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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.alphonseq.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Alphonse Quenneville</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/default.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Debug Build: 61019.2)</generator><item><title>Lot / Land For Sale in Downtown</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2010/01/19/f8814df8d480423fbc0faa84b0307c98.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:600642</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/600642.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=600642</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p align="center" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alphonseq.com/Squamish/British_Columbia/Commercial_Real_Estate/Downtown/Agent/Listing_10377181.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.point2.com/p2a/listing/d236/bf5b/1f90/431b1290422662e27010/w475h356.jpg" class="Photo ListingPhoto" alt="Rendering Front View" border="0" style="border:black 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt; lot / land &amp;quot;Downtown Lot &amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" id="Price_mi" src="http://alphonsequenneville.point2agent.com/OFFICE/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="position:absolute;width:34px;height:20px;" title="MLS&amp;reg; #V805086" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$325,000&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;- Hot price for commercial&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="dateline" id="LeadIn" style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Downtown, Squamish&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; Downtown Squamish vacant lot. Beautiful location perfect to build a mixed use building allowing very flexible income possibilities. Renderings for two commercial/artisan units on the main floor &amp;amp; 4 living units upstairs with Possible Ocean Views availble. Very well priced, build to take advantage of the view! These lots were selling for substantially more in 2008, Opportunity calls on the Sea to Sky corridor and just 40 minutes from Whistler and Greater Vancouver. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alphonseq.com/Squamish/British_Columbia/Commercial_Real_Estate/Downtown/Agent/Listing_10377181.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=600642" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx">For Sale</category></item><item><title>Price Reduced on 37707 2nd Avenue Squamish in Downtown</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2010/01/19/50a3ab90b60346dbbc7d640f604f13b7.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:600643</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/600643.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=600643</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="LeadIn" style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Downtown, Squamish&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;Announcing a price reduction &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;on 37707 2nd Avenue Squamish, a lot / land &amp;quot;Downtown Lot &amp;quot;. Now&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" id="Price_mi" src="http://alphonsequenneville.point2agent.com/OFFICE/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="position:absolute;width:34px;height:20px;" title="MLS&amp;reg; #V805086" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$325,000&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;- Hot price for commercial. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alphonseq.com/Squamish/British_Columbia/Commercial_Real_Estate/Downtown/Agent/Listing_10377181.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=600643" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx">For Sale</category></item><item><title>North Vancouver Homes - The Q Report December 2009.12</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2010/01/09/north-vancouver-homes-the-q-report-december-2009-12.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:29:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:594003</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/594003.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=594003</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;At an average benchmark price of $882,358, December &lt;strong&gt;detached home &lt;/strong&gt;prices rose 21.1%&amp;nbsp; from December 2008 and 1.3% from 2007. The number of detached homes sold in 2009 was up 34.4% from one year ago and down 2.5% from 2007. The supply of detached homes on the market for the past twelve months was down 16.3% from 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;North Vancouver townhouse&lt;/strong&gt; benchmark prices were up 14.6% from last December, coming in at $579,985, just .4% higher than 2007. Year-end sales are up 44.8% from last year, and down 1.5% from 2007. Listings were down 12.6% from 2008. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;December &lt;strong&gt;condominium&lt;/strong&gt; prices in North Vancouver came in at $388,373, up 16.6% from 2008 and down 2.3% from 2007. Listings for the year were down 10%, while sales increased 40.5% from 2008 and decreased 10.7% from 2007. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Statistical source: Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=594003" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>West Vancouver Homes - The Q Report December 2009.12</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2010/01/09/west-vancouver-homes-the-q-report-december-2009-12.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:593999</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/593999.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=593999</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;West Vancouver detached home&lt;/strong&gt; prices climbed 12.9% from last December, reaching an average benchmark price of $1,319,131. This represents a slight decline of 1.6% from December 2007. While listings increased 14.4% in 2009, sales increased by 52.4% over 2008 and decreased by 5.9% from 2007. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Statistical source: Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=593999" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Greater Vancouver - The Q Report December 2009.12</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2010/01/09/greater-vancouver-the-q-report-december-2009-12.