From the monthly archives:

October 2008

Vancouver Approves Laneway Housing

by Sebastian on October 31, 2008

Vancouver city council last night approved a pilot project in laneway housing. It’s still too soon to know all the details of the plan. However, it looks as though the City of Vancouver will reassess the project once the first 100 laneway houses have been built. Public consultation will continue on issues such as parking [...]

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Here are the Kitsilano real estate market statistics for September, 2008. I’ve included the chart above so that you can see visually what’s been happening in the Kitsilano real estate market over the course of the year.
Kitsilano Homes for Sale (Kitsilano Condos only) – 286
We saw total condo listings hit 286 in the Kitsilano real [...]

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Kitsilano Real Estate Market Update

by Sebastian on October 30, 2008

There’s another addition to my website. If you are in search of information about the Kitsilano real estate market, or Kitsilano living in general, you’ll love the new Kitsilano real estate page.
You’ll find detailed information about Kitsilano including where it is, what it’s like to live in Kitsilano and of course what you can expect [...]

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Here are the Coal Harbour real estate market statistics for September, 2008. I’ve included the chart above so that you can see visually what’s been happening in the Coal Harbour real estate market over the course of the year.
Coal Harbour Homes for Sale (Coal Harbour Condos only) – 262
Total listings of condos in the Coal [...]

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Here are the weekly statistics for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver in the week of October 20th, 2008 – October 26th, 2008 for my market area of Vancouver East and Vancouver West.
An interesting week. We had new listings rise (+22.14%) to 331. This number is still low in comparison to the numbers we [...]

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Beware the Media Hype on Vancouver Real Estate

by Sebastian on October 25, 2008

We are currently being bombarded by news reports that claim the sky is falling on Vancouver real estate. I think that we need to take all of this with a grain of salt. It’s important to realize that the media tends to jump on the bandwagon and overexaggerate trends in either direction. When things are [...]

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Here are the downtown Vancouver real estate market statistics for September, 2008. I’ve included the chart above so that you can see visually what’s been happening in the Downtown Vancouver real estate market over the course of the year.
Downtown Vancouver Homes for Sale (Downtown Vancouver Condos only) – 818
We saw total listings in the Downtown [...]

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Photo from CBC
I’d heard rumours throughout the day, but it had yet to be verified. Late this evening, news reports confirmed the rumours that indeed work on the Ritz-Carlton (a proposed 60 story condo development across the street from the Shangri-La) had been halted.
According to the news reports from CBC and CTV, the developer is [...]

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Here are the weekly statistics for the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver in the week of October 13th, 2008 – October 19th, 2008 for my market area of Vancouver East and Vancouver West.
What was positive coming out of last week? New listings were down quite dramatically (-40.57%), and active listings stayed relatively flat (+0.48%). [...]

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Downtown Vancouver Real Estate Market Update

by Sebastian on October 21, 2008

There’s another addition to my website. If you are in search of information about the Downtown Vancouver real estate market, or Downtown Vancouver in general, you’ll love the new Downtown Vancouver real estate page.
You’ll find detailed information about Downtown Vancouver including where it is, what it’s like to live in Downtown Vancouver and of course [...]

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