{"id":7714,"date":"2025-12-03T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/?p=7450825"},"modified":"2025-12-03T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:00:00","slug":"real-estate-sales-in-okanagan-kamloops-slump-but-prices-stay-stubborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inhome\/news\/7714\/real-estate-sales-in-okanagan-kamloops-slump-but-prices-stay-stubborn\/","title":{"rendered":"Real estate sales in Okanagan, Kamloops slump, but prices stay stubborn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Kamloops to the South Okanagan, real estate sales slumped in November compared to the same month last year, but prices across all housing types barely budged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to numbers released by the Association of Interior Realtors today, Dec. 3, sales were down by five percent compared to the same month in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, while sales were down prices have hardly moved and in some markets and housing types prices have increased although sales were down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Central Okanagan, the price of a condo increased by 3% even though there were 24% fewer sales than in November 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Figures released in a recent Rennie Advance real estate report say more homes had been sold in the Central Okanagan by the end of November than in all of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sales of single-family homes in the Central Okanagan increased by 9%, while the benchmark price dropped by 2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Townhomes in the Central Okanagan saw prices of 3.5%, while sales were a quarter of what they were in November 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Central Okanagan also saw condo prices increase by 3%, while sales declined by 24%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North Okanagan saw sales in its condo market slump by more than 30%, but prices increased, albeit, by 1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Kamloops, sales of condos increased 44%, but prices remained unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The biggest decline in single-family home sales also took place in Kamloops, with sales down 17%. Prices, however, increased by 2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The benchmark prices for a single-family home in Kamloops is $660,000. A townhome will set you back $505,000, and a condo is $367,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Central Okanagan, the benchmark price for a single-family home is $1,021,000, a townhome is $753,000 and a condo is $487,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The benchmark price for a single-family home in the North Okanagan is $740,000, while a townhome goes for $544,000 and a condo for $310,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Southern Okanagan, the benchmark price for a single-family home is $756,000, a townhome is $522,000 and a condo is $430,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In some categories sales dropped significantly, but prices actually 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