Posts tagged as: house prices

BC house sales slow down; forecast revised for 2010

Share CREA release – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has lowered its forecast for home sales via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations. The revision reflects a weaker than expected start to the year in British Columbia, and recent developments that pulled forward the timing as to [...]

BC housing market shows sign of tiredness

Share BCREA release — The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in the province climbed 21% to 8,385 units in April compared to the same month last year. On a seasonally adjusted basis, MLS® residential unit sales in the province declined 4% from March 2010. The average [...]

13% of Vancouver parents consider buying a condo for children

Share With the non-stop eroding of housing affordability in Vancouver, what else can first timers expect to buy except condos? Well, my folks didn’t buy me one anyway. CNW release – Want a condo? Ask mom and dad. According to the 4th TD Canada Trust Condo Poll which surveyed Canadians who would consider purchasing a [...]

Vancouver house prices jump 19% in April 2010 year-on-year

Share REBGV release –The Greater Vancouver housing market experienced increased activity in April thanks to a steady balance of home buyers and sellers entering the marketplace. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver totalled 3,512 in April 2010, the fifth highest-selling April on record. The figure [...]

BC’s first time home buyers shrinking, prices too high

Share Ipsos Reid release – Gradually being pushed back out by climbing housing prices, the wave of first-time buyers which characterized the market in the first half of 2009 is dwindling. Currently among home buyers, three-in-ten (29%) are first-time buyers, gradually trending down from nearly four-in-ten (38%) at the same time in 2009. Compared to [...]

Housing affordability continues to melt, especially in BC

Share RBC Economies release – British Columbia once again posted some of the country’s largest increases in homeownership costs in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the latest housing report released today by RBC Economics. (full report) The RBC Housing Affordability measures for B.C. rose 1.0 percentage point for detached bungalows and 0.8 percentage [...]

BC house prices jump 15.5% in Dec 2009

Share BCREA release – The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in the province climbed 132 per cent to 5,703 units in December compared to the same month last year. More homes were sold last month than in any December on record except 1989 when 6,014 units [...]

Red hot housing market in Vancouver Nov 2009

Share November Home Sales Continue at Torrid Pace BCREA release – The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in the province climbed 165% to 7,182 units in November compared to the same month last year. Last month posted the highest number of MLS® residential sales for the [...]

Forecast: BC housing sales to jump 20% in 2009; 8% in 2010

Share Market Strength Extends Through 2010 BCREA Fall 2009 Housing Forecast BCREA release – The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) has just released its Fall 2009 Housing Forecast. BC Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales are estimated to increase 20% to 82,900 units this year from 68,923 units in 2008. Residential sales in 2010 [...]

Vancouver Aug 2009 real estate sales skyrocket 120% over last year

Share A bit late this month… here you go. REBGV release – The number of home sales in Greater Vancouver increased significantly last month compared to August 2008 and moved closer in line with the active summer months experienced between 2003 and 2007. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property [...]

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