Victoria BC Real Estate Buyers Profile – April 2010

It’s once again time to look at our “on the street” snapshot of Victoria-are real estate buyer activity. April’s data from our Member Market Survey has just been released by the Victoria Real Estate Board. Each month, agents who’ve completed a transaction while acting for a buyer are polled on various questions about their buyers.Continue reading “Victoria BC Real Estate Buyers Profile – April 2010”

Victoria BC Real Estate Buyers Profile – March 2010

Last month’s data from our Member Market Survey has just been released by the Victoria Real Estate Board. Each month, agents who’ve completed one ore more transactions while acting on behalf of a buyer are polled on various questions about their buyers. The goal is to get a snapshot of the situation on the streetContinue reading “Victoria BC Real Estate Buyers Profile – March 2010”

Victoria BC Real Estate Buyers Profile – February 2010

The latest data from our Member Market Survey has just been released by the Victoria Real Estate Board. Each month, agents who’ve completed a transaction while acting for a buyer are polled on various questions about their buyers. The goal is to get a snapshot of the situation on the street directly from agents whoContinue reading “Victoria BC Real Estate Buyers Profile – February 2010”

Victoria BC Real Estate Buyer’s Profile – January 2010

Last month, I started a new series about buyer activity in the greater Victoria real estate market. The data comes directly from the “man (or woman) on the street” by way of a survey sent out by the Victoria Real Estate Board to agents who worked with a buyer to complete a transaction in thatContinue reading “Victoria BC Real Estate Buyer’s Profile – January 2010”

Victoria BC Real Estate Buyer’s Profile – Where are the Buyers Coming From?

An initiative we started late last year at the Victoria Real Estate Board is giving us some excellent data on market trends in the Victoria BC real estate market. As a director and chair of a Communications Task Force, I helped devise a market survey that is sent out via email at the end ofContinue reading “Victoria BC Real Estate Buyer’s Profile – Where are the Buyers Coming From?”

Buyer Preferences Changing…

For 2015, it’s inside the house that counts Homes to grow in luxury, not size, study predicts BY NANCY TREJOS The Washington Post Tvice-president for research at the builders association. Another generation, those born from 1965 to 1977, are now in their prime home-buying years. And they’re just as demanding, Ahluwalia said. “They also wantContinue reading “Buyer Preferences Changing…”

Interest Rates may decrease; at least hold.

Why might the recent turmoil in the financial markets be good for home owners and buyers? See below:  From http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Business/2007/08/11/4409763-sun.html TORONTO — The global financial turmoil that has rocked world financial markets may have a bright side for Canadians —    it could end up keeping interest rates lower despite rising inflation, economists say. WithContinue reading “Interest Rates may decrease; at least hold.”