Despite widespread claims by housing pundits that Vancouver’s housing market is recovering from last year’s slump, the incoming data so far this month continue to show that home sales there are floundering. It is true that house prices are still higher than they were a year ago, but house price indices are lagging indicators and don’t reflect the still unfolding impact that slumping home sales will eventually have on valuations.
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