From the monthly archives:

April 2009

After two weeks shortened by holidays, we finally had a full work week last week. Vancouver realtors appear to have been extremely busy this past week putting a lot of deals together in the Vancouver real estate market.
While last week’s numbers were good, they had tempered quite a bit compared to the stellar numbers we’d [...]

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On Tuesday, April 21st 2009 the Bank of Canada did the unexpected and announced a further 0.25% drop in the key overnight lending rate. The current interest rate is now 0.25%, an all-time record low which the Bank hopes will stimulate the economy by encouraging spending.
First time buyer looking to take advantage of the new [...]

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Much has been said and written about how the Vancouver real estate market has changed over the past few months. It would appear as though the real estate market in Vancouver has found some new life. Evidence of this can be found just about everywhere, and much of this you’ve read about in this blog.
People [...]

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For the second week in a row, we had a week with one fewer work day in it. The 13th of April was a holiday..and it certainly affected our numbers. How exactly it did that, I am not sure. The Vancouver real estate market saw an increase over the previous week for both New Listings [...]

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I think that most of us want to make the world a better place. Some of us take steps to do just that while most of us just can’t seem to find the time. For a long time, I’ve put myself in that latter category. However, this summer I am going to try and change [...]

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This update is for the Grandview area of Vancouver (aka Commercial Drive) in March 2009.
Grandview Vancouver Homes for Sale (Grandview Vancouver Condos only) – 42
In March 2009 the Grandview area of Vancouver had 42 Active Listings. Prior to February, Listings had dropped for three straight months (from 74 in October) but February saw a slight [...]

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Here are the Coal Harbour real estate market statistics for March, 2009.
Coal Harbour Homes for Sale (Coal Harbour Condos only) – 227
Last month, Active Listings in Coal Harbour rose for the first time in four months. However, this was shortlived as they fell again in March from 243 in February 2009 to 227 in March [...]

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This last week was a holiday week. Happy Easter for those of you that celebrate it! Holidays typically slow the market down a bit and things take a breather. This is mainly due to realtors taking time off, and this results in less activity taking place.
Amazingly, that didn’t happen this past week. I suspect that [...]

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Here is the monthly update of market statistics for the West End of Vancouver in March 2009.
West End Vancouver Homes for Sale (West End Vancouver Condos only) – 261
March 2009 saw Active Listings in the West End Vancouver real estate market drop slightl. Active Listings in the West End fell to 261 from 270 in [...]

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Here are the Mount Pleasant Vancouver real estate market statistics for March, 2009. Please note, that this information is for the Mount Pleasant community in Vancouver East only.
Mount Pleasant Homes for Sale (Mount Pleasant Condos only) – 168
February saw Active Listings rise in the Mount Pleasant Vancouver real estate market slightly for the first time [...]

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