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Buying a Vancouver condo is incredibly complicated.

Many buyers don’t realize that it’s much more complicated and fraught with pitfalls to buy a condo in Vancouver than a (potentially) much more expensive house in Vancouver.

This is the SECOND VIDEO in a series of videos I’ve made about the mistakes you’ll want to avoid when buying a Vancouver condo.

In my nearly 20 year career as a Vancouver realtor I’ve seen it all…and I’ve spent my career helping my clients avoid these (and other) mistakes so that they can make the best possible decisions when buying Vancouver condos.

If you are moving to Vancouver, or already living in Vancouver, then this is a video you won’t want to miss. After all, the likelihood is that if you are buying a home in Vancouver it won’t be a house!

Avoiding these mistakes when buying a Vancouver condo will save you time, energy and most importanly...MONEY!


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Newly listed properties rose nearly +13% in July 2024 from a year ago. This was -5.6% from the previous month but well over the 10-year average of 1,520 (+13.9%) which continued to support healthy levels of inventory in the Vancouver real estate market.

Total inventory was up +25.1% over the past year to 4,490. While this was also well above the 10-year average of 3,629 (+23,7%) it was actually a decline of -2.4% from the previous month' peak.

Meanwhile, on the demand side we saw sales slip in July to 682. This was a -5.7% decline from a year ago, a -7.7% drop from the previous month and -20.9% below the 10-year average.

Despite the second straight interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada, demand continues to be soft. This isn't entirely surprising given the time of year...but the elevated inventory levels and weaker demand is finally having an impact on prices.

For the first time, we saw prices drop across the board for all housing types. The most significant decline was for Townhouses on...

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