B.C. houses on the move

Province

Home sales in B.C. rose 21 per cent to 8,385 units in April from the same month a year earlier, the B.C. Real Estate Association said.

But, on a seasonally adjusted basis, provincial sales fell four per cent between March and April of this year, the association said.

The average house price climbed 15 per cent to $514,820 in April from the same month in 2010.

Sales volumes for the first four months of 2010 soared 73 per cent to $13.5 billion from the same period last year, the association said.

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