October 2016 Month End Sales ReportIt takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. - E. E. Cummings   This is the Sales and Listings Report updated to the end of October 2016. Sales for October leveled out after falling five straight months. Greater Vancouver homes sales were 2,284 in October, down 0.5% from September and down 39% from October 2015. Sales for the month of October ...

September 2016 Month End Sales ReportWanting to be liked can get in the way of truth. - Delia Ephron   This is the Sales and Listings Report updated to the end of September 2016. Once again numbers are the story, with the total number of sales in the Greater Vancouver real estate market showing a decline for the 4th straight month. Not a sudden shift as one would be lead to believe. Greater ...

If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together. - African Proverb   This is the Sales and Listings Report updated to the end of August 2016. The sky isn’t falling, the beginning of the end isn’t upon us, nor is this the end of the world as we know it… The market is showing signs of what markets do, they adjust. So while there were 2,554 units sold in August, the average ...

"Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong." - Abraham   This is the Sales and Listings Report updated to the end of July 2016. Perhaps the Premier should have been receiving these stats updates as the Greater Vancouver real estate market may have showed it was looking after itself with home sales decreasing by 27 per cent in July compared to June. July ...

June 2016 Month End Stats"An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding." - Robert Louis Stevenson   This is the Sales and Listings Report updated to the end of June 2016. Greater Vancouver real estate is shifting into summer mode, with sales levels down from May. Sales were down 8% compared to May 2016 while new listings were down 6% to May 2016 and up 6% to June 2015. The first half of ...

May 2016 Month End Stats "We build too many walls and not enough bridges." - Isaac Newton   This is the Sales and Listings Report updated to the end of May 2016. Greater Vancouver real estate activity remained very strong through May, with sales levels at the same levels as April – stalling a drop in sales that we saw from March to April. Sales were up 18% year over year in Greater Vancouv ...

May 5, 2016 April 2016 Month End Stats   "Your attitude is either the lock on, or the key to the door of success." - Denis Waitley   This is the Sales and Listings Report updated to the end of April 2016. While Greater Vancouver set records for its weather this month with it being the driest month on record since 2004 and the warmest since 1937, the real estate market rem ...

March 2016 Month End Stats"The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe   This is the Sales and Listings Report updated to the end of March 2016. For the first time in the history of the Greater Vancouver Board, there were over 5,000 homes sold in a month. March finished with 5,301 homes sold for the month – up 28% over March of last year. The sam ...

"I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday." - Eleanor Roosevelt   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of February 2016. When the Groundhog came out of his hole on February 2nd, he was out to buy real estate! Shadow be damned! This month has seen it be a record month for sales in the month of February for Greater Vancouver. There were 37% more home ...

Tom Jones on Feb 3, 2016 10:40 AM "I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it." - Maya Angelou   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of January 2016. A Happy New Year it has been for Sellers! The activity in our real estate market continued on from where it left off in 2015. In Greater Vancouver, January saw an incr ...

January 6, 2016 Sales and Listings Stats Update To End 2015 “Do or do not. There is no try” Yoda “Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” Lou Holtz   Happy New Year! All the best for a successful 2016 ahead!   Sales and Listings Stats Houses Townhouses Condos   Sales and Listings Stats All Residential December 2015   Attached ...

December 3, 2015 Sales and Listings Stats Update for November   "Stop looking back, you’re not going that way" – From Christina Ashby       Sales and Listings Stats Houses Townhouses Condos November 2015    Sales and Listings Stats All Regional November 2015   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of November 2015. November finished with 3,6 ...

November 4, 2015 We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." - Max Dupree     Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of October 2015. Inventories continue to decline rapidly in the housing market. As of November 1st there were 10,308 active listings on the market in Greater Vancouver compared to 14,551 on November 1st 2014. This is close to ...

October 6, 2015   Kevin Skipworth on Oct 6, 2015 2:47 PM Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw     Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of September 2015. While the drought like weather conditions subsided in Greater Vancouver in September, the drought like condit ...

