{"id":47561,"date":"2026-03-03T17:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/?p=47561"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:52:52","slug":"infographic-does-the-46-jump-in-metro-vancouver-home-sales-signal-an-early-spring-rebound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housesigma.com\/blog-en\/infographic-does-the-46-jump-in-metro-vancouver-home-sales-signal-an-early-spring-rebound\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic: Does the 46% jump in Metro Vancouver home sales signal an early spring rebound?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a slow 2025 <\/a>for Metro Vancouver home sales and an even slower January<\/a>, February 2026 delivered a significant jolt to the market. New HouseSigma data shows 2,128 residential resale transactions across the region last month, a 46.2% jump from January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is an important caveat: February sales were still 8.5% below the same month in 2025, so this is not a return to former highs. What the data suggests instead is a market that has been slowly finding the price levels at which buyers and sellers can agree. It’s also important to note that January sales are historically low in general due to the holiday wind-down, while February tends to see a significant percentage increase on those sales as the market restarts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The overall median sale price in February edged up to $889,500, a 2.5% month-over-month gain, though still 1.2% lower than a year ago. That combination \u2014 sales rising, prices ticking up modestly, but year-over-year still negative \u2014 is consistent with a market stabilizing rather than recovering outright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inventory starting to flow again<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also early signs that stuck inventory is starting to loosen. Active Metro Vancouver listings in February had been on the market (across all listing periods) for an average of 86 days \u2014 still a long time, but a notable improvement from the 100 property days on market recorded in January. That declining trend suggests the backlog of relisted and stale inventory is beginning to clear, as some longer-sitting sellers either found buyers in the February sales uptick, or withdrew from the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the sales surge and a drop in new listings compared with January, 17,800 active listings remain across Metro Vancouver, keeping overall conditions buyer-friendly. High condo listing terminations \u2014 1,343 in February \u2014 signal that a significant portion of condo sellers have yet to bridge the gap to where buyers are willing to transact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Bator, a leading HouseSigma agent in the Lower Mainland, commented, “A 46% jump doesn\u2019t necessarily signal a full spring frenzy, but it does feel like the market is stretching and waking up. I\u2019ve been involved in several multiple-offer situations recently, and there\u2019s a noticeable shift in energy. Open house traffic is stronger, buyers are out actively looking, and confidence seems to be building. You can sense that some are beginning to ask: is the bottom done?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out our newly interactive February 2026 Metro Vancouver MarketWatch infographic, below, to see the full breakdown by property type and where the hottest communities are for listing activity. Just hover your mouse over the charts to see the precise data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n