Posts tagged with: Alberta buyers

Stress Test Impact on BC Home Sales

Stress Test Impact On BC Home Sales

Stress Test Impact On BC Home Sales July 16, 2019 Was the B20 Mortgage Stress Test the main cause of home sales across Canada plummeting to start 2018? Were there other factors?  The implementation of new federal and provincial housing policies designed to temper the hot BC housing market could have been a cause? Higher [&hellip

Read More

RBC Offering Great Mortgage Rates

RBC Offering Great Mortgage Rates April 9, 2019 Well, it finally looks like spring has sprung in the Okanagan and we hope that you are getting outside to take advantage of the beautiful weather. Now it’s your turn to take advantage of some great mortgage rates offered by the big banks! All signs are pointing [&hellip

Read More
August Sales 2018

Sales Slowed In September But Vacation and Lakeshore Picking Up

Sales Slowed In September But Lakeshore Up By Michael Kinghorn Home prices have continued to rise in the North Okanagan and Shuswap despite a decline in actual sales of residential property. This ‘re-balancing’ of the market has seen it move from a more of a sellers’ market to one that is more even between home [&hellip

Read More
August Sales 2018

August Sales Held But Vacation And Lakeshore Improved

August Sales Held But Vacation And Lakeshore Improved By Michael Kinghorn August sales were slower for homes in the North Okanagan, showing a slight decline over last month, but despite the slower than anticipated market, there was still movement  in our higher end listings. This, despite all of the roadblocks put in place by the [&hellip

Read More
July Sales Improved

July Sales Improved – Strong August Next?

July Sales Improved – Strong August Next? By Michael Kinghorn July sales improved for Priscilla and Company, bucking the trend we are seeing in the North Okanagan. We were a part of one sale over $2MM and two more over $1MM, while also getting two more sales over $900K. That is in contrast to the [&hellip

Read More
Right Time To Sell

Is This The Time To Sell?

North Okanagan Real Estate – Is This The Right Time To Sell? By Michael Kinghorn All the talk recently has been about how the Real Estate market has taken a down turn. While that may be the case in larger urban centres such as Toronto and Vancouver, we don’t think that is the case in [&hellip

Read More

BC Speculation Tax – North Okanagan Update

BC Speculation Tax – North Okanagan Update April 4, 2018 The BC Government announced their proposed speculation tax just over a month ago in the now tabled BC Budget, and while there have been plenty of questions, there have been very few answers.  This has caused a lot of unnecessary anxiety in the market and caused [&hellip

Read More

Who Purchased Real Estate in November?

Did you know 21.1% of Buyers purchasing real estate in the Okanagan/Shuswap region during the month of November were from Lower Mainland/Vancouver Island? While only 8.5% of Buyers were from Alberta. NOVEMBER BUYERS SURVEY Home/Property Type: 21.3% by Relocating and moving to similar property type (down from 21.5% in October) 18.9% by First Time Buyers (up from 15.5%) [&hellip

Read More

Where are the real estate buyers coming from?

It’s a hot topic of conversation amongst sellers and the team at Priscilla & Company, ‘Where are the buyers actually coming from?’.  Spring is normally busy for the real estate market Generally, real estate sales in the Okanagan and Shuswap increase in May as compared to April. This year was no different, with sales 38% [&hellip

Read More