{"id":21137,"date":"2022-07-06T18:17:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T22:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/?p=21137"},"modified":"2022-07-07T15:57:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T19:57:09","slug":"rental-prices-are-going-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/rental-prices-are-going-up\/","title":{"rendered":"In Vancouver\u2019s market cooldown, rental prices are going up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Metro Vancouver property prices keep going down. Since February, Vancouver home buyers are paying up to <a href=\"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/2022\/07\/04\/metro-vancouver-median-home-prices-down-13-5-since-february\/\">13.5 percent less<\/a> for their properties, on average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it seems home buyers are opting out of actually buying \u2013 and opting in to rent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1>Home buyers are waiting for more drops in Vancouver real estate market<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>HouseSigma\u2019s AI-powered platform tracks Metro Vancouver\u2019s real estate market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven with the market cool down, Vancouver is still one of the least affordable places in the world,\u201d&nbsp; says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hao-li-bb03bb41\/\">Hao Li<\/a>, a broker with HouseSigma. \u201cIn addition, home buyers now want to wait and see if the prices drop even more, so they are renting instead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Vancouver&#8217;s<strong> listed-to-sold properties ratio dropped by <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/web\/en\/market?municipality=10597&amp;community=all&amp;house_type=all&amp;ign=\"><strong>52 percent year over year<\/strong><\/a>, rental demands are increasing. In fact, Vancouver now has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/british-columbia\/article-vancouver-has-lowest-vacancy-rate-out-of-canadas-major-cities-housing\/\">lowest rental vacancy rate<\/a> across all of Canada\u2019s major cities &#8211; going down by <a href=\"https:\/\/vancouver.ca\/files\/cov\/2022-02-22-updated-rentalmarket-data-from-cmhc-for-2021.pdf\">53 percent between 2021 and&nbsp; 2022.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/housing-data-1-1166x1440.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21148\" width=\"808\" height=\"997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/housing-data-1-1166x1440.png 1166w, https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/housing-data-1-486x600.png 486w, https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/housing-data-1-768x948.png 768w, https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/housing-data-1-1244x1536.png 1244w, https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/housing-data-1.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1>In Vancouver\u2019s market cooldown, rental prices are going up<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Less availability means higher prices. <a href=\"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/web\/en\/\">HouseSigma<\/a> reports that while Vancouver&#8217;s median property prices are down as much as <a href=\"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/2022\/07\/04\/metro-vancouver-median-home-prices-down-13-5-since-february\/\">28.3 percent<\/a> since February, <strong>MLS data compiled by HouseSigma<\/strong> shows Vancouver rental prices increased, from <a href=\"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/web\/en\/market?municipality=10597&amp;community=all&amp;house_type=all&amp;ign=\"><strong>$2500 in June 2021 to $3400 in June 2022.<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Rental-data-1-1088x1440.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21149\" width=\"808\" height=\"1069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Rental-data-1-1088x1440.png 1088w, https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Rental-data-1-453x600.png 453w, https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Rental-data-1-768x1017.png 768w, https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Rental-data-1-1160x1536.png 1160w, https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Rental-data-1.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The rental market in Metro Vancouver has always been competitive. But we&#8217;re seeing a trend now where buyers who can afford to buy are choosing not to buy. Instead, they are biding their time to see if prices go down further,&#8221; explains Li. &#8220;These buyers have to live somewhere, adding pressure to the rental market.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking for real-time data on Vancouver\u2019s real estate market? Sign up for a <a href=\"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/web\/en\/registration\">HouseSigma account<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get free, instant access to all the real estate data our AI compiles. 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