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Vancouver Real Estate Statistics for July 2010
A Summer Buyer’s Market
Last month, I referred to some “positive signals” that I saw in the Vancouver real estate market statistics. In particular, I felt that new listings coming onto the market were slowing and the total number of active listings were declining. Both of these are strengthening signals, [...]
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Vancouver Real Estate Statistics for June 2010
Signs of stability returning to the Vancouver Real Estate Market
For the first time in a few months, I actually see some positive signals in the most recent (June 2010) month’s Vancouver real estate statistics. Since February, just about every possible measurement had been turning to the negative. In fact, [...]
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Vancouver Real Estate Statistics for May 2010
Balance Returns or Buyer’s Market?
After a busy start to the year, it would appear as though the Vancouver real estate market is entering a more balanced market. For the first time since the beginning of the year we saw declines (and significant ones) in the number of sales, new [...]
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Vancouver Real Estate Statistics for April 2010
Balance returns to the Vancouver Real Estate Market
The historically busy spring real estate market is in full swing. All activity (both on the buyer and seller sides) has picked up significantly in the Vancouver real estate market. Despite supply outpacing increasing demand, we are also continuing to see across [...]
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Vancouver Real Estate Statistics for March 2010
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Balance returns to the Vancouver Real Estate Market
After seeing whopping price increases in the month of February, the market appears to have moderated all-around. Prices generally continued their upward trajectory, but with big jumps in inventory (new listings) and smaller increases in sales the upward pressure on prices eased.
For [...]
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Vancouver Real Estate Statistics for January 2010
A (not so) Average January For Vancouver Real Estate
For the first time in a long while, we had a month that did not threaten to break sales records. The month of January 2010 was only an average month for the first decade of the century. Higher sales numbers were [...]
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Vancouver Real Estate Statistics for December 2009
The third strongest December on record
2009 ended much differently than it began. The year began with one of the worst months on record while it ended with one of the best December.
The benchmark price for residential homes in Greater Vancouver was up 16.2% (to $562,462) from December 2008 to [...]
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Sebastian Albrecht, Vancouver realtor discusses 2009 in this video blog. From the lows of January, where the sky appeared to be falling up to the highs of the summer in June and July. Vancouver real estate had a spectacular year of growth straight through until the very last month of the year. It goes to [...]
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A Near Record Month of November
The average home in Greater Vancouver rose 12.4% over the past year. In the City of Vancouver we blew this average out of the water. November 2009 saw detached homes up 24.61%, attached homes up 16.73% and apartments up 11.51%.
These numbers mask, to some degree the fact that we saw [...]
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Upward Pressure Continues
October 2009 ended up being another stellar month in the Vancouver real estate market. We’ve become accustomed to seeing strong results this year, and October was no exception. Demand remained strong while supply shrank and the result was that prices were pushed higher.
However, while to date there had been no signs of the [...]
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