Tag Archives: November 2011

Fraser Valley Real Estate Statistics – November 2011

Fraser Valley Real Estate Statistics – November 2011

November property sales in the Fraser Valley are up slightly compared to last year and didn’t experience the usual month-over-month seasonal decline. The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board processed 1,120 sales in November on its Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®), an increase of 3 per cent compared to the 1,084 sales during the same month last [...]

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Greater Vancouver Real Estate Statistics – November 2011

Greater Vancouver Real Estate Statistics – November 2011

The Greater Vancouver housing market saw relatively typical home sale and listing activity in November. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales of detached, attached and apartment properties on the region’s Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) reached 2,360 in November. This represents a 5.9 per cent decline compared to the [...]

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Mortgage debt growth slows, CMHC says

Mortgage debt growth slows, CMHC says

The growth in Canadian mortgage debt slowed in the summer after Ottawa tightened up credit, new figures from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp. show. The CMHC said Tuesday in its third quarter report that the refinancings it tracks fell by nearly 40 per cent at the beginning of the period, and was still down [...]

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REALTOR® Blanket Drive Vancouver

REALTOR® Blanket Drive Vancouver

The Lower Mainland’s longest running blanket drive starts today! VANCOUVER – The 17th annual REALTORS Care® Blanket Drive begins today and will run until Monday, December 5. Hundreds of real estate offices from Whistler to Chilliwack turn into donation depots for eight days as REALTORS® collect, sort and deliver donations of warm, winter clothing and [...]

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Surrey rates as BC’s hottest housing investment market

Surrey rates as BC’s hottest housing investment market

Surrey is the hottest market for housing investment in British Columbia, according to a rating by Real Estate Investment Network. REIN, a leading real estate research organization, ranked Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows No. 2, with Kamloops holding the third spot. Vancouver was ranked No. 11, after No. 10 Prince George. REIN said its report, Top British [...]

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