Throughout my years as a REALTOR®, I’ve met many people who chose their agents based on the fact that they are hiring a ‘Top Producer’ – you know the agent, the one with the fancy ads, decaled vehicle and other gimmicks who will tell anyone who listens (and several who don’t), that they are the … Read more
Real Estate Highlights of 2010 – continued… Buyer’s Market On April 27th I posted, “Hello Buyer’s Market!” to let my clients know we were in a Buyers Market. It was four months later that the chief economist of the Real Estate Association mentioned “a summer shift to a buyers market”. Balanced Market Locally this past … Read more
On September 30, 2008, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) had a total of 22,605 active listings. This recent high may have caused some panic because there were only 13,574 listings exactly one year earlier. Yesterday, January 16, 2009, I did a search for all REBGV active listings and this is what I found: As David Clayton-Thomas lyricized,”What … Read more