10/03/2026
🏠 Metro Vancouver Real Estate Market Update — September 2026
September sales were down 8.4% year-over-year, but the headline number doesn’t tell the whole story.
The biggest weakness is in the apartment segment, where sales fell 18.6% compared with September 2025. Meanwhile, detached sales increased 4.2% and attached-home sales were essentially unchanged, up 0.6%.
A few key numbers:
📉 1,717 total residential sales — down 8.4% YoY
🏢 777 apartment sales — down 18.6%
🏡 575 detached sales — up 4.2%
🏘️ 358 attached sales — up 0.6%
📊 $1,075,900 — Metro Vancouver composite benchmark
📉 Benchmark price down 5.5% YoY
📋 16,394 active listings — 24.3% above the 10-year seasonal average
The sales-to-active listings ratio sits at 10.9%, indicating continued downward pressure on prices, although the lower level of new sales and inventory has helped prevent a sharper decline.
Bottom line: September's market was not uniformly weak across all property types. Apartments are currently showing the most significant slowdown, while detached and attached homes have been comparatively more resilient.
If you're thinking about buying or selling, the broader market statistics are useful — but your neighbourhood, property type and price range can tell a very different story.
📩 If you'd like to know what these numbers mean for your specific property, feel free to reach out.
