July 2020 continued to be unusually active in the Victoria Real Estate market, especially in the single family home segment. Sales of single family homes were up a whopping 61.1% compared to July last year while condos sales also rose by 11.2% in the same year over year comparison. There were 979 total board-wide (559 SFD, 239 condos) sales in July, altogether up 21.2% over June 2020 and 38.7% up from last year. These are some very big numbers for the month and if nothing else, great indicators that this is not a normal market.
The increase in activity also saw many new listings coming on to the market but not enough to outpace the number of sales. July saw a 10% decrease in available listings year over year and a 1.7% decrease compared to June
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