{"id":17,"date":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/jonathanlu-ca\/2026\/09\/13\/b-c-home-sales-stay-resilient-amid-lower-mainland-shift\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","slug":"b-c-home-sales-stay-resilient-amid-lower-mainland-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.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\u2019s numbers from the British Columbia housing market show a 6.7% decline in home sales compared to last year, with 6,561 properties changing hands. The average price dipped 1.3% to $929,619, and total sales volume was down 7.9% to $6.1 billion. Most of this softness came from the Lower Mainland. As someone who\u2019s navigated countless market cycles over 16 years in Vancouver real estate, I pay close attention to these shifts. They affect not just local families, but also new immigrants and international buyers looking to build long-term value here. For those balancing decisions between local opportunities and cross-border investment, understanding these numbers\u2014and what\u2019s driving them\u2014can make all the difference. If you have questions about how these trends may shape your next move, I\u2019m always here to offer insight backed by experience.<\/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\u2019s numbers from the British Columbia housing market show a 6.7% decline in home sales compared to last year, with 6,561 properties changing hands. The average price dipped 1.3% to $929,619, and total sales volume was down 7.9% to $6.1 billion. Most of this softness came from the Lower Mainland. As someone who\u2019s navigated countless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":48,"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-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonathanlu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}