Around Town: VIREB Commercial Business Awards announces recipients
Three Comox Valley projects received Awards of Excellence at the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board Commercial Business Awards on April 19. Riverwalk Centre of Courtenay was a co-winner in the Mixed Use category. Highstreet Ventures Inc. is the developer and Traine...
Around Town: Home sales down from 2018 but prices still rising due to limited inventory
Although the national average price of a home dropped in March by 10.4 per cent, Vancouver Island saw big increases compared to the year before. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) says to buy a home in Victoria, it will cost an average of $658,600, a 14.6 per...
Around Town: VIREB releases February 2018 statistics
There were 812 single-family homes for sale in February compared to 749 in January and 947 one year ago in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) region (north of the Malahat). The supply of apartments and townhouses also rose slightly from 2017, up three per...
Around Town: VIREB Report for January
Sales in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) area returned to seasonally normal levels in January after experiencing the busiest December on record. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) notes that the housing market in B.C. is still thriving...
Around Town: VIREB posts strongest December on record
The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) notes that the housing market in B.C. is thriving due to strong economic fundamentals, such as robust retail sales, job growth, and population growth. BCREA expects economic growth to slow in 2018, expanding at a...Get 8 FREE Issues!
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