British Columbia's Monthly New Homes Registry Report - Marc…

Purpose-built Rental Highlights • In the first three months of 2025, 6,269 purpose-built rental units 5 were registered in B.C. Compared with the same period in 2024, the number of registered rental units increased 65.9%. • So far in 2025, rental units 5 represented

Figure 11: Purpose-built Rental Units 5 , March 2025

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45.1% of all multi-unit registrations. • This month 2,170 rental units were

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registered 12 . Compared with March 2024, the number of rental units registered increased 34.4%. • Using a 12-month moving average 4 , there were 1,746 rental units registered 5 in March, trending at a 2.7% increase from February. • Using a 36-month moving average 4 , there were 1,482 rental units registered 5 in March, unchanged from February. • There were 27 rental buildings registered 5 in March. Most of these were buildings of 5 to 50 units (29.6 %) and buildings of over 100 units (29.6%). The largest building of 423 units was proposed to be built in New Westminster. • In March, Vancouver (480), Langley* (431) and New Westminster (423) had the largest number of rental units registered 5 in B.C.

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Figure 12: Purpose-built Rental Buildings 5 by Building Size 11 , March 2025

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Figure 13: Purpose-built Rental Units 5 by 12-Month and 36-Month Moving Averages 4 , March 2025

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