[Frank Zhang]

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August's sale will be low, of course and as expected. We may even see a bit of price weakness for this month.

This is in part because of the 15% additional Property Transfer Tax enacted by BC government. This new and significant tax will certainly drive away quite a number of foreign buyers. Those who believe that foreign buyers would not care about the added expense are just ignorant. As the statistics suggests, this 10% of purchasers should be absent from the market in August.

The Tax should also have had a stunning effect for other people who are not subject to additional cost but are likely scared and have a short expectation.

August has traditionlly been vacation season and usually sees low sales volumn.


Overall, I wouldn't feel surprised if sales volume turns out significant smaller.

On the other hand, the big picture has not changed. Housing supply remains inadequet, interest rate at historic low and may get reduced even further because of Canada's overall economic conditions.

In another word, Vancouver's housing market will be picking up soon after the market breathes away the tax smells.



I feel the next 1-2 months would make the best buying window.

[小語曼]

我朋友現在正等著撿便宜呢，高貴林沒有期房可買，剩下的高得離譜，polygon的公寓，24樓，70萬兩室一廳，這直逼本拿比啊

[曉確幸]

陰天 寫道:

我朋友現在正等著撿便宜呢，高貴林沒有期房可買，剩下的高得離譜，polygon的公寓，24樓，70萬兩室一廳，這直逼本拿比啊

那為什麼不買本拿比？

[小語曼]

東不成西不就 寫道:

那為什麼不買本拿比？

他預算是60萬以內，必須是2010年後蓋的高層水泥公寓兩室，所以本拿比基本上找不到

[本拿筆的長者]

陰天 寫道:

我朋友現在正等著撿便宜呢，高貴林沒有期房可買，剩下的高得離譜，polygon的公寓，24樓，70萬兩室一廳，這直逼本拿比啊

70萬的新公寓，就算有view，也太貴了吧。相比較之下，還是酥梨中心的阿怕門便宜，盡管是期房，但35萬足夠拿下。而且天車比長青線要方便：一部直達downtown，不需要中途換車。

可惜很多華人嫌棄“酥梨”兩個字，以及跟房價比起來微不足道的過橋費，情願多花50%甚至一倍的價錢去買搞鬼林中心的房子，可悲可歎啊。

[lolocandy]

和老移民聊過，七十年代溫東的renfrew新蓋獨立屋期房是12萬一棟，素裡大地新房4萬一棟，當時不值錢的，放到現在還是不那麼值錢

[小語曼]

談笑風生的長者 寫道:

70萬的新公寓，就算有view，也太貴了吧。相比較之下，還是酥梨中心的阿怕門便宜，盡管是期房，但35萬足夠拿下。而且天車比長青線要方便：一部直達downtown，不需要中途換車。 可惜很多華人嫌棄“酥梨”兩個字，以及跟房價比起來微不足道的過橋費，情願多花50%甚至一倍的價錢去買搞鬼林中心的房子，可悲可歎啊。

surrey依然就是名聲不好，現在房源太少，選擇范圍太少了，要不然開發商不會這麼死皮賴臉的要高價