September 2, 2015 "Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant." - Anthony J. D'Angelo   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of August 2015. Real Estate in Greater Vancouver was busy this summer with homes sales between June and August 25 to 30 per cent above the ten year average.  At the same time, buyers were competing for a ...

August 10, 2015 Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of July 2015. July sales volume in Greater Vancouver were the highest since May 2009 and the fourth highest since 1988. New listings in July were the lowest since January of this year and continuing a trend of decreasing as the year progresses. These factors combined are creating a lack of supply in a market wit ...

July 6, 2015 "Enthusiasm finds the opportunities, and energy makes the most of them." - Henry Hoskins   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of June 2015. June sales volume in Greater Vancouver were the highest since May 2007 and the sixth highest monthly total ever. It was the first time in history where residential sales have been over 4,000 units four months in ...

Wednesday, June 3, 2015   “Our attitude is the crayon that colours our world." - Allen Klein     Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of May 2015. And so it continues. The real estate market in May was just as good as our weather! If not better! Keeping pace with the sustained demand that was last strongest in 2007. Greater Vancouver saw 4,145 homes sold ...

Tuesday, May 5, 2015  April 2015 Month End Stats   Kevin Skipworth on Tue, May, 5, 2015 12:45 PM "Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience." - Hyman Rickover     Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of April 2015. What was hot, got a little warmer in April. Greater Vancouver saw the number ...

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 "Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed." - Vincent van Gogh   Spring has Sprung! The Sales has Riz, There is no question where the Buyers Is   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of March 2015. The 53% year over year growth in Greater Vancouver unit sales, unprecedented, it is not. The year ov ...

Wednesday, February 4, 2015 SALES AND LISTINGS STATS UPDATE AS OF JANUARY 25 by Kevin Skipworth on Wed, Feb, 4, 2015 12:13 AM Back to Blog "We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them." - William Arthur Ward   Sales and listings stats are attached as of January 25, 2015. The New Year has kicked off with strong activity in the ...

Tuesday, January 6, 2015 YEAR END SALES AND LISTINGS STATS RECAP AND 2015 OUTLOOK by Kevin Skipworth on Tue, Jan, 6, 2015 12:43 AM “Some people see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.” – George Bernard Shaw.   Happy New Year! All the best for a successful 2015 ahead!   Attached are the end of December 2014 Sales and Listings St ...

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 SALES AND LISTINGS STATS FOR THE END OF OCTOBER 2014 by Kevin Skipworth on Wed, Nov, 5, 2014 08:07 PM "Small opportunities are often the beginnings of great enterprises." - Demosthenes   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of October 2014. October continued, where September finished off – a very active real estate market. ...

Friday, October 3, 2014 SALES AND LISTINGS STATS FOR THE END OF SEPT 2014 by Kevin Skipworth on Fri, Oct, 3, 2014 01:24 AM "Don't let yesterday take up too much of today." - Will Rogers   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of September 2014. With the slower start to the month, total units sold pick up through the latter half of the month with there ...

Thursday, September 4, 2014 SALES AND LISTINGS STATISTICS FOR THE END OF AUGUST 2014 by Kevin Skipworth on Thu, Sep, 4, 2014 04:17 PM "You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it” and “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world” – Robin Williams   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of August 2014. Whil ...

Wednesday, August 6, 2014 SALES AND LISTINGS STATS FOR THE END OF JULY 2014 by Kevin Skipworth on Wed, Aug, 6, 2014 06:37 AM "Life isn't finding shelter in the storm. It's about learning to dance in the rain." - Sherrilyn Kenyon   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of June 2014. Once again, the number of unit sales in Greater Vancouver hit a high, ...

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 SALES AND LISTINGS STATS UPDATED FOR THE END OF JUNE 2014 by Kevin Skipworth on Tue, Jul, 15, 2014 06:45 PM "Life isn't finding shelter in the storm. It's about learning to dance in the rain." - Sherrilyn Kenyon   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of June 2014. Once again, the number of unit sales in Greater Vancouver hit a ...

