aggregated from: Vancouver Condo Info

Bob Rennie is the quintessential salesman and like most marketers he knows how to talk his product up. Here he is expounding on the wonders of Vancouver condos on the Chinese news site xinhuanet.com. This follows the template of most of his news...

topics: affordability, condo, house-prices, housing

aggregated from: Vancouver Condo Info

Ok, this is all getting a bit weird. First we heard from bank economists, Flaherty and the PM the general message tended towards caution: don t buy what you can t afford, make sure you can handle rising interest rates, we ll keep an eye on the Ca...

topics: house-prices, housing, housing-market, real-estate

aggregated from: Vancouver Condo Info

The REBGV December 2009 stats are out and the average Vancouver House price has reached a mind-boggling $952,927 despite less than peak population growth rates.Don sent in the information above this chart shows Vancouver average house prices from 1...

topics: house-prices, housing, housing-market

aggregated from: Vancouver Condo Info

Well, well.. what a year it was. Canadian house prices took a leap from a shallow recessionary dip fueled by dirt cheap interest rates, financial stimulus and speculation. Now instead of bubble talk about the Vancouver market, we hear the feder...

topics: house-prices, housing

aggregated from: Vancouver Condo Info

This post is all about contacting your representatives in government getting clarification on where they stand regarding housing economics, and letting them know where you stand as a voter. Many readers on this site have mentioned the importance ...

topics: affordability, house-prices, housing, housing-market

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Market Strength Extends Through 2010BCREA Fall 2009 Housing ForecastBCREA release The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) has just released its Fall 2009 Housing Forecast. BC Multiple Listing Service (MLS ) residential sales are est...

topics: economy, employment, unemployment

aggregated from: Vancouver Condo Info

This should be fairly self-explanatory, I ve graphed data from BC Stats comparing the increase in local incomes to the run-up in house prices from 2000 to 2007. Why only up to 2007? Because that s the last year I can find local income statistics ...

aggregated from: Vancouver Condo Info

This column in the Financial Post argues that you should BUY NOW because the HST is coming and will drive prices up.Economist Benjamin Tal, of CIBC World Markets, predicts the tax will have an impact on housing sales. It s not like something you can...

topics: condo, house-prices, housing

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

whao&.. according to the following story from The Province, after the HST:A new home with price tag $800,00+ $56,000 (currently PST not applied on new homes)- $20,000 (rebate)- $8000 (builders input tax credit ) -+ $28,000You thoug...

topics: liberal, tax, taxes

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

REBGV release The Greater Vancouver housing market gained further momentum in July with record sales levels and a continued strengthening of home prices.The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that the number of residential pro...

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