It found that 76 per
cent of homes listed in Vancouver were priced at more than $ 1 million.
Not exact matches
The number
of newly
listed homes in February increased by 8.1 per
cent, following a plunge
of more than 20 per
cent in the month prior.
The big housing market story in Manitoba was a surge
of homes being offered for sale with new
listings growing to levels almost 14 per
cent above where they were a year ago.
Surprisingly, «poor facilities» came very low down the
list (only 11 per
cent), with «lack
of home support» being
listed by 16 per
cent.
Sadly, many young
home buyers can't afford a 20 % down payment, especially considering that 37 %
of millennial renters have not saved a
cent for a down payment, according to a recent survey by Apartment
List.
Will be interesting to see how long that lasts when buyers engage RS's services to purchase a propertyguys
listed home where the seller is offering co-op commission
of 1
cent.
That stat also highlights why well over half
of all FSBOs (I've seen quoted numbers from 70 to 90 per
cent) end up
listing their
home with an agent.
Realtysellers says that in a recent pilot in the Greater Toronto Area, Realtysellers» flat fee program for
home sellers «generated commission savings approaching $ 1 million compared to the typical
listing fees
of 2.5 per
cent and total fees
of five per
cent.»
The survey says that 21 per
cent of Ontarians would include
home affordability in their
list of top - three issues that will determine who they would vote for in the next election — even ahead
of other important issues such as the environment (19 per
cent), education (16 per
cent) and transit (13 per
cent).
Vancouver has the highest concentration
of luxury
homes for sale in Canada, but in eight other cities more than 50 per
cent of active
listings are in the $ 1 - million - plus category, says a recent report by Point2
Homes.
The National Association
of Realtors reported that 77 per
cent of people
listed their
home with the first Realtor who actually returned their phone call.
New
listings for all
home types in Metro Vancouver totalled 6,278 in March 2016, an increase
of 5.2 per
cent compared with the 5,968 units
listed in March 2015, and a rise
of eight per
cent compared with the 5,812 new
listings in February 2016.
The number
of homes newly
listed on the Greater Vancouver market increased, by 11.5 per
cent compared with May 2015, to 6,289, which was also slightly higher than April 2016.
The overall supply
of homes for sale, as measured by the count
of active
listings at the end
of February 2015, was down by 8.7 per
cent compared to the same count in February 2014.
The Canadian Real Estate Association offered up the explanation
of a shortage
of listings in Vancouver and Toronto for a 2.1 per
cent seasonally adjusted decline in existing
home sales from August to September.
The J.D. Power survey says 68 per
cent of buyers used Internet tools to help them in the purchase process and 61 per
cent of sellers reported that they used a website
listing to market their
home.
Year - to - date, the sales to
listing ratio hovers at close to 60 per
cent, while
homes typically sell within 30 to 32 days for an average
of 98 per
cent of list price.
With more than 80 per
cent of home buyers continuing to do their research online, agents must attach more photos to their
listings for them to stand out and attract more potential buyers.»
Proximity to work (72 per
cent) and to family (65 per
cent) is lower on the
list of factors impacting
home purchase.
Thirty - seven per
cent of sellers made upgrades to their
home after
listing their property for sale.
To save on square footage, the living room is high on the endangered
list, says NAHB, with 52 per
cent of builders expecting it to be merged with other spaces in the
home by 2015.
The survey, conducted in the first half
of 2008, found 79 per
cent of sellers said they made improvements to their
homes two years prior to
listing and more than one - third (39 per
cent)
of them did so with selling in mind.
Other low - price agencies have complained about new rules that could bar some
of their
listings from the MLS, a members - only computerized database responsible for about 90 per
cent of all
home sales in Canada.
The deal that will make it easier for those who want to handle their own transactions get their properties on the popular Realtor.ca website, which provides the online
listings for an estimated 90 per
cent of the country's
home sales.
At 16,538, the total number
of homes listed for sale on the region's MLS ® increased 8.5 per
cent in April compared to last month and increased 16 per
cent from this time last year.
Realtysellers offered services such as allowing consumers to post
listings for a few hundred dollars on the MLS website, where more than 90 per
cent of all
home sales are made.