Sales and Listings Stats for the End of May 2014 "A goal without a plan is just a wish." - Antoine de Saint Exupery   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of May 2014. Sales in Greater Vancouver for May continued to eclipse the previous month’s high for number of units, with this being the highest monthly total sold since May 2011. Sales were up 8% compa ...

Sales and Listings Stats for the End of April 2014 "The height of your accomplishments is determined by the depth of your convictions." - William F. Scolavino   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of April 2014. Sales in Greater Vancouver in April were the highest amount of units sold since June 2011 – the first time we have had over 3,000 units sold in ...

Sales and Listings Stats for the End of March 2014 "Every exit is an entry somewhere else." -Tom Stoppard   “Desire is the starting point of all achievement." - Napoleon Hill   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of March 2014. Total sales continue to increase, with March sales for Greater Vancouver up 5% over February 2014 and up 14% over March 2013. ...

Sales and Listings Stats for the End of February 2014 "A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist." - Eleanor Roosevelt       Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of February 2014. February continued on with a stronger market compared to this time last year. With the distractions of the Winter Olympics and changes in Federal Immigration ...

Sales and Listings Stats for the End of January 2014 It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. - Seneca   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of January 2014. January typically starts off slower and gains momentum as the month progresses. This year was no different. Only 5 times since 1986 has January seen a higher number of units sold ...

Sales and Listings Stats for the End of December 2013 “We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anais Nin   “In the end we only regret the chances we did not take” - Anonymous   Happy New Year! Attached are the end of December 2013 Sales and Listings Stats. This year we saw real estate in Greater Vancouver warm up as the year progressed and provide something ...

Sales and Listings Stats for End of November 2013 "Little by little, one travels far." - J. R. R. Tolkien     Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of November 2013. November of this year saw a 38% increase in units sold compared to November 2012, albeit down 11% compared to October of this year in Greater Vancouver. November typically sees the ...

Sales and Listings Stats for End of October 2013 "Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open." - James Dewar     Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of October 2013. Once again, activity in the market for this October was an improvement over October 2012 - with a 37% increase in units sold in Greater Vancouver. As well, ...

Sales and Listings Stats for the End of September 2013 "Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity." - H. Jackson Brown     Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of September 2013. September was a continuation of the current trend, a real estate market on the upswing. For Greater Vancouver, September saw the most units sold in that month since S ...

Sales and Listings Stats for the End of August 2013 "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau   Sales and Listings Stats Regional Sales and Listings Stats Houses, Townhouses, Condos   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of August 2013. This was definitely a better August than last year and the highest ...

Sales and Listings Stats for End of July 2013 “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of July 2013. The summer sizzle was on, not only was it a record breaking month for fantastic weather, but the real estate in Vancouver was also quite hot. July proved to be ...

Sales and Listings Stats for End of June 2013 Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey." - Babs Hoffman   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of June 2013. As is typical in June, units sold tend to be lower than May as buyers and sellers gear up for summer and the end of school. But we did see an 11.2% increase in un ...

Sales and Listings Stats for End of May 2013 Once you choose hope, anything's possible." - Christopher Reeve   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of May 2013. As quoted earlier in May, “April Showers Bring May Flowers” – The market will grow! – We have seen May sales be the strongest in almost 2 years.  Greater Vancouver saw close to 2,937 r ...

sales and Listings Stats for End of April 2013 You will not do incredible things without an incredible dream." - John Eliot   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of April 2013. Continued growth in units sold for April for Greater Vancouver and most areas. It was the highest number of sales in a month since May 2012 in Greater Vancouver. Richm ...

Sales and Listings Stats for the End of March 2013 "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." - Winston Churchill   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of March 2013. March saw the real estate market blooming, becoming stronger and more balanced. In most market areas, the number of properties sold was higher than they have been since last sprin ...

Sales and Listings Stats for End of February 2013 “If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin." - Ivan Turgenev   Attached are the Sales and Listings Stats updated to the end of February 2013. This year is continuing at a tepid pace, providing plenty of room to grow! While sales are lagging behind last year, so is th ...