Rate Hold Meets Buyer’s Market: Why Vancouver’s Window Is Still Open
Posted on Aug 21, 2026 in Real Estate
Market Insight · August 2026
Rate Hold Meets Buyer’s Market: Why Vancouver’s Window Is Still Open
A month ago I called this market a window — a stretch where buyers, not sellers, hold the pen. Since then the Bank of Canada has held rates for a sixth straight time, inv...Make This Weekend Count
Posted on Aug 21, 2026
Things to Do This Week — August 19-25, 2026
We're in that golden stretch of late summer where the evenings stay warm, the mountains hold onto the light a little longer, and the North Shore feels like it's showing off. School's not back yet, the seawall is buzzing, and there's a real end-of-summer energy in the air — the kind that makes you want to b...
Posted on Aug 03, 2026
East Vancouver Market Update: Century Homes, Brand-New Half-Duplexes, and a Sold-to-List Ratio That Tells the Real Story
Weekly East Vancouver Market Deep DiveEast Vancouver has always been the city's most contradictory neighbourhood — century-old character homes standing shoulder to shoulder with brand-new laneway half-duplexes, million-dollar bung...North Vancouver Weekly Update: The Lonsdale Corridor Still Runs the Show
Posted on Jul 30, 2026
Thursday, July 30, 2026This week's North Vancouver dataset covers 102 active listings and closings across 25 sub-areas, split between 71 firm (sold) deals and 31 still in pending status. Total firm sales volume came in at just over $105.4 million, with an average sold price of $1.45M and a median of $1.225M — a reminder that a handful of high-end e...
Rate Hold Meets Buyer's Market: Why Vancouver's Window Is Open Right Now
Posted on Jul 14, 2026 in Real Estate
Tomorrow, July 15, the Bank of Canada is widely expected to leave its overnight rate unchanged at 2.25% — the sixth consecutive hold since the cutting cycle wrapped up last October. The headlines will read "no change," and most people will shrug and move on. That's exactly the mistake.
A hold is not a non-event. It's confirmation that the cost of bo...
Coquitlam Floods the Market While North Van Sellers Hold the Line — Your July 10 Market Pulse
Posted on Jul 11, 2026
