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%. [...]

MORE LISTINGS, FEWER SALES KEEPING LID ON HOME PRICES IN THE FRASER VALLEY Property sales on the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board’s Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in September were the third lowest for that month in the last decade, while new listings for September ranked the second highest. Sukh Sidhu is FVREB’s president. “This is [...]

Many of my clients are Real Estate investors, they are looking to put their money to work and generate passive income. A big part of that is finding the correct tenants to occupy their rental properties. My clients have two options with this regard, they can either hand their properties over to a rental management [...]

Over the last weekend we participated in the Starlight Children’s Foundation Walk/Run for Smiles, helping to raise money to help seriously ill children and their families. It was a fantastic event and lots of money was raised through sponsorship and donations. As we finished the 10km run, we got chatting with some of the other [...]

Demand for new homes and luxury residences in B.C. could spike when the PST/GST system is re-introduced in March of 2013, said Chief Economist Cameron Muir of the BC Real Estate Association. Purchasers of new dwellings, and those with a value greater than $1 million, might choose to hold off until after the HST’s termination, [...]