What You Need To Know About First-Time Home Buyers In Metro Vancouver
Feb 04, 2022
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- The proportion of completed-home purchases in Metro Vancouver attributed to first-time home buyers (FTHBs) dipped in 2021 vs the prior 3 years.
- In spite of a recently lower share, the absolute number of first-time home buyers increased each year between 2018-2021.
- Activity in the pre-sale market more or less mimicked this pattern, with the number of FTHB pre-sale purchases rising annually between 2019-2021.
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Ryan Berlin
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