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”
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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?”
Victoria BC MLS® Real Estate Statistics – August 2008
Listings are up. WAYYYY up. Sales are down and prices are flat or falling. What does this mean to you? If you’re a buyer: Good news. If you’re buying now you’ve got more inventory to look at than any time in the last twelve years. Shop around and make offers. Sellers are probably nervous. IfContinue reading “Victoria BC MLS® Real Estate Statistics – August 2008”
Victoria BC MLS® Real Estate Statistics – June 2008
Nothing to comment on these numbers, but view the Sooke real estate statistics for June here. Courtesy VREB: Sales Soften, Prices Remain Stable July 2, 2008 Sales of homes and other properties in the Greater Victoria area softened last month though prices continue to remain stable. Victoria Real Estate Board President, Tony Joe, notes thatContinue reading “Victoria BC MLS® Real Estate Statistics – June 2008”
Sooke MLS Statistics for June, 2008 – Still going strong!
Repeat after me: Real estate is local. Real estate is local. Real estate is local. While some generalizations can be made about the overall real estate market in Canada, British Columbia, and the greater Victoria area, you have to look at a local level to find out what’s truly going on. With reports of theContinue reading “Sooke MLS Statistics for June, 2008 – Still going strong!”
Sooke Real Estate Market MLS® Sales Statistics – May 2008
I was surprised at the results of the Victoria Real Estate Board‘s May 2008 MLS® statistics report, released yesterday. Here in Sooke, I’d been anticipating that other areas in the Victoria region had been having as strong a month as we have. I felt that anecdotally, anyway, our May was as good or better thanContinue reading “Sooke Real Estate Market MLS® Sales Statistics – May 2008”
Victoria BC MLS® Real Estate Statistics – May 2008
No surprises here, inventory up, sales are down. More evidence of balance in the real estate market (although with the number of new listings, I’m not sure just how ‘balanced’ it is!) was revealed today with the release of the Victoria Real Estate Board‘s May MLS® statistics. Despite a 25% increase in listings available forContinue reading “Victoria BC MLS® Real Estate Statistics – May 2008”