Vancouver real estate prices

• CRA study from 1996 found migrants bought B.C. luxury homes despite having low incomes

  The 25-year-old study was obtained by South China Morning Post reporter Ian Young, who waited five years to get the document.

  Canada

  Sep 1
• Demand for Metro Vancouver real estate remains high as prices grow, board says

  The number of homes listed for sale in the region was up 9.1 per cent from April last year, but the board says it's still more than 11 per cent below the 10-year average for April.

  Money

  May 4
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• February was a record-setting month for B.C. home sales

  The average MLS residential price in B.C. was just under $890,000, the association said, 17 per cent higher than February of last year.

  Money

  Mar 11
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• Metro Vancouver home sales and listings surge in September: real estate board

  Real Estate Board Chair Colette Gerber attributes the increased activity to lower interest rates and changing housing needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Consumer

  Oct 2, 2020
• Greater Vancouver sees surge in detached home sales in February, prices flat

  Sales were up 45 per cent for all home types last month, though still about 15 per cent below the 10-year average.

  Mar 3, 2020
• Real estate prices are dropping, but will Metro Vancouver ever really be affordable? 

  While prices have cooled, it's still a challenge for first-time buyers to break into the market.

  News

  Jun 26, 2019
• Metro Vancouver home prices slide again, April sales 43% below 10-year average

  Condo and townhouse prices were down about seven per cent over April last year, while detached home prices dropped 11 per cent.

  Consumer

  May 2, 2019
• Personal letters helping buyers score homes in Canada’s hot real estate markets

  Monica Martins and her husband had been looking for a house for nine months by the time they fell in love with a ``character home'' in Toronto's east end.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2018
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• Canada’s home sales touch 5-year low for June, down 10% since last year

  Still, home sales rose 4 per cent in June compared to May, the first substantive increase since the beginning of the year, the Canadian Real Estate Association said.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2018
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• Where, exactly, rising interest rates may leave Canadians in danger of losing their homes

  Where are Canadians overstretched on their mortgages? In specific neighbourhoods in Toronto and Vancouver, census data showed. What happens there when rates rise?

  Consumer

  Apr 18, 2018