by Sebastian on January 23, 2010
Vancouver real estate agent, Sebastian Albrecht, discusses how to handle the sale of your property during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in this video blog. Some media reports have been suggesting that the best thing to do is take your property off the market during the Olympics. Sebastian disagrees. It depends upon your situation. However, [...]
by Sebastian on January 15, 2010
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 [...]
by Sebastian on December 17, 2009
The strength of the Vancouver real estate market abated slightly this past week. However, given the time of year it is still surprisingly strong.
New Listings – Vancouver
New Listings rose (+1.67%) ever so slightly this week. For just the 2nd time in 10 weeks we had New Listings up. They went from 240 the week before [...]
by Sebastian on December 7, 2009
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 [...]
by Sebastian on November 27, 2009
After a week that was slowed due to a statutory holiday (Rememberance Day) the Vancouver real estate market picked up again substantially. Both New Listings and Sales jumped significantly but this did not translate into swelling numbers of Listings.
New Listings – Vancouver
The trend of fewer listings shifted this week. After two straight weeks, New Listings [...]
by Sebastian on November 12, 2009
The strength in the Vancouver real estate market doesn’t appear to want to fade away this fall. Even in November we are seeing the Vancouver real estate market continue to defy gravity. Sales continue to be high, new listings are slowing down and the number of active listings in Vancouver is dropping steadily.
New Listings – [...]
by Sebastian on November 4, 2009
Wow. What a week in Vancouver real estate. At this time of year we typically see buyer’s begin to disappear as well as new listings while the active listings balloon. Not in this market.
New Listings – Vancouver
For just the second time in the last five weeks New Listings rose. It wasn’t a significant rise (+0.60%) [...]
by Sebastian on November 3, 2009
Vancouver realtor Sebastian Albrecht discusses Google’s real estate search tools and it’s impact on the Vancouver real estate landscape. Google’s entry into real estate a couple of years ago made some realtors nervous. However, a realtor does much more than provide listing information. While the Google tool is fun and easy to use, it continues [...]
by Sebastian on October 22, 2009
Both new listings and sales tapered off this past week. Could be the start of the traditionally slower fall real estate market?
New Listings – Vancouver
This past week was the second in the last three that New Listings fell (after four straight weeks of increases). New Listings dropped (-23.8%) to 381 from 500.
Home Sales – Vancouver
For [...]
by Sebastian on October 14, 2009
Weekly Vancouver MLS Statistics – October 5th – 11th 2009
There was a spike in both Listings and Sales this past week. The strong months that have come before don’t appear to be going anywhere as the market continue to hold it’s own.
New Listings – Vancouver
After four straight weeks of steady increases in New Listings, the [...]