Abbotsford Real Estate

Buyers moving in from Greater Vancouver and first-time buyers from all over the Lower Mainland taking advantage of competitive interest rates and lower prices in the Fraser Valley were the driving force behind strong home sales in October. Although Fraser Valley’s MLS® received 7 per cent more new listings in October than it did in ...

After a very hot July home sales in Fraser Valley set another record in August recording the second best August for home sales. Buyers powered by historically low interest rates and driven by the desire to move up the value chain drove the home sales to record levels. In Abbotsford single family home sales were 86% higher than August of last ...

Abbotsford neighbourhoods scored #8 on the list of hottest neighborhoods in lower mainland in a recent study. This study conducted for real estate firm Century 21 Canada was focused on finding the 21 hottest neighborhoods in Canada for realizing real estate price increases in the past year. Abbotsford neighborhoods that showed real estate price ...

A 25 per cent increase in Abbotsford housing starts this year has increased new home inventories while the demand is declining. A larger inventory of new homes and tough mortgage conditions are expected to reduce new home construction in 2009. Housing starts in Abbotsford are forecast to decline 31 per cent to 940 units in 2009. The most ...

A report released by the Credit Union Central of British Columbia predicts housing prices will continue to rise by as much as 10 per cent this year and as much as seven per cent in 2009. Prices are rising mostly in B.C.'s urban centres, which have been remarkably insulated from the economic downturn in the United States. The ...