From the monthly archives:

September 2008

Here are the weekly statistics for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver in the week of September 15th 2008 – September 21st, 2008 for my market area of Vancouver East and Vancouver West.
Once again, it’s hard to see a silver lining in the market numbers for the last week. What I can say is [...]

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Royal LePage Voted Best of Vancouver

by Sebastian on September 22, 2008

The annual Best of Vancouver issue of the Georgia Straight was released last week. This is one of the most interesting issues of the weekly newspaper and for many people, it’s a must read. If you haven’t already picked up a copy, you should before they disappear from newsstands (or save paper and check it [...]

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Here are the weekly statistics for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver in the week of September 8th 2008 – September 14th, 2008 for my market area of Vancouver East and Vancouver West.
This was an interesting week. We saw an enormous increase in the new listings (+60.94%). The sales numbers picked back up a [...]

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What Does Vancouver Expired Listing Mean?

by Sebastian on September 13, 2008

What exactly IS an expired listing? Just as it sounds, it’s a listing which is dead. Every listing is given a lifespan when a seller and realtor put together a listing contract. The listing goes live on the date that the contract is signed (this is the effective date). The date at which the listing [...]

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Vancouver Real Estate Blog

by Sebastian on September 13, 2008

This is just a quick Vancouver real estate blog today. I’ve been hard at work these last few weeks, putting in a lot of hours to ramp up for the busy fall real estate season. The past few weeks have been quite slow (as you’ve no doubt noticed if you’ve been reading my recent posts [...]

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Here are the weekly statistics for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver in the week of September 1st 2008 – September 7th, 2008 for my market area of Vancouver East and Vancouver West.
Yet another slow week. In fact, this was the worst week that we’ve had in a very long time. I find it [...]

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Here are the real estate statistics for Vancouver West (Westside) and Vancouver East for the month of August 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 [...]

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The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) recently released the statistics package for August 2008. The headline tells the story, “Summer lull sees properties stay on market”. We saw sales down 53.7% % (1,568 vs 3,384) and new listings also fell 1.7% (4,331 vs 4,408).
We are also continuing to see a decline in the [...]

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Here are the weekly statistics for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver in the week of August 25th 2008 – August 31st, 2008 for my market area of Vancouver East and Vancouver West.
Another week of holidays. Not for me, but for just about everyone else in the real estate world. I believe that as [...]

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