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BC Housing Market Swings Back Towards the Buyer
From CTVbc.ca --
It's officially a buyers market in the British Columbia's Lower Mainland, and house hunters can once again afford to be choosy ...
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Canadian_Revolution |
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Forecast: BC housing market hit hardest in 2009
CREA release In line with the recent downward revisions of Canadian economic and job growth forecasts, The Canadian Real Estate Association is upd...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Home buying intention remains steady despite turmoil: poll
Isn't this interesting? In fact, I was strolling down streets neigbouring my place (close to downtown Richmond) on Sunday and I checked out a few open...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Vancouver House Prices down 9.8% from peak
2008 - Vancouver House Prices Down almost 10% from the peak.According to statistics released by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, the benchm...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Property tax assessments to be frozen
Gordon Campbell has pledged to freeze BC property tax assessments at their 2007 level to help people cope with turbulence in property values'. I'...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Forecast: Vancouver area house prices to fall 10% in 2009
BRITISH COLUMBIA REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATIONFALL 2008 HOUSING FORECASTfull report here.CONSUMER CONFIDENCE STALLS HOME SALESResidential unit sales on the ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Friday Free-for-all! (spooky edition)
Alright, you made it to the end of the week. Here's our news round-up to kick off the discussion:-Falling BC house prices a reality check-CBC map of...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Canada tracking US with 2 year lag?
The Globe and Mail is reporting today that Merrill Lynch & Co are growing more alarmed' that the Canadian housing market is tracking the US housing...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Vancouver house prices to rise 9.6% in 2008, 4.5% in 2009: CMHC
Here's the latest 3Q forecasts from CMHC:Housing MARKET OUTLOOK - British Columbia Region HighlightsOverviewMLS resale markets will cool: An increas...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Abbotsford's new direction
For the last few months I have been attending the Select Committee on Interregional Transportation set up by the City of Abbotsford. To some extent th...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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IMF: House prices compound crisis
Pani sent in this link to an International Money Fund research department write-up on falling house prices in advanced economies and their impact on t...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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CIBC: Canadian housing market predictions
The CIBC economic forecasting dartboard hasn't been remarkably accurate lately, so I'm not sure how to take this most recent prediction from Benjamin ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Canadian house prices Q2 2008
Royal LePage release - Home prices in Canada's resale real estate market continued to grow modestly through the third quarter in most major cities, ac...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Canadian house prices Q3 2008
Royal LePage release - Home prices in Canada's resale real estate market continued to grow modestly through the third quarter in most major cities, ac...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Vancouver house prices Q3 2008
Royal LePage release Average house prices in Vancouver and Victoria have inched up year-over-year, however prices are retracting from where they w...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Vancouver area house prices drop further in Sep 2008
REBGV release The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver declined 42.9% in Se...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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House prices drop below 2007 levels
exx just posted this link, looks like its worth its own post. The Vancouver sun is reporting that the house price drop in September was big enough t...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Home is where the growth is for Asia
Marcus Gee in today's Globe and Mail is saying the same thing I have been saying at anti-port expansion, anti Gateway rallies for some time. We know t...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Merrill Lynch warns of Canadian housing crash
Realbiz pointed out this story in the Globe and Mail this morning: A recent report from Merrill Lynch Canada is warning of a Canadian housing market c...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Merrill Lynch sees meltdown for Canadian housing market
Canada could be headed for mortgage meltdown, says Merrill Lynch CanadaCP - Contrary to the prevailing view that Canada's housing and mortgage markets...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Canadian housing boom ‘definately over'
Thats according to UBC Sauder School of Business professor Tsur Somerville. Its not just the Vancouver housing market that's taking a dive - all acr...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Canadian housing boom ‘definitely over'
Thats according to UBC Sauder School of Business professor Tsur Somerville. Its not just the Vancouver housing market that's taking a dive - all acr...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Vancouver's August average home prices fall 4.1% year-on-year
Click:BCREA release - British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports residential sales dollar volume on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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BC's August average home prices fall 4.1% year-on-year
Click:BCREA release - British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports residential sales dollar volume on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Vancouver house prices up slately for 1.6%
StatCan release - The rate of increase in new housing prices continued to ease in July 2008 for the sixth consecutive month. The growth rate of the in...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Vancouver Price Drop Shopping Spree!!
