The Victoria Real Estate Board has released their statistics for the month of January. The following is an excerpt from their press release.
A total of 339 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this January, 19.7 per cent fewer than the 422 properties sold in January 2025 and 7.6 per cent fewer than in December 2025. Sales of condominiums decreased by 25.3 per cent from January 2025 with 109 units sold. Sales of single family homes decreased by 21.1 per cent from January 2025 with 153 sold.
"This year kicked off with sales in a similar pattern to what we observed in 2023 and '24," said Victoria Real Estate Board Chair Fergus Kyne. "Those years signalled the return to more predictable, seasonal patterns after the intense pace of the pandemic-influenced market we saw earlier in the decade. Different this year is that there is much more inventory on the market. Healthy levels of inventory that meet demand are critical to smooth out any upward pressure on pricing. As we move through the year, it may well be inventory levels and a combination of external factors like interest rates, global trade tensions, and consumer confidence that ultimately determine the course for our market."
There were 2,624 active listings for sale on the Victoria Real Estate Board Multiple Listing Service® at the end of January 2026, an increase of 3.1 per cent compared to the previous month of December and a 9.6 per cent increase from the 2,395 active listings for sale at the end of January 2025.
This chart tracks the ratio of total residential sales over total active residential listings at month-end for each of the last 25 months.
The active listing count and the sales count can be viewed as indicators of housing supply and demand respectively. Observing the ratio between them can thus help indicate a "buyers' market", where there is sustained downward pressure on prices, and a "sellers' market", where there is sustained upward pressure on prices.
- below 17%, there is downward pressure on prices (buyers' market)
- above 28%, there is upward pressure on prices (sellers' market)
- in the 17-28% range, there is little pressure on prices either way (balanced market)