From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Here are the weekly statistics for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver in the week of July 20th 2008 – 26th, 2008 for my market area of Vancouver East and Vancouver West.
Is this really what a buyers market looks like? What I am seeing is still fairly fast sales (although that number appears to [...]

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I recently finished uploading another new listing of mine at King Edward Village, 407 4078 Knight St, Vancouver BC.
This peaceful and cool one bedroom and den (plus extra office area) faces east towards the tranquil inner courtyard and morning sun. Own one of the best layouts in the complex. No rental restrictions. Similar suites are renting $1,300 [...]

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Vancouver Open House Update

by Sebastian on July 27, 2008

Where do you find Vancouver real estate open houses? Well, now you can track all of my upcoming open houses in one convenient online location.
 I just completed a long-awaited update to my website to include just such information. If you’d like to see the latest open houses, you can find it here:
 Vancouver Open House Schedule
Sebastian Albrecht, [...]

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I just finished uploading a new listing of mine at King Edward Village, 414 4028 Knight St, Vancouver BC.
THE SUITE – North facing home with sweeping views of the North Shore. The home is a spacious, open 831 sq. ft. 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, den and solarium. Lots of space for flexible use. Granite counters, [...]

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Here are the (LATE) weekly statistics for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver in the week of July 13th 2008 – 19th, 2008 for my market area of Vancouver East and Vancouver West.
This past week saw a significant drop in new listings (-20.48%), which is a nice change from last weeks 70.15% rise. Sales [...]

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I’m a bit late in referring to this, but I thought that it was better late than never. Last week, the Federal government announced that they were putting a halt to guaranteeing the 40-year and zero-down mortgages. They hope to avoid the type of housing crisis that we’ve seen in the US that’s been caused [...]

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Here are the weekly statistics for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver in the week of July 6th 2008 – 12th, 2008 for my market area of Vancouver East and Vancouver West.
Once again, the weekly number are not great. There was a big spike in new listings (up 70.15% and definitely not good). Amongst [...]

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Here are the real estate statistics for Vancouver West (Westside) and Vancouver East for the month of June 2008. These statistics are compiled graphically by my office, Royal LePage Westside every month.
The statistics are broken into segments for East and West sides of Vancouver. You’ll find graphs for the median selling price, listing supply, sales demand, and [...]

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Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) statistics for June 2008 were released recently. The news release from REBGV is entitled “Market activity offers awaited relief for homebuyers”. In brief, we saw sales down 42.9% (2,425) compared to a year ago (4,244) and listings rose again by 18.3% (6,546) compared to a year ago (5,533).
“Although [...]

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Here are the weekly statistics for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver in the week of June 29th 2008 – July 5th, 2008 for my market area of Vancouver East and Vancouver West.
This past week the numbers were not pretty. New listings dropped hard once again (a good sign, but likely due to the [...]

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