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Home sales remain at record levels across Metro Vancouver Last month was the highest selling April on record for Metro Vancouver.   Residential property sales in the region totalled 4,781 in April 2016, an increase of 14.4 per cent from the 4,179 sales recorded in April 2015 and a decrease of 7.6 per cent compared […]

March sales set an all-time record Metro Vancouver home sales eclipsed 5,000 in March for the first time on record. Residential property sales in the region totalled 5,173 in March 2016, an increase of 27.4 per cent from the 4,060 sales recorded in March 2015 and an increase of 24 per cent compared to February […]

MORTGAGE RATES ON CRUISE CONTROL Highlights: • Financial market volatility keeping mortgage rates low • Fiscal policy to the rescue? • Bank of Canada unlikely to act on interest rates this year Canadian bond yields fell to as low as 0.48 per cent in the first quarter of the year, though have since bounced back […]

Moving to the city and curious, is Vancouver safe? Wonder no more! Before moving to any city and starting a new life, there are many things potential home buyers want to know. While the school system, economic prosperity, climate, location, and affordability all come into play, safety always seems to be the top priority. If […]

BC Home Sales Sizzle at Record Pace Vancouver, BC – March 14, 2016. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 9,637 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) last month, up 44.7 per cent from February of last year. This smashed the previous record of 8,157 […]

Metro Vancouver home buyers set a record pace in February Last month was the highest selling February on record for the Metro Vancouver housing market. Residential property sales in the region totalled 4,172 in February 2016, an increase of 36.3 per cent from the 3,061 sales recorded in February 2015 and an increase of 65.6 […]

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Vancouver, BC – February 25, 2016 –   The BCREA Commercial Leading Indicator (CLI) broke a string of two consecutive declines, eking out a 0.1 point increase to an index value of 120.0 in the fourth quarter of 2015. On a year-over-year basis, the CLI was 0.4 per cent higher than in 2014. “Uncertainty in the […]

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Property Transfer Tax (PTT) A New Housing exemption will apply to newly built homes or newly subdivided units priced up to $750,000, saving buyers up to $13,000; and  a partial exemption will apply on newly built homes priced $750,000 to $800,000.   A new 3% PTT rate will apply to the portion of a home sale […]