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October 1, 2014, Victoria BC – The Victoria Real Estate Board today released its report on real estate activity in the Victoria area for September 2014. 565 properties sold in the region this September – an increase of 16% compared to the 487 properties sold in the same month last year. The quarter ending in  Continue Reading »

Number of Sales is tracking to exceed August 2013, and inventory remains lower than this time last year, so definitely treading in balance market waters…….and no rain in sight to dampen the hot activity that continues with this sunny and warm summer in Victoria! Call me for more details about our current Victoria Real Estate Market.

The Victoria Real Estate Board today released its monthly report on real estate activity in the Victoria area for July 2014. 681 properties sold in the region in the month of July 2014, compared to 583 last year in July – an increase of nearly 17%. June 2014 saw 680 sales. When compared with year-to-date  Continue Reading »

The Victoria Real Estate  Board recently released some interesting statistics on where buyers are coming from in our region.  I have personally seen a marked interest in both buying and selling with the Greater Victoria region in the past few weeks and months which leads me to believe that this is the start of a small, but moderate,  Continue Reading »

Vancouver, BC – June 13, 2014.  The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 8,729 residential sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in May, up 13.9 per cent from May 2013. Total sales dollar volume was $4.9 billion, an increase of 20.6 per cent compared to a year  Continue Reading »

The Victoria Real Estate Board today released its monthly report on real estate activity in the Victoria area for May 2014. 714 properties sold in the region in the month of May 2014 compared to 659 in May 2013 – an increase of over 8% year over year. Compared to last month in April, there  Continue Reading »

The Victoria Real Estate Board today released its monthly report on real estate activity in the Victoria area for April 2014. 664 properties sold in the month of April 2014, compared to 615 in April 2013 – an increase of nearly 8% year over year. Compared to last month in March, there were 15.5% more  Continue Reading »

Victoria Declining economic output and employment rates curbed growth in 2013, limiting demand for condos. Though with an improving economy, modest improvement is expected for 2014, lifting sales by about 2 per cent. Active condo listings dropped 9.5 per cent in 2013 and the report suggests a further 15 per cent drop is on the  Continue Reading »

Live in a town large enough for a time long enough, and you’ll undoubtedly be made privy to a story of the one that got away. The neighborhood that got away, that is – the neighborhood that all the locals saw as down for the count, pshawing away little sprouts of area upturn, until one  Continue Reading »

Victoria’s real estate market had a solid start in January, re-establishing momentum after the holiday season. Total MLS® sales in January were 342, a 16.3% increase over January 2013 when 294 units sold. January sales were close to the 355 sales reported to the Victoria Real Estate Board (VREB) in December 2013. 2014 VREB President,  Continue Reading »