by Macrealty Marketing Team | Feb 4, 2018 | Market Updates
Here are the latest real estate market statistics from Macdonald Realty on Greater Victoria, Parksville/Qualicum, and Nanaimo listings and sales in January 2018.
Greater Victoria
In January 2018, there were 175 sales of single family homes and 429 active listings in the Greater Victoria. The benchmark sale price was $702,200 with an average days on market of 42. The hottest market for sales was Langford with 32 sales. There were also 12 sales and 90 active listings at the end of the month for waterfront homes.
In comparison, the Condo market had 118 sales, 229 active listings at the end of the month. The benchmark sale price was $450,600 with an average days on market of 23. The hottest market for sales was Victoria, 43 sales.
Townhome sales were 62, active listings were 94 and the benchmark sale price was $567,400. The average days on market were 46, and the hottest market was Langford with 17 sales.
It’s a seller’s market in Victoria.
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by Macrealty Marketing Team | Aug 11, 2017 | In The News
No. 1 wins for scenic views and proximity to downtown.
In April 2017 MoneySense.ca selected their top Victoria neighbourhoods to buy real estate.
By the end of last year, the benchmark price had grown almost 24% for a single-family home in the Victoria area. According to Victoria’s Real Estate Board, this spike in sales price is due, in part, to dwindling listings. Listings were down 41%, when compared to 2015, even as the number of sales last year broke new records for this west coast city. As a result, buyers looking for a home in the Greater Victoria Area are beginning to look further afield. Read the rest of the article here.
We’ve rounded up homes for sale in each of these Where to Buy neighbourhoods to make it easy for you.
The top 5 Victoria neighbourhoods for buyers, according to MoneySense are:
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To view all active listings currently for sale in one of these areas simply click the neighbourhood links above or call our head office at 1-877-278-3888 to be matched to an expert real estate agent in your area.
by Macrealty Marketing Team | Aug 3, 2017 | In The News
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With less than 2,000 active listings, Victoria’s real estate market remains firmly weighted in favour of the seller, according to data released Tuesday by the Victoria Real Estate Board.
There were 1,921 active listings at the end of last month, a drop from the 2,161 on the market in July 2016, which led to sellers getting excellent prices for their homes.
The median sale price of a single-family home in the region was $759,000 last month, a 14.3 per cent increase from the $664,000 recorded in July last year.
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by Macrealty Marketing Team | May 31, 2017 | In The News
A new report from Christie’s International lists Victoria as the second hottest luxury real estate market in the world.
When you think of a luxury home you probably picture a house on the ocean, or a large estate, but with the Victoria real estate market booming, the face of luxury is changing.
One townhouse in Oak Bay Village is about to go on the market for just over a million dollars.
“If this was a single family home we’d be talking about a much different number especially in today’s market,” said Jordy Harris, a realtor with Newport Realty.
Home prices, especially in desirable neighbourhoods like this one, have gone up.
“In the last three years has gone up by about 40 to 50 per cent,” said Ara Balabanian, President of the Victoria Real Estate Board.
And that may be why a new report from Christie’s International lists Victoria as the second hottest luxury market in the world, behind Toronto, and just ahead of San Francisco.
“Luxury can be something that is just over a million, and I say that with some respect, but our prices have risen to that point,” said Jack Petrie, Managing Partner of Newport Realty, a Christie’s International real estate firm.
While 2016 saw a big increase in homes that sold for a million or over, only a handful went above three million.
“We had approximately 16 homes in 2015, we had 20 homes sell in 2016,” said Balabanian.
The report lists offshore buyers, put off by Vancouver’s new foreign buyers tax, as one of the driving factors for the luxury sales boom, but local realtors aren’t seeing it.
“It’s not as if there was a sudden floodgate where all those buyers, foreign buyers, looking to buy in Vancouver, came over here, it just didn’t happen like that,” said Harris.
“It’s still a small component of the marketplace, it’s somewhere around 5 per cent,” said Balabanian.
They say the largest segment of home buyers remains locals, followed by those from elsewhere in Canada.
But if prices continue to soar, “luxury” may need to be re-defined.
The article was originally posted on CHEK News, May 10, 2017. Written by April Lawrence.
by Macrealty Marketing Team | Nov 7, 2016 | Company
Macdonald Realty has opened two new locations, the first in Sidney on Vancouver Island and the second in Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast. These boutique offices join the province-wide network of 20 offices operated by Macdonald Realty, a B.C. owned and operated brokerage with a 70 year history of service and excellence.
“We’re foc
used on serving British Columbians in communities of all sizes” says Jonathan Cooper, Vice President, Operations. “Smaller offices like Sidney and Saanich, led by strong local REALTORS®, have become an important part of Macdonald Realty’s growth strategy over recent years.”
In Sidney, the new office opened with six agents and was spearheaded by Chace Whitson, a multiple MLS® Gold Award winner who has been with Macdonald Realty since 2013. “Having our large office in Downtown Victoria, and now one in Sidney, allows us to serve our clients better across the whole region,” says Whitson. “Our affiliation with Luxury Portfolio International® gives our high-end clients a unique opportunity to market their home to the luxury elite across the globe, something that no other Victoria brokerage can offer.”
The Sechelt office is the result of a meeting between Managing Broker Patricia Place and Medallion Club REALTORS® Barbie Whitworth and Shay Moudahi who decided to switch their office to Macdonald Realty after being attracted by the company’s strong leadership, systems and brand positioning. “The new office is opening at just the right time with the Sunshine Coast market really heating up,” says Place, a part-time Sunshine Coast resident herself who also manages the company’s Squamish, West Vancouver and North Vancouver locations.
Macdonald Realty Ltd. – Sidney | 2411 Bevan Avenue, Sidney, BC V8L 4M9 | Office: 778-426-2262
Macdonald Realty Ltd. – Sechelt | #3 – 5764 Wharf Road, Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0 | Office: 604-747-2222
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