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Informed Home Buyer/Seller issue 5 May 2022

How to Make your Home Sale “Smooth Sailing” When you plan to take a journey somewhere, you hope it will be smooth sailing all the way. That simply means the trip will be relatively trouble-free, and without stress or hassles. Well, selling your property is like a journey. So, how do you ensure that adventure ...

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April 2022 Victoria Real Estate Board statistics package released to media today

  Spring is traditionally the busiest real estate season, but early on Victoria’s market sees a change in tempo A total of 824 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this April, 26.2 per cent fewer than the 1,116 properties sold in April 2021 and a 1.1 per cent ...

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Only 35 Per Cent of British Columbians Support Government’s Cooling-Off Period According to Recent Polling

On behalf of the province’s eight real estate boards and 24,000 REALTORS®, the BC Real Estate Association (BCREA) supports the Government of British Columbia’s intent to introduce a “Homebuyer Protection Period.” However, the BC Government's cooling-off period fails to meet the needs of British Columbians. A recent independent survey of 1,157 British ...

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March 2022 Sales Proof of Another Record Low for Housing Inventory

A total of 833 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this March, 29 per cent fewer than the 1,173 properties sold in March 2021 but a 16 per cent increase from February 2022. Sales of condominiums were down 26 per cent from March 2021 with 279 units ...

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