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Canadian Housing Starts

Canadian housing starts rocketed higher in March, rising 18 per cent to over 253,000 units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). That pulled the six-month trend in Canadian housing starts higher to 211,342 units SAAR, well above the rate of household growth in Canada.  In BC, total housing starts jumped ...

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Important Things to “Fix Up” before Selling

When you’re preparing your home for sale, it’s not unusual to need to fix up a few things around the property. After all, you want your home to look its best to buyers, so that you get good offers, quickly. What do you need to fix? Here are three categories ...

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February Home Sales Reflect Typical Consumer Demand

The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 6,580 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in February, down 31.7 per cent from the same period last year. Total sales dollar volume was $4.53 billion, down 39.7 per cent from February 2016. ...

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Where do Buyers come from?

This is one of the questions I am most frequently asked.  Where are the Buyers coming from? Are they from Alberta? Are they escaping Vancouver or the Lower Mainland? As you can see most of them are still coming from right here. KREB REALTORS® collect buyer origin information when a ...

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