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:593994</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/593994.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=593994</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;After near record low sales levels at the start of 2009, Greater Vancouver property sales rose significantly through to year-end, reflecting a corresponding increase in buyers&amp;#39; confidence. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Total unit sales of detached, attached and apartment properties in 2009 reached 35,669, a 44.8% increase from the 24,626 unit sales recorded in 2008, and a 6.3% decline from the 38,050 residential sales in 2007. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;December residential property sales were the third highest volume of sales ever recorded in Greater Vancouver for that month. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Detached home&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; sales in 2009 were up 51.5% from last year, and down 5.3% from 2007. Listings were down 16.8% from last year, and down 4.6% from two years ago. December benchmark prices averaged $766,816, up 18.3% from one year ago, and up 5.0% from December 2007. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Greater&amp;nbsp;Vancouver townhome &lt;/strong&gt;sales were up 46.5% from 2008, and down 5.2% from 2007. The December benchmark price of $478,093 rose 12.9% from one year ago, and 4.6% from December 2007. Listings available for sale last year fell short of 2008 by 11.9%.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Greater Vancouver condominium&lt;/strong&gt; benchmark prices rose 14.8% from last December to $382,573 and 1.3% from December 2007. Condo sales for the year rose 38.6% from 2008 but fell 7.4% from two years ago.&amp;nbsp; 2009 listings were down 15.7% from those of 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Statistical source: Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=593994" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Squamish Homes - The Q Report December 2009.12</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2010/01/08/squamish-homes-the-q-report-december-2009-12.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:54:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:593987</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/593987.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=593987</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Squamish detached home&lt;/strong&gt; sales in 2009 increased 16.4% over 2008, but fell 30.2% from 2007. The average December benchmark price of $500,874 was down 14.7% from twelve months ago and down .9% from 2007. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While up significantly in the fourth quarter of 2009, &lt;strong&gt;Squamish townhouse and condominium sales c&lt;/strong&gt;ame in at 13.3% below 2008 sales. Listings for the year were up 5%. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Statistical source: Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=593987" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>3-2110 West 47th Avenue in Kerrisdale is Sold!</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2009/10/09/bdd5941ddf8349b4b1ac224c53068ec2.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:555504</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/555504.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=555504</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p align="center" style="float:right;margin-left:10px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Sold" border="0" id="Sold" src="http://www.alphonseq.com//Utility/images/sold.gif" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&lt;span id="LeadIn" style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Kerrisdale, Vancouver&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;The 3 story walkup&amp;nbsp;at 3-2110 West 47th Avenue has been sold.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alphonseq.com/Vancouver/British_Columbia/Homes/Kerrisdale/Agent/Listing_1932618.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=555504" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx">For Sale</category></item><item><title>1 1/2 Story For Sale in Garibaldi Estates (Loggers Creek)</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2009/09/30/a7738786869b4ac8a2bc464a88b84c26.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:551135</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/551135.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=551135</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p align="center" style="float:right;margin-left:10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alphonseq.com/Squamish/British_Columbia/Homes/Squamish/Garibaldi_Estates/Agent/Listing_1130716.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.point2.com/p2a/listing/d018/bff6/dd0e/cf1d4012cd494a312019/w210h157.jpg" class="Photo ListingPhoto" alt="House Front" border="0" style="border:black 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;2,058 sq. ft., 3 bath, 4 bdrm 1 1/2 story&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" id="Price_mi" src="http://www.alphonseq.com/Office/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="position:absolute;width:34px;height:20px;" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$949,900&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="dateline" id="LeadIn" style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Garibaldi Estates, Garibaldi Highlands&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; 1.2 ACRES - 4 bdrm, 3 bath, Country Style Home, needs sprucing up but otherwise solid bones. Front veranda for those warm summer nights. Walk to Brennan Park Rec/Aquatic Centre. Close to town in a horse friendly setting. Good open floor plan &amp;amp; detached workshop. This rural/residential zoned property allows for home business opportunities &amp;amp; a multitude of uses (including horses). With good highway access &amp;amp; lots of space, allow your imagination to run wild with the possibilities. The 15 year old house is solid &amp;amp; well built &amp;amp; needs updating &amp;amp; is priced accordingly. A great location to live, with possibilities for future redevelopment or hold. 45 minutes to Whistler or Vancouver on the road to 2010. Call today. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alphonseq.com/Squamish/British_Columbia/Homes/Squamish/Garibaldi_Estates/Agent/Listing_1130716.