March 2010

Vancouver Real Estate Graph

by Maggie Chandler March 10, 2010 Home Prices and Trends

The February graphs for Greater Vancouver real estate show the average price of Greater Vancouver homes, townhomes and condos are slightly above their last peak, having regained what they lost last year. Prices have been rising since March. The graph shows the houses on the top, townhomes (middle) and condos (bottom) average price from 1977 to present. The Vancouver market peaked …

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New Listing at Bayshore Gardens, Coal Harbour, Vancouver, BC

by Maggie Chandler March 9, 2010 Coal Harbour

It’s always exciting to be called by a Seller to visit their home and give them a current market analysis. When this even occurredin late January, the sellers decided to wait until after the 2010 Olympics to list their beautiful condo at 1616 Bayshore Drive.

1504-1616 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, BC features a 2 bedroom and den/office …

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Vancouver Olypic Village Analysis

by Maggie Chandler March 8, 2010 Olympic Village

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games Came, Saw and Conquered! So much fun!! Congrats to our athletes!

The Olympic Village is Vancouver’s last waterfront community. Vancouver real estate statistics for False Creek South (Olympic Village) saw Febuary sales up slightly and sales down slightly.. Average sold price up to over $370,000 and sale price to list price ratio 99% with average days on market …

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Coal Harbour Real Estate Analysis

by Maggie Chandler March 7, 2010 Coal Harbour

Coal Harbour real estate analysis for February saw sales up slightly and listings up 30% compared to January, with 2 sales over $2M vs 5 in November. of the sales were under $1M. vs 80% in January. Days on market dropped from 43 to 29. Sale price to list price ratio droppped to 97%. Currently 20 listings at Fairmont Estates which has prices from $855,000 …

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More Vancouver Olympics

by Maggie Chandler March 5, 2010 Latest News

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Kitsilano Real Estate Analysis

by Maggie Chandler March 4, 2010 Kitsilano

Steady as she goes! Kitsilano real estate analysis condos for February saw listings and sales on par with January. Both listings and sales equal to a year ago but substantially less than feb’08. The average selling price spiked to $487,000 as more high end condos sold and more 2 bedrooms than l bedrooms. However, the average $psf much the same at $614, up from $511 a …

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Wordless Wednesdays

by Maggie Chandler March 3, 2010 Wordless Wednesdays

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Greater Vancouver February Sales Up, Listings Down

by Maggie Chandler March 2, 2010 Home Prices and Trends

From REBGV

The Greater Vancouver housing market continued to experience strong demand from homebuyers and an increase in total property listings in a month where the eyes of the world were focused on the region.The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver totalled 2,473 in February 2010, an …

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Snapshot of Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Olympics

by Maggie Chandler March 1, 2010 Latest News

What a party! Sooo much fun!

The Vancouver Olympics will be the most heavily watched winter Games in history, a senior official with the International Olympic Committee said. Timo Lumme, who was responsible for the sale of television and new media rights, said the Games will receive about 24,000 hours of …

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Asia Leads the Real Estate Recovery

by Maggie Chandler March 1, 2010 Latest News

The global Property Guide reports that there are now more countries with rising real estate prices than falling real estate prices. During the last quarter of 2009 prices rose in 22 of 34 countries and fell in 11.

The best performer? Asia – Singapore, Taiwan and Australia. The UAE and Eastern European states took the biggest …

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