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How are Vancouver Real Estate Prices in Kitsilano?

by Maggie Chandler May 11, 2012 Kitsilano

Vancouver’s waterfront neighbourhood of  Kitsilano saw April real estate prices mixed, with houses falling a whopping 25% compared to a year ago, townhomes up 10% and condos up 5.5%.  House sales were up 40%, townhomes dropped 30% and condos dropped 30% from a year ago.  Listings dropped 12% for houses and increased  22% for condos …

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How’s Vancouver’s Downtown Condo Market?

by Maggie Chandler May 9, 2012 Downtown

Vancouver’s Downtown condo market in April showed the average sale price rose to $518,068, up from $334,000 in Jan’06!  January was the peak and April was higher than March. Prices are up 0.5% over the last year, whilst total listings have now flattened and are equal to a year ago. Sales are down a whopping …

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How Much Have Real Estate Prices in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour Dropped?

by Maggie Chandler May 7, 2012 Coal Harbour

Vancouver’s condo market in Coal Harbour saw April’s average sale price down to $1,202,000 vs $1.187.000 a year ago and sales continued dropping, now half of what they were a year ago, with half of them under $750,000 and 40% between $1.050,000 and $1.8M. Solds took  longer to sell at 78 days.  The average price …

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Vancouver Real Estate Analysis for April 2012

by Maggie Chandler May 4, 2012 How's The Market

Let’s drill down the stats for Vancouver real estate in April. Vancouver (west side) real estate graph shows average sale price for houses (-1.8%)  and condos (-4.5%)  has slipped from a year ago but townhomes are up(+10%).  We are definitely in a niche market. Greater Vancouver stats are different to Vancouver’s west side stats and neighbourhoods …

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Greater Vancouver Real Estate Sales in April Back to 2001 Levels

by Maggie Chandler May 3, 2012 How's The Market

REBGV has just released the Greater Vancouver real estate stats for Aprril 2012. In a nutshell, listings are up, sales were the lowest total for the month since 2001 and 16.9% below the 10 year April average. I prefer to use the average price vs the benchmark price as I think it’s more realistic. Compared …

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What’s Selling Best in Vancouver’s Condominium Market?

by Maggie Chandler May 2, 2012 How's The Market

If you’re a seller in our current  buyers market you need to understand the Vancouver condominium market and what price range is selling the best. If  you’re not in that price range,  will have to decide if this is the right time to sell and if it is, how to aggressively market and price your …

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How is Vancouver’s Downtown Condominium Market?

by Maggie Chandler April 30, 2012 Downtown

The stats for Downtown Vancouver condo market in March showed the average price to be $491,000, up from $334,000 in Jan’06! Prices are up 2.5% over the last year, whilst total listings are down 5% and sales are down a whopping 20%. It’s taken an average of 53 days to sell a property in March, which …

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East Vancouver Real Estate Prices Still Trending Up in March

by Maggie Chandler April 28, 2012 How's The Market

Every month I upload the East Vancouver real estate graph which shows the average price by month, over the last year, for homes, townhomes and condos. It also shows the dollar volume, total listings and total sales by month, over the last year.  View East Vancouver’s real estate graphs for March 2012.

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Has Vancouver Real Estate Got Buyers and Sellers Confused?

by Maggie Chandler April 27, 2012 How's The Market

The Vancouver real estate market has been on a strong upward trend since 2002, when the average price was $302,660 versus $763,800 today. If we look back to when Vancouver’s market peaked in 1995 at $329,500 it wasn’t until 2004 that the average price surpassed that of 1995 at $362,800.  So if you bought at …

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Should Vancouver Property Sellers Get a Home Inspection?

by Maggie Chandler April 25, 2012 Seller Tips

Part of doing your ‘due diligence’ when you purchase a property is having a house/condo inspection from a licensed building inspector. This can take from one to three hours depending on the size of the property. The inspector reviews his findings and presents you with a report, which is quite substantial and covers both the …

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