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Home Sales Increase Last Year

January 13th, 2012
Vancouver, BC – January 13, 2012. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) 
reports that the dollar volume of homes sold through Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in BC 
climbed 14.3 per cent to $43.1 billion in 2011. A total of 76,817 homes were sold in BC in 2011, 
up 2.9 per cent from 2010. The average annual MLS® residential price climbed 11.1 per cent to 
$561,026 over the sam ...

Home Sales Climb Higher Outside Vancouver

November 15th, 2011
Vancouver, BC – November 15, 2011. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) 
reports that Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential unit sales in the province rose 6.5 per 
cent to 5,865 units in October compared to the same month last year. The average MLS® 
residential price was up 2.6 per cent to $535,695 last month compared to October 2010.
Vancouver, BC – November 15, 2011 ...

Five large boards/CREA partner to develop a national housing price index

September 23rd, 2011

A new method for measuring trends in housing prices will soon be available to REALTORS® and the public in five major markets across Canada.

Five of Canada's largest real estate boards – Calgary, Fraser Valley, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver -  together with the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) are developing a national housing price index (HPI) which will be ready for launch at the en ...

Home Sales Stable During Summer Months

September 14th, 2011
Vancouver, BC – September 14, 2011. The British Columbia Real Estate Association
(BCREA) reports that Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential unit sales in the province
rose 16.4 per cent to 6,504 units in August compared to the same month last year. The average
MLS® residential price climbed 10.7 per cent to $539,953 last month compared to August 2010.
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Summer housing market trends toward balance after an active spring season

July 20th, 2011
Summer housing market trends toward balance after an active spring season
VANCOUVER, B.C. – July 5, 2011 –Home sellers outpaced buyers on Greater Vancouver’s Multiple Listings
Service® (MLS®) in June, drawing the market back toward balance this summer.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales of detached, attached
and apartment properties reach ...

Summer housing market trends toward balance after an active spring season

July 5th, 2011
VANCOUVER, B.C. – July 5, 2011 –Home sellers outpaced buyers on Greater Vancouver’s Multiple Listings
Service® (MLS®) in June, drawing the market back toward balance this summer.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales of detached, attached
and apartment properties reached 3,262 in June, a 9.8 per cent increase compared to the 2,972 sales in ...

Home Sales to Rise 5 Per Cent This Year: BCREA 2011 Second Quarter Housing Forecast

July 2nd, 2011

Home Sales to Rise 5 Per Cent This Year:

BCREA 2011 Second Quarter Housing Forecast

BC Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales are forecast to increase 5 per cent from 74,640 units in 2010 to 78,200 units this year, before increasing a further 3.1 per cent to 80,700 units in 2012.

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Greater Vancouver housing market sees typical spring activity in April

May 3rd, 2011
VANCOUVER, B.C. – May 3, 2011 – Greater Vancouver saw a typical, solid month of residential home sales on the Multiple
Listing Service® (MLS®) in April, in contrast to the near record pace witnessed in the two preceding months.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales of detached, attached and
apartment properties in Greater Vancouver reached ...