INVENTORY INCHING UP BUT STILL FAR FROM IDEAL Inventory in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) area is slowly inching up but is still far from ideal. Active listings of single-family homes rose by nine per cent from March 2021 and by 60 per cent from February. VIREB’s inventory of condo apartments in March dipped by 13 per from one year ago but increased by 28 per cen Read more →

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ADDITIONAL INVENTORY OFFERS LITTLE RELIEF FOR BUYERS February brought additional inventory to the table in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) area. However, listings are still far below where they need to be to satisfy buyer demand. Active listings of single-family homes were 12 per cent lower last month than the previous February but rose by 34 per cent from January 2022. Read more →

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2021 ENDS WITH NEAR-RECORD SALES AND RECORD-LOW INVENTORY   The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) recorded 11,045 unit sales (all property types) in 2021, close to the 12,014 and 11,341 unit sales seen in 2016 and 2017. It is a remarkable outcome notwithstanding since it occurred amidst an environment of historically low inventory. Based on buyer demand, 2021 would have l Read more →

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How Low Can Housing Inventory Go? Active listings in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) area continue to drop, with demand far outpacing supply. Inventory has hit consecutive historical lows for several months running. Active listings of single-family homes were 44 per cent lower last month than in November 2020 and dropped by 24 per cent from the previous month. VIREB&rsq Read more →

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November Market Update for the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (excluding Victoria) The predominant theme running through the housing market in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) area is one of “different month, same issues.” By category, 398 single-family homes sold in October, a 23 three per cent decrease from one year ago. There were 122 condo apartment Read more →

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December 2020 Market Update Stats (Vancouver Island Real Estate Board) Last month, 302 single-family detached properties (excluding acreage and waterfront) sold on the MLS® System compared to 226 in December 2019 and 421 in November 2020. In the condo apartment category, sales rose by 94 per cent year over year and 16 per cent from November. Row/townhouse sales increased by 61 per Read more →

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I read this article written by one of the contributing authors of our Real Estate magazine news and I could not write a better article so I would like to share this with my followers. We have been lucky here on Vancouver Island our residents stayed home when ordered and our COVID-19 cases have been kept under a very managable control for our health care system. Our leading doctor in BC D Read more →

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Well I don't know about you but it sure feels like spring when the sun comes out more often and there are fewer and fewer rainy days! There are sightings of cherry blossoms, spring flowers and of course time to cut the grass. Hudson and Holly are enjoying the spring weather too! For the full details on the Cowichan Valley real estate market on Southern Vancouver Island pluse read my late Read more →

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Happy New Year! We finished the year off on good note overall province wide with strong gains over the last couple months of the year. In the Cowichan Valley the market was not so good in November but bounced back in December.Our market is starting to pick up again after the short blip of snow (hopefully that's all we get) and the holiday season is over.If you, or anyone Read more →

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