http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:45:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/average-performance-housing-market-2012-bcrea-first-quarter-housing-forecast-update/ http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/average-performance-housing-market-2012-bcrea-first-quarter-housing-forecast-update/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:34:36 +0000 Kirsten Mason http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/?p=7863 Vancouver, BC – January 27, 2012. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2012 First Quarter Housing Forecast Update today. BC Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales are forecast to increase 2.1 per cent from 76,817 units in 2011 to 78,400 units this year, increasing a further 2.7 per cent to 80,500 units [...]

]]> http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/average-performance-housing-market-2012-bcrea-first-quarter-housing-forecast-update/feed/ 0 http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/new-strata-regulations-good-condo-buyers-strata-property-act-reforms-long-overdu/ http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/new-strata-regulations-good-condo-buyers-strata-property-act-reforms-long-overdu/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:09:30 +0000 Kirsten Mason http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/?p=7758 This article appeared in the Vancouver Courier and was written by Royal Lepage City Centre Realtor Deb Abbey. The strata rules will also be applicable for Kamloops condos, townhouses and stratified properties. The changes are welcomed as it is always important that both the sellers and buyers are thoroughly informed. Article below: 2012 brings long [...]

]]> http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/new-strata-regulations-good-condo-buyers-strata-property-act-reforms-long-overdu/feed/ 0 http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/home-sales-increase-year/ http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/home-sales-increase-year/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:01:58 +0000 Kirsten Mason http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/?p=7718 Click to enlarge Vancouver, BC – January 13, 2012. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that the dollar volume of homes sold through Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in BC climbed 14.3 per cent to $43.1 billion in 2011. A total of 76,817 homes were sold in BC in 2011, up 2.9 per cent [...]

]]> http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/home-sales-increase-year/feed/ 0 http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/homeowner-grant-threshold-raised-1285m-grant-reduces-property-taxes-bc-residents/ http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/homeowner-grant-threshold-raised-1285m-grant-reduces-property-taxes-bc-residents/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:02:16 +0000 Kirsten Mason http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/?p=7598 This article appeared on CBC News on January 3rd, 2012. The B.C. government has raised the threshold for homeowner property grant to $1.285 million to accommodate rising property values. The news comes as hundreds of thousands of annual property assessments are being prepared for B.C. property owners by the government. Last year, the threshold was [...]

]]> http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/homeowner-grant-threshold-raised-1285m-grant-reduces-property-taxes-bc-residents/feed/ 0 http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/bc-market-heads-equilibrium/ http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/bc-market-heads-equilibrium/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:16:24 +0000 Kirsten Mason http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/?p=7510 This article appeared on the Canadian Real Estate Magazine on December 14th, 2011. The B.C. real estate market may finally have reached the equilibrium investors and others have long hoped for, with Multiple Listing sales in November falling only marginally from  the previous year and price growth restricting itself to a 1 per cent gain. [...]

]]> http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/bc-market-heads-equilibrium/feed/ 0 http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/dj-vu-november-housing-market/ http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/dj-vu-november-housing-market/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:43:43 +0000 Kirsten Mason http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/?p=7493 Vancouver, BC – December 14, 2011. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential unit sales in the province remained relatively unchanged in November compared to the same month last year. A total of 5,640 units were sold last month compared to 5,647 units in November 2010. The average [...]

]]> http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/dj-vu-november-housing-market/feed/ 0 http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/home-sales-climb-higher-vancouver/ http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/home-sales-climb-higher-vancouver/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:36:18 +0000 Kirsten Mason http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/?p=7340 Vancouver, BC – November 15, 2011. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential unit sales in the province rose 6.5 per cent to 5,865 units in October compared to the same month last year. The average MLS® residential price was up 2.6 per cent to $535,695 last month [...]

]]> http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/home-sales-climb-higher-vancouver/feed/ 0 http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/housing-forecast-points-market-stability-2012-bcrea-fourth-quarter-housing-forecast/ http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/housing-forecast-points-market-stability-2012-bcrea-fourth-quarter-housing-forecast/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:17:10 +0000 Kirsten Mason http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/?p=7312 Vancouver, BC – November 8, 2011. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2011 Fourth Quarter Housing Forecast today. BC Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales are forecast to rise 3.2 per cent from 74,640 units in 2010 to 77,000 units this year, increasing a further 3.9 per cent to 80,000 units in [...]

]]> http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/housing-forecast-points-market-stability-2012-bcrea-fourth-quarter-housing-forecast/feed/ 0 http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/bc-home-sales-edge-higher-september/ http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/bc-home-sales-edge-higher-september/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:03:41 +0000 Kirsten Mason http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/?p=7213 Vancouver, BC – September 14, 2011. The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential unit sales in the province rose 8.8 per cent to 5995 units in September compared to the same month last year. The average MLS® residential price increased 6 per cent to $523,568 last month compared [...]

]]> http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/bc-home-sales-edge-higher-september/feed/ 0 http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/price-vary-sharply-province-bcrea-survey-finds/ http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/price-vary-sharply-province-bcrea-survey-finds/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:42:13 +0000 Kirsten Mason http://www.kamloopsrealestateblog.com/?p=7015 This article appeared on the VancouverSun.com and was written by Brian Morton on September 15th, 2011. Southwestern B.C. and the rest of the province increasingly have little in common when it comes to year-over-year home price changes, according to the latest numbers from the B.C. Real Estate Association. While residential sales across the province remained [...]

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