{"id":5,"date":"2026-10-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/umarmukhtar-com\/2026\/10\/03\/b-c-home-market-shows-signs-of-gradual-recovery-in-august\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:00:00","slug":"b-c-home-market-shows-signs-of-gradual-recovery-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/b-c-home-market-shows-signs-of-gradual-recovery-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. Home Market Shows Signs of Gradual Recovery in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>August brought another dip in B.C. home sales, with numbers down 4.7% compared to last year\u20145,653 homes sold across the province, and the average price just under $925,000. Even as we see signs of a gradual recovery, activity remains below the long-term average. Here in our region, the stats tell a mixed story: Okanagan saw a sharper 22% drop, while South Peace River sales rose by nearly 35%. For families thinking about their next move, I know these numbers can feel overwhelming. Having called Chilliwack home since 2004 and walked this journey with many families, I\u2019m always keeping a close eye on what these shifts mean locally\u2014because your next chapter deserves thoughtful guidance rooted in real community knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxNMllNeXpPZERxNHZtN1ViU25FQ3gybU9yWXV1cHd5WGo2S0lMSm05Z3d2OTFVR1l4YU5UOWp1NXhsT3UxUkRXU1Qxak5fN3lRNVRoR0RqQmVZQzltN3M5VHdQYjZvUUVCamhCeFZqOFBFemV0d0JQZ3M5YTZKUmtRaDItbzllanprMkZNTWhNcko3bm5wOHRnU1V6OUItSHd5QlVkM2poSkZEZnZ6UnExLVhIbjJzRTl0VEdjTDJtV1ZaV28?oc=5&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US:en\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August brought another dip in B.C. home sales, with numbers down 4.7% compared to last year\u20145,653 homes sold across the province, and the average price just under $925,000. Even as we see signs of a gradual recovery, activity remains below the long-term average. Here in our region, the stats tell a mixed story: Okanagan saw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":565,"featured_media":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/565"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umarmukhtar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}