March 29th Market Update
This post is 8 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.It’s still only the first month of the traditional three month hot spring market. If you recall from the article...
Monthly Archive: March 2016
Are condos an OK buy, and do you care?
This post is 8 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Well this place is called HouseHuntVictoria, and quite fittingly very little attention has been paid to the condo market over the...
What was going on in 1991?
This post is 8 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.We know its crazy right now, but even with this insane level of market activity, we are just barely breaking the...
March 21 Market Update
This post is 8 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Are we topped out yet in this market? Let’s take a look at the latest weekly numbers from the VREB...
A brief history of prices
Updated: 2021 Q1. Here’s an updated version of our inflation adjusted price history on a log scale. So how fast has the Victoria single family home market been appreciating in the last 55 years? If...
Pent Up Supply
This post is 8 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.A topic of discussion here over the years has been that of pent up supply. The theory being that when the...
Weekly Conditions: All signs up
This post is 8 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.After almost 3 years of a steadily improving market, we are starting to depart from anything we’ve seen before in Victoria....
Demographics, Part One
This post is 8 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.One of the factors in real estate activity are the demographics of the city, which will give us some clues as to...
All buyers are equal, but some are more equal than others
This post is 8 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.A fear is gripping Victoria, and that is the fear of outside buyers coming in to take our jerbs; or at...
Party like it’s 1992
This post is 8 years old. The data and my views may have since evolved.Monthly numbers are out, and they’re… shall we say… aggressive. There were 772 sales in February, which is more than we...