{"id":12214,"date":"2025-05-08T18:12:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dkg.ca\/?p=12214"},"modified":"2025-05-08T18:12:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:12:30","slug":"april-2025-port-alberni-real-estate-market-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/april-2025-port-alberni-real-estate-market-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2025 Port Alberni Real Estate Market Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Housing Market Holding Steady Despite Uncertainty<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) recorded 786 unit sales (all property types) in April 2025, up eight percent from one year ago. Year-over-year active listings (all property types) rose by four percent, climbing to 4,080 from 3,913 the previous April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the single-family category (excluding acreage and waterfront), 401 homes sold in April, up nine<br>percent from one year ago and an increase of 33 percent from March. Sales of condo apartments<br>last month came in at 97, an increase of 33 percent year over year and up 12 percent from March.<br>In the row\/townhouse category, 90 units changed hands in April, up eight per cent from one year<br>ago and 21 percent from March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Active listings of single-family homes were 1,362 last month compared to 1,271 in April 2024.<br>VIREB\u2019s inventory of condo apartments was 410 in April, up from the 381 posted one year ago.<br>There were 331 row\/townhouses for sale last month compared to 368 in April 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>VIREB CEO Jason Yochim reports that with approximately five months of inventory, VIREB\u2019s market<br>remains balanced, which is good news for buyers and sellers.<br>\u201cVIREB\u2019s trading area continues to hold steady on year-over-year transactions contrary to several<br>markets in the province that have experienced declines in sales activity year over year,\u201d says<br>Yochim. \u201cThe moderate climate and lifestyle of Vancouver Island continues to attract immigration<br>from other parts of Canada, helping to sustain market activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benchmark Price<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving on to prices, the board-wide benchmark price (MLS\u00ae Home Price Index) of a single-family<br>home was $800,100 in April 2025, up three per cent from one year ago. In the apartment category,<br>the benchmark price was $412,400 last month, up two per cent from the previous April. The<br>benchmark price of a townhouse in April was $552,900, up two per cent from the prior year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In Campbell River, the benchmark price of a single-family home was $720,700 last month, up<br>four percent from the previous year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Comox Valley\u2019s year-over-year benchmark price rose by four percent to $868,400.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the Cowichan Valley, the benchmark price was $796,600, up three percent from April 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nanaimo\u2019s year-over-year benchmark price rose by two percent to $834,600.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Parksville-Qualicum area saw its benchmark price increase by one percent to $899,100.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The cost of a benchmark single-family home in Port Alberni was $520,400, up one percent from the previous year.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For the North Island, the benchmark price of a single-family home rose by six percent to $451,800.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 2025 Real Estate Market Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dkg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dave-Koszegi-Group-April-2025-Stats.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dave-Koszegi-Group-April-2025-Stats.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dave-Koszegi-Group-April-2025-Stats-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dave-Koszegi-Group-April-2025-Stats-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dave-Koszegi-Group-April-2025-Stats-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Are you planning on buying or selling a home on Vancouver Island this Summer? Now is a great time to start the journey, and we&#8217;d love to help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/about.php?dkg=contact\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/about.php?dkg=contact\">250.723.7653<\/a><br><a href=\"mailto:info@dkg.ca\">info@dkg.ca<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Original Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/vireb.com\/market-report\">VIREB<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing Market Holding Steady Despite Uncertainty The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) recorded 786 unit sales (all property types) in April 2025, up eight percent &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[12,5,8,9,10,11],"class_list":["post-12214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-update","tag-alberni-valley","tag-benchmark-prices","tag-port-alberni","tag-real-estate-market","tag-vancouver-island-real-estate","tag-vireb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dkg.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}