Winter 2024 Newsletter

Interest rates have continued to drop, the volume of sales has grown, and values have stabilized. First time buyers have been trickling back in and more will likely follow after the most recent cuts. Upward pressure on prices seems inevitable […]

Fall 2024 Newsletter

Summer of 2024 followed traditional seasonal patterns in Vancouver, with listing inventory and sales volume both down. As we enter the Fall, the number of listings will almost inevitably increase. What is less clear is whether/when the sales will follow. […]

May 2024 Newsletter

It’s been an interesting spring in the Vancouver market so far. The overall picture is one of a fairly balanced market with steady sales volume and stable prices. That in itself is refreshing and unusual for Vancouver! On closer inspection […]

February 2024 Newsletter

Some of you receiving this may have not heard from me in a while. My new executive assistant, Faye, and I have been busy reviewing and updating all our systems in the past few weeks. If you unsubscribed on a […]

Fall Newsletter

The Fall market has played out much as (I) expected so far. Listing inventory increased in the first few weeks post Labour Day as typically happens, but not significantly enough to move us into a buyer’s market across the board.  […]

Summer Newsletter

As usual the latest market stats will appear in my monthly Stilhavn newsletter. If you are not a subscriber and would like to be, please let me know. This below is my personal take on what’s happening out there. Given everything that has been thrown at it, most notably more interest […]

Spring Newsletter

As usual the latest market stats will appear in my monthly Stilhavn newsletter. If you are not a subscriber and would like to be, please let me know. This below is my personal take on what’s happening out there. As predicted in my last newsletter, now that interest rates “appear” to […]

New Year Newsletter 2023

As usual the latest market stats will appear in my monthly Stilhavn newsletter. If you are not a subscriber and would like to be, please let me know. This below is my personal take on what’s happening out there. As expected, it has been a quiet few weeks in the Vancouver […]

Fall Market Update

As usual the latest market stats will appear in my monthly Stilhavn newsletter. If you are not a subscriber and would like to be, please let me know. This below is my personal take on what’s happening out there. As predicted in my Halftime Report at the end of June, the […]

Halftime Report

Spring 2022- Market Update

As usual the latest market stats will appear in my monthly Stilhavn newsletter. If you are not a subscriber and would like to be, please let me know. This below is my personal take on what’s happening out there. As predicted in my last newsletter, the first quarter of 2022 felt like […]

New Year 2022

As usual the latest market stats will appear in my monthly Stilhavn newsletter. If you are not a subscriber and would like to be, please let me know. This below is my personal take on what’s happening out there. As predicted in my last newsletter, the final quarter of 2021 was another very […]

Fall 2021- Market Update

As usual the latest market stats will appear in my monthly Stilhavn newsletter. If you are not a subscriber and would like to be, please let me know. This below is my personal take on what’s happening out there. As predicted in my last newsletter, the slightly calmer conditions through […]

May 2021- Market Update

As usual the latest market stats will appear in my monthly Stilhavn newsletter. If you are not a subscriber and would like to be, please let me know. This below is my personal take on what’s happening out there. It is hard to write anything about the market right now […]

Spring 2021- Market Update

As usual the latest market stats will appear in my monthly Stilhavn newsletter. If you are not a subscriber and would like to be, please let me know. This below is my personal take on what’s happening out there. The last quarter of 2020 saw strong sales volume across Vancouver and increased […]

September 2020- Market Update

Summer saw no signs of a slowdown to the post-lockdown recovery in Vancouver. The volume of sales in both July and August were well up on both previous months and previous years. Prices have solidified and even risen marginally in certain […]

July 2020 Market Update- Vancouver Real Estate

From a real estate perspective, the last 3 months have proved once again what an extraordinarily resilient and unique market Vancouver is. In spite of the Covid 19 pandemic, a temporary shutdown, major economic uncertainty and all the accompanying stress, residential property values […]

April 2020 Market Update- Vancouver Real Estate

The first half of March showed a surge in sales activity which suggested a very strong spring market was underway. That of course all changed as the scale of the Covid 19 crisis became clear. Sales activity dipped dramatically, due to safety concerns […]