Posted by Carl Parker | Real Estate Reports | Posted on August 31st, 2010
Architectural masterpiece in Eagleridge.
Here’s a recap of the year so far. It has been an excellent spring and I have connected with some wonderful people who are all interested in North Shore properties as we headed into summer. Its encouraging to be of service to people coming to live here and it’s great to be able to help seniors also.
Carl Parker
Prudential Sussex Realty
Office 604-925-2911
Cell 604-619-1281
RECENT SALES
Jan. 22 / 2010 – Purchase #104 – 575 West 13th. Van. $267,000
Mar. 4 / 2010 – Sold Listing 6072 Eagleridge Drive, West Van. $2,300,000
April 20 / 2010 – Purchase #315 – 930 – Roche Point - North Van. $352,000
April 23 / 2010 - Sold Listing #9 – 2615 Fortress Drive – Port Coquitlam $480,500
June 28 / 2010 – Purchase 1055 Blue Grouse in Grouse Woods $1,075,000
June 30 / 2010 – Sold Listing 510 East Braemar North Van. $959,000
July 30 / 2010 – Sold 126 Ontario Place, Saltspring Isl. B.C. $1,850,000
July 30 / 2010 Purchase #110 – 843 22nd St. West Vancouver $580,000
Aug. 14 / 2010 Sold Listing #104 – 843 22nd St. West Vancouver $549,000
This Week’s Featured Listing :
421 – 1633 MacKay North Van. V801623 $379,000
Posted by Carl Parker | Housing Reports | Posted on November 11th, 2009
Higher Home Sales, smaller inventories posted in Vancouver for October
Lower mainland home sales continued riding high in October, with prices continuing to rise, according to the reports from the region’s major Real Estate Boards Tuesday. . . Origin Financial, News Letter – Nov. 5/09.
Housing Market To Improve In 2010– CMHC Forecast
Canada’s national housing agency has upgraded it’s forecast for the new housing market next year on the grounds that low mortgage rates will continue to make home ownership affordable, the economy will be better than previously thought and there will be a spillover effect from the surging resale market. Housing starts are forecast to reach 141,900 in 2009 and rise to 164,000 next year, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Monday in it’s quarterly outlook. CMHC Release Nov. 2, 2009
High sales levels spur new rise in home values
VANCOUVER, B.C. – November 2, 2009– Strong demand has led to a steady rise in Greater Vancouver home prices compared to last year. . . “While home prices have been rising in 2009, they have not eclipsed the peaks reached in early 2008,” Scott Russell, Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) president said. “We’re coming off several months of unseasonably high sales levels, which has allowed for a gradual increase in home values this year,”. . . .
“High confidence and low mortgage rates are continuing to drive the activity we’re seeing in the housing market today,”
Resales of Canadian homes up 18 per cent in third quarter; best Q3 on record
By The Canadian Press / Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Canada Co. October 15, 2009.
OTTAWA – The Canadian Real Estate Association says sales of existing homes during the third quarter were among the strongest on record.
Posted by Carl Parker | Uncategorized | Posted on October 23rd, 2009
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
August Stats: Sept. 2, 2009
The number of home sales in greater Vancouver increased significantly last month compared toAugust 2008 and moved closer in line with the active summer months experienced between 2003 and 2007.
“The return of confidence to our market has brought a high volume of home sales over the last few months and has also made it determining home prices a little more challenging,” said Scott Russell, REBGV President. “The number of residential home sales this summer has been comparable toactivity seen in the five years preceding 2008. While that’s great news from the variations and activity we’re seeing across areas, I’d say the market is still trying to find its own balance.”
Posted by Carl Parker | Vancouver Climate | Posted on August 31st, 2009
The variety of arbutus tree that grows along our coasts is also called the Menziesii or Pacific Madrone or Madrona Tree. It can also be found from the South Coast through Central California, the slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast Range mountains.
In West Vancouver, the Arbutus is commonly seen from the Standard Station in Bayridge to approximately Lions Bay, from a short distance above the highway to Whytecliff Park and Lighthouse Park.
In Vancouver, seeing the Arbutus is rare. They are found again in Richmond and south to Whiterock, and flourish in the Gulf Islands. It seems to prefer the region here around Horseshoe Bay- areas where the weather comes in and passes over land until it gets snagged on the mountains, leaving the rain shadow dry. Such is the case with Whidbey Island Air Force Base. It was chosen as the best northern U.S. Air Force Station because it has the best weather year round, north of San Francisco. Mt. Vernon, Chuckanut Drive, LaConner up to Semiahmoo, are all abundant with the arbutus. The American and Canadian San Juan and Gulf Islands, Anacortes and Vancouver is rated a 7/8 on the climate zone ratings. The Arbutus rates with an 8/9 – one climate zone or level better than Vancouver.