Prediction of 2018 total sales decline gets steeper, but prices will keep rising, according to CREA.

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http://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/b-c-home-sales-forecast-revised-predicted-to-drop-17-7-1.23347762

It is an onerous task to move after being in one home for decades. What to keep and move to the next place? What to throw out? What to beg the kids to finally take to their own place?!

Sometimes you need guidance - ideas or even some muscle! There are many companies to help you do either or both.

I will be posting a series of short videos with my friend Linda Chu of OUT OF CHAOS, who has been helping people in the Vancouver area for over 15 years.

I have been helping my Buyers and Sellers, on a smaller scale as well. It is a big moment in life - to change homes, to change neighbourhoods!

It is good to get all the help you can.

At the tail end of a slow spring for B.C. real estate sales, 8,837 homes exchanged hands on the Multiple Listing Service in May, down 28.7 per cent from May 2017, the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reported June 15.

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http://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/b-c-home-sales-decline-blamed-on-mortgage-stress-test-1.23337453

The ban on B.C. real estate agents "double ending" – representing both a buyer and a seller in a real estate transaction  – comes into force Friday June 15, along with other strict regulatory changes.

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http://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/realtor-ban-on-double-ending-comes-into-force-1.23336011

B.C. one of only three regions expecting price declines, finds nationwide survey of recreation specialist realtors.

Although the average price of a recreational property in Canada is expected to increase 5.8 per cent this year, the same can’t be said of B.C. vacation homes, which are forecast to fall in price by nearly three per cent.

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http://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/speculation-tax-reducing-price-of-b-c-s-recreational-homes-survey-1.23326699

Residential sales forecast to slow further this year but recover next year.

Home sales across Greater Vancouver may be soft so far this year compared with the past couple of years, but that won’t be enough to bring average prices down, according to a forecast by the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA).

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