Housing Market Update

Housing Market Update (November 2017) Watch BCREA Chief Economist Cameron Muir discuss the October 2017 statistics: https://youtu.be/Xcw9pdwPF2c Copyright BCREA ...

BC Home Sales Rise Despite Low Level of Supply

The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 8,677 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in October, an increase of 19.3 per cent from the same period last year. Total sales dollar volume was $6.25 billion, up 41.6 per cent from October ...

Have you had a look at BCREA's Mortgage Rate Forecast? Highlights: 5-year fixed mortgage rates hit three-year high Rapid economic growth, but still no sign of inflation Bank of Canada tightening, but how quickly? http://www.bcrea.bc.ca/docs/economics-forecasts-and-presentations/mortgagerateforecast.pdf ...

Canadian Employment

Canadian employment increased by 10,000 jobs in September while the the national unemployment rate remained steady at 6.2 per cent. In the twelve months to August, employment in Canada is up 1.8 per cent, or 320,000 jobs. Somewhat tepid job growth along with slumping exports and flat real GDP in ...