Chris yMB
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October: Detached sales picking up while condos remain sluggish househuntvictoria.ca/2025/11/12/o...
October: Detached sales picking up while condos remain sluggish
October sales were down 6% year over year as a whole, but detached sales actually posted their best result in nearly 4 years, while condos remained quite sluggish. As usual, the chart below is sea…
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November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
October: Detached sales picking up while condos remain sluggish househuntvictoria.ca/2025/11/12/o...
Is this the real estate market we have all been asking for???
The market remains stable as fear fades househuntvictoria.ca/2025/07/12/j...
The market remains stable as fear fades househuntvictoria.ca/2025/07/12/j...
June: Market remains stable as fear fades
A late summary of the June numbers, and the next post will likely be in August as we’ll be in and out of town unless I see some interesting real estate story in our travels. A good increase i…
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July 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Is this the real estate market we have all been asking for???
The market remains stable as fear fades househuntvictoria.ca/2025/07/12/j...
The market remains stable as fear fades househuntvictoria.ca/2025/07/12/j...
Will you be hit with capital gains tax because you have a suite in your home?
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New developments with suites and capital gains tax
As you probably know, when you sell your principal residence for more than you bought it for, you generally don’t have to pay tax on the capital gain. However what if part of your property i…
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June 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Will you be hit with capital gains tax because you have a suite in your home?
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househuntvictoria.ca/2025/06/24/n...
May: Sales up a little, but things remain balanced. Is that good or bad for you??
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May: Sales up a little, market remains balanced
The 758 properties sold in May represented a drop of just under a percent from a year ago, but that slight dip was only because there was one fewer business day this May than last. Accounting for…
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June 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
May: Sales up a little, but things remain balanced. Is that good or bad for you??
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Do you know what homeowner costs have increased and squeezed affordability?
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What it’s costing to run a house
Just over a decade ago I wrote this article detailing the costs to run our fairly average house. At the time, the total annual cost for taxes, insurance, and utilities for our 1970s ~2100 sqft hous…
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May 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Do you know what homeowner costs have increased and squeezed affordability?
househuntvictoria.ca/2025/05/12/w...
househuntvictoria.ca/2025/05/12/w...
Is a garden suite right for your home?
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How to value garden suites
I’ve written about garden suites in the past, noting that though they’ve been legalized on paper in some municipalities for a couple decades, the uptake so far has been slow. However w…
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April 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Is a garden suite right for your home?
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New budget but no new plans to improve the housing.
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Blood from a stone
The BC Budget was released last week, and there was essentially very little new in it, especially on housing. Other than continuing funding for various programs already in place, the only real cha…
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March 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
New budget but no new plans to improve the housing.
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Trade War 👎, Lower Rates 👍, Consumer Confidence.... ❓
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February market steady but surge on pause
Well the trade war is on again, but it’s far from clear what it will do to the Victoria market. On the negative side, it’s bad for consumer confidence and likely to drive up unemployme…
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March 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Trade War 👎, Lower Rates 👍, Consumer Confidence.... ❓
househuntvictoria.ca/2025/03/04/f...
househuntvictoria.ca/2025/03/04/f...
Wow!!! That was an earthquake!!! Where was it ???
March 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow!!! That was an earthquake!!! Where was it ???
How is the Real Estate supply these days?? househuntvictoria.ca/2025/02/10/s...
Supply side update
It’s tough to make the development math work these days, and builders are struggling to make a choice between building rentals (that will complete into a dramatically weakening rental market)…
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February 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
How is the Real Estate supply these days?? househuntvictoria.ca/2025/02/10/s...
Economic uncertainty is the new norm. househuntvictoria.ca/2025/02/03/f...
January: Steady market as Canada faces economic uncertainty
Who knew 2025 would bring such uncertainty so quickly? Despite the pause on tariffs, the country is on edge, with measures of economic uncertainty spiking to levels we haven’t seen in decad…
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February 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Economic uncertainty is the new norm. househuntvictoria.ca/2025/02/03/f...
I don’t want to get up!
January 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I don’t want to get up!
Christmas Eve zoomies!
December 25, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Christmas Eve zoomies!
Play catch with me??
December 20, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Play catch with me??