The BC Northern Real Estate Board (BCNREB) reported 5,218 property sales worth $1.3 billion in 2014 through the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), up from last year’s 4,891 sales worth $1.2 billion.
In 2014, most communities across the area served by BC Northern Real Estate Board experienced an increase in both sales and listings, said President Ken Laursen in a press release.
The Williams Lake area netted 369 sales worth $87 million as reported through MLS in 2014, up from 336 sales worth $68 million the previous year.
Half of the 138 single family homes sold in 2014 sold for less than $241,500.
Additionally 36 parcels of vacant land, 88 homes on acreage, 14 town homes, 26 manufactured homes in parks and 38 manufactured homes on land were also sold in 2014.
At the end of December there were 329 properties of all types available through MLS in the Williams Lake area, down slightly from 358 properties at the same time last year.
The 100 Mile House area 345 properties worth $71.6 million sold year through MLS, compared with 314 properties worth $57.2 million in 2013.
In the Quesnel area 281 properties change hands in 2014 through MLS, up from 250 that were sold in 2013.