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=551135" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx">For Sale</category></item><item><title>North Vancouver Homes - The Q Report August 2009.08</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2009/09/11/north-vancouver-homes-the-q-report-august-2009-08.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:520322</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/520322.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=520322</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;At an average benchmark price of $861,962, August &lt;strong&gt;detached&lt;/strong&gt; home prices rose 2.8% from last month. The number of detached homes sold in August was up 78.6% from one year ago. Year-to-date August sales surpassed those for the same period last year by 12%. The supply of detached homes on the market fell by 25% from last month.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;North Vancouver &lt;strong&gt;townhouse &lt;/strong&gt;benchmark prices rose 1.4% from last month. Sales were up 120% from one year ago, while listings were up 85.7% over this period. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;August &lt;strong&gt;condominium&lt;/strong&gt; prices in North Vancouver were up 3.2% while listings fell 18.1% in the past month.Sales were up 139% from August 2008. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Statistical source: Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=520322" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Squamish Homes - The Q Report August 2009.08</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2009/09/11/squamish-homes-the-q-report-august-2009-08.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:520321</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/520321.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=520321</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;The hot market that we&amp;#39;re experiencing in North and West Vancouver has not yet manifested itself in Sqamish. If you&amp;#39;re considering investing in the Sea to Sky corridor, now to late fall may be the ideal time. The number of &lt;strong&gt;detached &lt;/strong&gt;Squamish homes sold in August more than doubled from one year ago, and rose 40% from last month. Despite this surge, year to date sales still fall short of 2008 sales by 17.8%. Prices were up 1.1% from one year ago while listings declined 20.6%&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Squamish &lt;strong&gt;townhouse and condominium&lt;/strong&gt; sales in August rose 7.7% from last August. Listings rose 22.5% from one year ago. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Statistical source: Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=520321" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Metro Vancouver Homes - August 2009.08</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2009/09/11/metro-vancouver-homes-august-2009-08.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:35:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:520320</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/520320.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=520320</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Overall real estate sales in Metro Vancouver were up 119.3% from one year ago, and up 1.8% from two years ago. August year-to-date sales are currently 14.8% higher than the same period&amp;nbsp;last year. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Detached home&lt;/strong&gt; sales climbed 155.2% from one year ago, and declined 15.2% from last month. Listings were down 15.3% from last month. Benchmark prices averaged $732,656, down .7% from one year ago. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prices of Metro Vancouver &lt;strong&gt;townhomes &lt;/strong&gt;were up 1.6% from last month, coming in at $459,159. The number of townhomes sold in August 2009 rose 108.2% from one year ago. Listings available for sale were up 7.3%.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Metro Vancouver &lt;strong&gt;condominium &lt;/strong&gt;benchmark prices rose 1.1% from last month to $369,263, while sales increased 97.8% from last August. Listings fell 3.5% from last momth. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Statistical source: Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=520320" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>West Vancouver Homes - The Q Report August 2009.08</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2009/09/11/west-vancouver-homes-the-q-report-august-2009-08.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:32:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:520318</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/520318.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=520318</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;West Vancouver detached home prices climbed 9.6% from last month, reaching an average benchmark price of $1,323,472. While prices were 12.5% below those of August 2008, sales have more than doubled from one year ago. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Statistical source: Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=520318" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Market momentum carries into August</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2009/09/03/market-momentum-carries-into-august.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:51:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:516509</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/516509.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=516509</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;h2 style="margin:16.8pt 0in 0.1in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#e1202a"&gt;August stats:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="margin:16.8pt 0in 0.1in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.5pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#e1202a"&gt;Market momentum carries into August&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p id="P33"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;The number of home sales in Greater Vancouver increased significantly last month compared to August 2008 and moved closer in line with the active summer months experienced between 2003 and 2007.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id="P35"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver increased 119.5 per cent in August 2009 to 3,441 from the 1,568 sales recorded in August 2008 and increased 1.7 per cent compared to August 2007. