Our local real estate board just released the month stats package and reporting ‘Home sale and new listing activity reached record levels in Metro Vancouver in September. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential home sales in the region totalled 3,643 in September 2020, a 56.2 per cent increase from the…
Our local real estate board reports Metro Vancouver home buyers and sellers remained active in August with home selling new listing activity outpacing the regions historical averages. Let’s take a closer look. People who put their home buying and selling plans on hold in the Spring have been returning to the market throughout the summer. REALTOR’s registered…
Real estate market activity in Metro Vancouver exceeded historical levels in July. Metro Vancouver includes: Burnaby, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, South Delta, Squamish, Sunshine Coast, Vancouver, West Vancouver, and Whistler. Over 3,100 home sales were registered by REALTORS in July. This is up +28% from last month…
Our local real estate board is reporting Metro Vancouver’s housing market activity is returning to historical levels as home buyers and sellers are becoming more comfortable with public health safety protocols. Real estate boards and associations across the province, in step with the Real Estate Council of BC, who regulates the practice of real estate…
May was one of those “on the one hand … on the other hand” kind of months for housing data in Canada. On the one hand, both sales and new listings were up on a seasonally adjusted basis in May compared to April—57% for sales and 69% for new listings—huge percentage increases, albeit from a…
The old real estate adage tells us that the 3 most important things to look for in a property are “location, location, location”. According CMHC recent survey, for the majority of Canadians who bought a home over the past year, the most important factors affecting their decision were price and affordability. When asked to name their…
The uncertainty of the covid situation has limited April listing and sale activity. You might be thinking how much is listing and sale activity compared to from last year or last month? We know home prices are driven by supply and demand. You may be questioning where are home prices if supply and demand are…
This February saw strong home buyer demand! Learn more in the video below how much demand has improved year-over year in February, how home sales struggled to keep pace, what the sales-to-active listings ratio is suggesting re type of market if sustained for a period of time, and the trend of prices.
Home sale and price activity remain steady in Metro Vancouver to start 2020 while home listing activity declined in January. Realtors registered 1,571 sales on our regions MLS in January. This is +42% above last year’s January total and about -7% below our 10 year average for the month. Looking at supply we are seeing few homes…
