After reaching record setting levels for many North Shore property types, last year home sale activity has returned to more typical, seasonal levels this Spring due in large part to rising interest rates. On the North Shore, REALTOR®s registered 287 North Vancouver and 69 West Vancouver home sales on MLS® in May. This is a…
May was again a seller’s market for North Vancouver homes, apartments and townhomes. Seller’s market conditions have held since June 2020 for NV homes, September 2020 for apartments and May 2020 for townhomes.! Seller’s market A seller’s market is when there are more people looking to buy then there are homes available. This causes…
The housing market, like most markets, is cyclical. These cycles can be greatly influenced by a number of factors, including interest rates, economic conditions and consumer confidence, which can create a shortage or surplus in housing. A seller’s market happens when there’s a shortage in housing or more potential buyers than homes. A buyer’s market,…
After reaching record-setting levels in 2021, home sale activity has returned to more typical seasonal levels in Metro Vancouver* this spring due, in large part, to rising interest rates. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential home sales in the region totaled 2,918 in May 2022, a 31.6 per cent decrease…
For the first time since 2018, the Bank of Canada (BoC) increased its target for the mortgage-influencing overnight rate earlier this year, kick-starting what’s predicted to be one of many increases to mortgage rates in 2022. Experts have slightly different takes on where the overnight rate—which influences how banks will determine their own lending rates—will…
The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2022 Second Quarter Housing Forecast today. Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in the province are forecast to decline 22 per cent from a record high 2021 to 97,240 units this year. In 2023, MLS® residential sales are forecast to fall an additional 12.4 per cent…
BC Financial Services Authority (“BCFSA”) announced today that it has delivered its report, Enhancing Consumer Protection in B.C.’s Real Estate Market, to the Minister of Finance. The report contains a suite of advice on potential parameters of the Government’s proposed homebuyer protection period, commonly referred to as the cooling-off period, for residential real estate sales,…
West Vancouver total active listing numbers for all property types was up this April from the month before; +10.9% for detached homes, +44.4% for condo’s and +18.2% for townhomes. However one-year change was down for all property types, -10.1%, -22.6% and -50% for detached homes, condos and townhomes respectively. WV April residential sale numbers was…
The one-year change for North Vancouver April 2022 residential sales was less for all property types; down -47.5% for detached homes, -39.6% for condos and -24.6% for townhomes. One-month change for all property types was down too; -18% for detached homes, -22.2% for condos and -12.1%. This April total active listings for all property types…
Deciding on what home improvements yield the greatest return on investment can be daunting. According to a recent survey, kitchen renovation is the most worthwhile home improvement project and next is a bathroom renovation. If you might be looking for general guidance on what to home improvements to invest in, check out the great visual…