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id="P37"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;New listings for detached, attached and apartment properties increased 4.9 per cent to 4,544 in August 2009 compared to August 2008 when 4,331 new units were listed. Total active listings in Greater Vancouver currently sit at 11,937, down 33 per cent from August 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id="P39"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;The return of confidence to our market has brought a high volume of home sales over the last few months and has also made determining home prices a little more challenging,&amp;rdquo; said Scott Russell, REBGV president. &amp;ldquo;The number of residential home sales this summer has been comparable to activity seen in the five years preceding 2008. While that&amp;rsquo;s great news, from the variations in activity we&amp;rsquo;re seeing across areas I&amp;rsquo;d say the market is still trying to find its own balance.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id="P41"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Since the beginning of the year, the MLSLink&amp;reg; Housing Price Index (HPI) benchmark price for all residential properties in Greater Vancouver has increased 11.4 per cent to $539,600 from $484,211. However, home prices compared to August 2008 levels are down 1.1 per cent. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id="P43"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Sales of detached properties in August 2009 increased 155.5 per cent to 1,367 from the 535 units sold during the same period in 2008. The benchmark price, as calculated by the MLSLink Housing Price Index&amp;reg;, for detached properties declined 0.7 per cent from August 2008 to $732,656.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id="P45"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;Sales of apartment properties increased 97.8 per cent last month to 1,464, compared to the 740 sales in August 2008. The benchmark price of an apartment property declined 1.4 per cent from August 2008 to $369,263. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id="P47"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Attached property sales in August 2009 increased 108.2 per cent to 610, compared with the 293 sales during the same month in 2008. The benchmark price of an attached unit declined 0.9 per cent between August 2008 and 2009 to $459,159. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=516509" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Market+Conditions/default.aspx">Market Conditions</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx">For Sale</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Buyer+Information/default.aspx">Buyer Information</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Seller+Information/default.aspx">Seller Information</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Community+Information/default.aspx">Community Information</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Squamish+Homes/default.aspx">Squamish Homes</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/North+Vancouver+Homes/default.aspx">North Vancouver Homes</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/West+Vancouver+Homes/default.aspx">West Vancouver Homes</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Metro+Vancouver+Homes/default.aspx">Metro Vancouver Homes</category><category domain="http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/tags/Vancouver+Homes/default.aspx">Vancouver Homes</category></item><item><title>North Vancouver Homes - The Q Report July 2009.07</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2009/08/29/north-vancouver-homes-the-q-report-july-2009-07.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:57:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:514442</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/514442.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=514442</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;At an average benchmark price of $838,416, July detached home prices rose 3.3% from last month,&amp;nbsp;still down&amp;nbsp;5.2% from one year ago. The number of detached homes sold increased 53.3% from last July, contributing to a year-to-date increase in sales of 5.8% over this period last year. The supply of detached homes on the market decreased slightly from July 2008. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The North Vancouver average townhouse benchmark price of $559,041 is up 1.3% from last month, but 6.4% below July&amp;nbsp;of last year. July sales were up significantly, bringing the year-to-date number of sales up 21.1%&amp;nbsp;from last year. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Condo prices in North Vancouver averaged $365,460, up 2.9% from last month, but still down 6.1% from July 2008. July sales were up 47.9% from one year ago. Listings increased by 13.1% from last July. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Statistical Source: Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=514442" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Squamish Homes - The Q Report July 2009.07</title><link>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/archive/2009/08/29/squamish-homes-the-q-report-july-2009-07.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2ef8c9cc-c3be-449a-b893-4a5973155ba5:514440</guid><dc:creator>Alphonse Quenneville</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/comments/514440.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.alphonseq.com/blogs/alphonsq/commentrss.aspx?PostID=514440</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;While overall July Squamish sales were up 31.8% from one year ago, year-to-date sales remain 41.4% below last year. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The detached home benchmark price&amp;nbsp;of $506,529 in Squamish is&amp;nbsp;21.6% below July 2008. While the number of sales is up 7.1% this month over last, year-to-date sales remain at 28% below last year. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While there have been&amp;nbsp;increases in the sales of attached homes and condominiums over the past three months, year-to-date sales are still 51.2% below those of January to July 2008. Also of note is that the number of units available for sale is down 56.3% from last July. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Statistical Source: Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.alphonseq.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=514440" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>