Yep, Vancouver house prices are dropping. The REBGV benchmark price is down about 4 percent since May 2008. I guess that means we only need anothe...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Canadian housing prices overpriced, set to fall: UBC study
UBC release - Homeowners in the majority of Canada's urban centres should be prepared for the possibility of housing market price declines, according ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Killer bear mauls Vancouver housing market
So much for a softening market Vancouver real estate is into full-fledged bear mode. The latest numbers from the industry tell it all. In ...
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condohype |
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Port Moody, Pitt Meadows lead home price drops in Aug 2008
REBGV release The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver totalled 1,568 in Au...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Transport Canada study puts price tag on social costs of cars, planes, trains
Canadian PressIt has been a long time coming, and it is far from perfect but it is a lot better than nothing. Perhaps to no one's surprise, it was sli...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Trading Places
It certainly helps when people point me to articles that I need to read and link to. The second offering today is from Ron Richings (that's two I owe ...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Forecast: Vancouver home prices to rise 5.1% only in 2008
Royal LePage release - An increase in inventory and fewer sales during the second quarter removed the heat from Vancouver's long-standing hot market, ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Canadian house prices drop
This from today's Globe and Mail - Canadian house prices dropped in June for the first time in nine years: Canadian home prices fell in June for the f...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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June house sales drop 42%
REBGV release Increased property listings and moderating home prices have eased the Greater Vancouver housing market into a buyer's phase. The Real...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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The Triple-Witching Hour
This just in from Rick Cole, the City Manager of Ventura, California - and one of the most articulate voices for Smart Growth in America. (He was al...
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Price Tags |
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Buyers' market around the corner May 2008
REBGV release The Greater Vancouver housing market continued its re-balance between sales and listings last month. The Real Estate Board of Greate...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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CMHC: Lower Mainland housing markets moderating
CMHC release - Following a year of near-record new home starts and existing home sales, the Metro Vancouver housing market will moderate slightly in 2...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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The Affordable City
John Davis of Burlington Associates introduced himself as a practitioner not an academic. In the small town of Burlington, Vermont he has been one of ...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Peak-oil spike reshapes the suburbs
Georgia StraitA series of interviews about the impact of rising gas prices on places that are car dependant.But the recent rise in gas prices is more ...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Depreciation fantasy
May 15 2011 - Vancouver house prices have fallen for the 35th continuous month as the fallout from the global credit crisis continues to hit the metro...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Appreciation fantasy
May 14th 2011 - Vancouver house prices have risen to a new record high for the month of April bringing the REBGV benchmark home price to $3,432,285. ...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Driving Off the Edge
I've been wondering for awhile whether, in the current housing meltdown in the U.S., location would make any difference on house prices and foreclos...
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Price Tags |
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stretched buyers fuel boom
I'm not sure why this article is located on globe sports' in the hockey section, but this article about mortgage trends in Canada has some shocking...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Rate cuts herald downturn?
From the Globe and Mail:Canadian banks cut interest rates dramatically yesterday after the Bank of Canada slashed its main rate by half a percentage p...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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BC home sales down in Q1 2008
BCREA - British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports residential sales dollar volume on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS ) in BC dippe...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Growing majority avoid buying
When you're in the middle of an investment mania it's hard to imagine things ever being any different. A couple of years ago a number of Americans t...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Vancouver housing bubble will burst after 2010: expert
The Province - A housing expert figures the Vancouver housing bubble will burst after the 2010 Olympics. Steve Pomeroy said people are buying proper...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Vancouver home sales slip 16% in March 2008
REBGV release The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that while there were fewer housing sales in March 2008 compared to la...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Despite slower sales, home prices still climbing
Royal LePage release - House prices in Vancouver and Victoria continued to climb during the first quarter of 2008 due to strong local and internationa...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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GreaterFool.ca -predictions of a canadian RE crash
MP Garth Turner has a new book out called Greater Fool - the troubled future of real estate . He argues that the Canadian real estate market i...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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