Sales up, listings down. Prices…? It has been a busy spring and summer market for real estate in Sooke and all over the greater Victoria region. In the overall Victoria Real Estate Board trading area, sales as of August 31 showed a 21.7% increase in number of sales for August 2015 over August 2014, andContinue reading “Sooke Real Estate Update – Fall 2015”
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A Return to a Seller’s Market in Greater Victoria?
Yesterday, the Victoria Real Estate Board released statistics for February 2015. While the rest of the country contended with a seemingly never-ending winter, the cherry blossoms were out early in Victoria and vicinity, and so, apparently, were the buyers.
My B.C. Assessment Value Went Up – Will My Taxes Increase?
Ah, January – A time to start anew. Maybe you’ve resolved to save more money, start eating healthier, or take up a new hobby. New Year’s resolutions are one thing many people dread this time of year. Another sure sign of the new year is your yearly B.C. Assessment notice, arriving in your mailboxContinue reading “My B.C. Assessment Value Went Up – Will My Taxes Increase?”
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?”
How to Sell Your Langford or Victoria BC Home In A Day
Call your REALTOR®, and list it now. Of course, not every home is going to sell overnight, but supply of good, moderately-priced homes is tight, and seems only to be getting tighter. I’ve been tracking listings of single family homes in Sooke, Langford, and Colwood for a client of mine. Check out this spreadsheet (I’llContinue reading “How to Sell Your Langford or Victoria BC Home In A Day”
BC and Vancouver Island Recessions, Potholes, Flooding, Gas Prices, And Other Things Amiss
What the hell? I leave the Island for 10 days and it falls apart on me? I got back on late Sunday night from a week in Mexico to attend my cousin’s wedding and generally unplug from the world for awhile. On that note, an all-inclusive resort with 40 friends and family and really expensiveContinue reading “BC and Vancouver Island Recessions, Potholes, Flooding, Gas Prices, And Other Things Amiss”