Increased selection helps maintain balance in Greater Vancouver housing market VANCOUVER, BC – Home sales in March trended below the 10-year average in Greater Vancouver while home listing activity outpaced what’s typical for the month. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver reached 2,874 on the Multiple [...]

The 2011 Greater Vancouver housing market began with heightened demand in regional hot spots and concluded with greater balance between seller supply and buyer demand. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that total sales of detached, attached and apartment properties in 2011 reached 32,390, a 5.9 per cent increase from the 30,595 [...]

Average Vancouver Real Estate prices reach $751,000 in September of 2011, which represents a 10.5% increase over 2010. For the whole of BC, home sales rose close to 9% compared to September 2010, while the average price rose 6% to $524,000. Active listings in September increased by 8.8% from August, while sales only increased 3%. [...]

Home listings continue to rise in the Greater Vancouver housing market Consistent increases in property listings and fewer home sales over the summer months has helped move the Greater Vancouver housing market into the upper end of a buyers’ market. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales of detached, [...]

The value of building permits isssued in Metro Vancouver jumped by more than 42 per cent from May to June, almost entirely due to multi-family residential permits, Statistics Canada reported this morning. The value of permits rose from $370 million to more than $529 million, the federal data-gathering agency said. The June total represents an [...]