Uncertainty Continues to Hold Back Sales Activity in BC

Vancouver, BC – June 12, 2025. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that 6,945 residential unit sales were recorded in Multiple Listing Service (MLS) Systems in May 2025, down 13.5 per cent from May 2024. The average MLS residential price in BC in May 2025 was down 4.2 per cent at $959,058 compared to $1,001,341 in May 2024.

The total sales dollar volume was $6.7 billion, a 17.1 per cent decrease from the same time the previous year. BC MLS unit sales were 26 per cent lower than the ten-year May average.

“All regions of BC have seen declining home sales activity through the first five months of the year, with more expensive markets slowing the most,” said BCREA Chief Economist Brendon Ogmundson. “Given that uncertainty is the main driver of the slowdown, we should see activity begin to recover as that uncertainty hopefully fades over the second half of the year.”

Year-to-date, BC residential sales dollar volume is down 12.8 per cent to $27.4 billion, compared with the same period in 2024. Residential unit sales are down 9 per cent year-over-year at 28,692 units, while the average MLS residential price is also down 4.2 per cent to $954,312.

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SOURCE: BCREA