Is it spring yet? Goodness knows we’re impatiently waiting for its arrival, but in the meantime, the Victoria Real Estate Board has released its February stats.

Here’s the rundown:

• 421 properties sold in the region
• ↓ 22.8 per cent over February 2018
• ↑ 28 per cent over January 2019

Sales of condos were:

• ↓ 25.9 per cent over February 2018
• ↑ 16.2 per cent...

We made it! The first month of 2019 felt like it lasted an exceptionally long time, didn’t it? Or was that just us? Either way, we’re in to February and the Victoria Real Estate Board (VREB) has released its monthly review of everything that happened.

Here’s last month’s rundown:

• 329 total properties sold
• ↓ 23.7 per cent from January 2018
• ↓ 12.3 per...

Much to the chagrin of most B.C. residents, the provincial government’s speculation and vacancy tax will require all B.C. residents to apply for exemption. Although the government assured the province’s homeowners last fall that 99 per cent of residents would qualify for the exemption, residents are upset that they are being treated as speculators...