. However, February’s improvement in sales pushed the ratio back up to 12.8 per cent, edging back into more of a balanced market. A buyer’s market is considered to be in play when the ratio is less than 12 per cent for a sustained period of several months.

Phil Moore, REBGV president, said, “Realtors continue to experience more traffic at open houses. We’ll see if this trend leads to increased sales activity during the spring market.”

So what does all this mean for home prices?

The composite benchmark price for Metro 麻豆传媒映画homes is currently $1,016,600. This is a 6.1 per cent drop since February 2018, and a 0.3 per cent slip compared with January 2019.

“Home buyers face less competition today, have more selection to choose from and more time to make their decisions. Homes priced well for today’s market are attracting interest. However, buyers are choosing to take a wait-and-see approach for the time being,” added Moore.

However, as is usually the case, the story diverges greatly when breaking it out by property type, with condo prices still proving relatively resilient.

Sales and prices by home type and area

Having gone through a steeper decline, detached home sales in the region saw the lowest annual decline, compared with townhomes and condos. There were 448 single-family home sales in February, which is 27.9 per cent lower than the same month in 2018, but 32.2 per cent higher than January (339 sales).

The benchmark price of a typical detached home in the region is $1,443,100, which is 9.7 per cent decrease from February 2018, and a 0.7 per cent decline from January 2019.

Once again, West 麻豆传媒映画and 麻豆传媒映画West saw the sharpest declines in detached home prices, down 16.7 and 13.5 per cent respectively, with Richmond and North 麻豆传媒映画also seeing more than double-digit decreases. The Sunshine Coast and Bowen Island remained the most resilient, with prices up 3.2 and 1.6 per cent respectively, although the size of those annual increases is slipping. Squamish and Whistler also saw detached prices increase on a year-over-year basis.

Attached houses such as townhouses, duplexes and rowhomes saw sales across Metro 麻豆传媒映画decline 30.9 per cent year over year to 401 in February. However, February’s total is nearly double the 205 attached sales of January 2019.

The typical price of an attached home in Metro 麻豆传媒映画is now pegged at $660,300, which is 3.3 per cent lower than February 2018, and 1.4 per cent down from January 2019.

The steepest townhome price slides were in Tsawwassen and Ladner, down 7.0 and 7.1 per cent year over year respectively. The only annual rise in benchmark townhome prices was a modest 0.3 per cent increase in Burnaby East.

Condo sales in Metro 麻豆传媒映画jumped the most in volume, on a month-over-month basis. There were 759 condo sales in February, compared with 559 in January, which is a 35.7 per cent increase. However, that 759 total is also 35.9 per cent lower than one year ago.

Condo benchmark prices fell four per cent, year over year, to $660,300. However, this is a 0.3 per cent increase compared with January 2019, making condos the only property type to see a slight uptick in prices so far this year.

West Vancouver’s typical condo price fell the most out of all Metro Vancouver’s areas, down 10.8 per cent year over year, followed by Burnaby East (-9.6 per cent) and Whistler (-9.3 per cent). Tsawwassen, Ladner and Port Coquitlam all saw slight year-over-year increases in condo prices. Seven areas (out of 18) saw month-over-month increases in condo benchmark prices, including 麻豆传媒映画East and 麻豆传媒映画West.

Home prices vary widely in different areas throughout the region. To get a good idea of home prices in a specific location and by property type, check the detailed MLS® Home Price Index in the full .