{"id":222764,"date":"2022-02-02T08:56:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T13:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=222764"},"modified":"2022-02-02T08:56:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T13:56:56","slug":"lower-inventory-higher-prices-forecast-bc-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/lower-inventory-higher-prices-forecast-bc-2022","title":{"rendered":"BC home prices to jump another 8.5% in 2022?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bc-real-estate-canada.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[222764]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bc-real-estate-canada.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Fewer listings will lead to yet higher real estate prices in British Columbia, according to the British Columbia Real Estate Association\u2019s 2022 first quarter market forecast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cWe expected home sales in 2022 to moderate from the frenetic pace of 2021,\u201d said BCREA Chief Economist Brendon Ogmundson. \u201cHowever, sales activity will remain high by historical standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">After hitting a record high last year, listings are expected to drop 17 per cent to 103,250. They are expected to drop another 12 per cent in 2023, when 90,200 homes will be put on the market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Competition for homes could push prices 8.5 per cent higher in 2022, Ogmundson said. Most of those gains would come in the first half of the year, he said, with price gains slowing to 2.7 per cent in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-02-at-8.48.52-AM.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[222764]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-222766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-02-at-8.48.52-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fewer listings will lead to yet higher real estate prices in British Columbia, according to the British Columbia Real Estate Association\u2019s 2022 first quarter 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