{"id":4,"date":"2026-09-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/christroke-com\/2026\/09\/15\/more-homes-available-buyers-gain-options-in-latest-report\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:00:00","slug":"more-homes-available-buyers-gain-options-in-latest-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christroke.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/15\/more-homes-available-buyers-gain-options-in-latest-report\/","title":{"rendered":"More Homes Available: Buyers Gain Options in Latest Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>With over 25 years immersed in Victoria real estate, I pay close attention to market shifts like those revealed in the latest board report. In August, Vancouver Island recorded 651 sales\u2014a 4% dip compared to last year\u2014while active listings edged up by 2% to 4,498. Single-family home sales, in particular, slipped 11% year-over-year, with the benchmark price now at $788,100. It\u2019s clear that buyers are approaching the market with thoughtful caution. Understanding these trends is key for anyone planning their next steps in property or investment.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mypowellrivernow.com\/64913\/news\/business\/real-estate\/active-listings-up-sales-down-according-to-latest-real-estate-board-report\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With over 25 years immersed in Victoria real estate, I pay close attention to market shifts like those revealed in the latest board report. In August, Vancouver Island recorded 651 sales\u2014a 4% dip compared to last year\u2014while active listings edged up by 2% to 4,498. Single-family home sales, in particular, slipped 11% year-over-year, with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christroke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christroke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christroke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christroke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christroke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.christroke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christroke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christroke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christroke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christroke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}