Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board, Housing Market Update for December 2012

Welcome to the year end housing market update. There was 25,032 sold in the region. The second lowest total we have seen since 2000.Of course worse then this year was the 2008 decline! Homes are taking 73 days to sell on average, that is the longest average since early 2010. Please watch the video for full details.For a detailed report about how much you house is worth in this market please visit Free Home Evaluation.

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History of Vancouver

The History of Vancouver. Year 1919 Vancouver was booming with lumber, business, construction and land. Property values were the highest in North America.That has not changed much! Brokers started the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver to promote property ownership and lobied the government on behalf of the property owners. In 1925, the Vancouver Real Estate Listings became on a cooperative system, kind of like the MLS of today. The multiple listing service became a reality in the 1950s, setting standards around North America. In the 70’s, the Vancouver MLS became on of the first computerized systems in Canada. We pioneered the technology. Nearly 90 years ago the Vancouver Real Estate Board was created by a few good men…I would like to think we are making them proud and creating our own Vancouver History! Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of this video. Related […]

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