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Sept 16 Market Update


MLS numbers update courtesy of the VREB via Marko Juras. These numbers are for the Victoria Real Estate Board's reporting area, including Sooke, Shawnigan Lake and the Gulf Islands.


September 2013September
 2012 
Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4
Unconditional Sales96
224


416
New Listings305598

1210
Active Listings45134556

 5025
Sales to New Listings
31%
37%

 34%
Sales Projection403470


Months of Inventory
12.1

Last year at this point we had 208 sales so we're running a bit ahead, but surprisingly not much, considering last year we were in the middle of the mortgage rule change hit.

Interesting discussion about pre-sales.   How can you evaluate whether a pre-sale is a good deal?   I find it hard to imagine that buying a condo that won't actually exist for another 2 years is anything but speculation.  How many people are buying the pre-sale because they just love the building versus thinking they are getting in at a good price and they can turn it over later?   How many people plan ahead 2 years to get into a microcondo?