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BC Homes Sales to Post Strong Recovery in 2021

The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released it’s 2020 Second Quarter Housing Forecast today. Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in the province are forecast to decline 21 percent to approximately 61,000 units this year, after recording 77,347 residential sales in 2019. MLS® residential sales are forecast to increase 45.3 percent ...

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Kootenay Area Single Family Sales Stats

Have you been wondering what has been going on in the real estate market this year?  Here is a look at single-family home sales for the Kootenay region. ...

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Bank of Canada Interest Rate Announcement

The Bank of Canada held its overnight rate at 0.25 percent this morning, a level it considers it’s effective lower bound. In the statement accompanying the decision, the Bank noted that incoming data seems to signal that the impact of COVID-19 on the economy has peaked, though there remains significant ...

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Pandemic Halts Sales Activity in March

The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 6,717 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in March 2020, an increase of 17.2 percent from March 2019. The average MLS® residential price in BC was $789,548, a 15.1 percent increase from $685,892 recorded the ...

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