Craig B. Rushton

***IMPORTANT*** These are just figures, stats and graphs. Real Estate in Vancouver is so micro that you need to look a lot closer than a blanket stats package to see what the market is doing. Neighbourhood by neighbourhood, street by street and even block by block. This is one of the biggest ways Real Estate has changed and further proof that not all Realtors are equal. Happy Reading!

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The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Housing Market Update for August 2011 with REBGV president Rosario Setticasi
 

BC Real Estate Association (BCREA) Chief Economist Cameron Muir discusses the June 2011 statistics and an in depth look at VIREB's Buyer Profile Survey.

Why the hell is the music so cheesy? Feel like I am watching daytime TV with my grandmother...

Home sellers outpaced buyers on Greater Vancouver’s Multiple Listings Service® (MLS®) in June, drawing the market back toward balance this summer.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales of detached, attached and apartment properties reached 3,262 in June, a 9.8 per cent increase compared to the 2,972 sales in June 2010 and a 3.4 per cent dec ...

A few stats I found interesting from the most recent member survey of Greater Vancouver Realtors.

In May 2011:

• 27.5% of all buyers were 1st time home buyers in Vancouver down from 34.4% January 2011-April 2011
• 27.9% of all buyers moved from a condo to a townhouse up from 24% January 2011-April 2011
• 19.9% were all cash buyers (no mortgage)
• Single females accounted for 16.7% of all home sales ...

BC Real Estate Association (BCREA) Chief Economist Cameron Muir discusses the May 2011 statistics and an in depth look at BCREA's June Mortgage Rate Forecast.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) housing market update for April 2011 with REBGV president Rosario Setticasi

Interesting findings from this survey...I think we should change our mentality a bit and look at Real Estate as a bit more of a long term option. It may be a good idea to save a bit more of a downpayment and purchase a two bedroom condo that you can "grow into" instead of a one bedroom condo you could quickly grow out of...just a thought especially if the condo market softens.

Via: The Vanco ...

Greater Vancouver saw a typical, solid month of residential home sales on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in April, in contrast to the near record pace witnessed in the two preceding months.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales of detached, attached and apartment properties in Greater Vancouver reached 3,225 in April 2011, an 8.2 per ...

BC Real Estate Association (BCREA) Chief Economist Cameron Muir discusses the March 2011 statistics and an in depth look at diverging market statistics.