The Bull vs The Bear
Ok, our last blog post was from the end of April, when the REBGV market was significantly down as lockdown measures were in place. I had said that the Bear had woken up. But a lot has happened since then.…
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The Bear Has Woken Up
A few months ago we discussed data that showed that the Bear market of REBGV had ended. Indeed, as we will see, during the first three months of the year a rapid increase in the sales was observed, indicating a…
No Need to Run, Bidding is Fun.
In our previous post we discussed that the bear market in Vancouver had gone away, at least for now. But why?
The Bear has gone to sleep
Winter is here, and it appears that the bear in the Vancouver Real Estate market has gone hibernating
Balance. A look at the May REBGV numbers
I want to discuss the stats for May, and how they fit with previous months and years. It is clear that sales went up, but why? Let's see what the numbers can tell us.
What is delayed may happen later. What do stats today tell us about tomorrow?
The questions I want to answer are the following: 1)There are two price indices available, the House Price Index posted by the CREA, and the Teranet Index. How do they compare? 2)What is the correlation between the Sales to Active…
Stats don’t lie… Above or below assessed?
What is the percentage of units selling above or below assessed?
Evaluate and assess
Are units, on average, selling above or below their assessment price?
Stats don’t lie… Above or below asking?
WYSIATI (what you see is all there is) basically explains how quickly we jump to conclusions when presented with very limited data. We assume that what we see is representative of the rest of the data, extrapolate, and jump to…
Down down… Vancouver Real Estate trend in March
Despite common belief that the real estate in Vancouver would pick up in the spring, that was not the case. March sales were the lowest they have been in 33 years, and inventory is picking up.