Faiths Insights

The new coronavirus pandemic that arrived in Metro Vancouver this March is as frightening and disruptive here as it is everywhere else in the world. COVID-19 has suddenly thrust the global economy and its real estate into an alien and uncharted environment. I take comfort in the knowledge that this is temporary. COVID-19 will be […]

Faith gives advice on how to write an offer that wins. Faith has 27 years experience, and has thousands of negotiations under her belt.

Faith talks about real estate in Vancouver and answers questions from the Home Show audience.

Faith Wilson Group 4th Quarter 2017 Westside Property Insights Detached houses KEY INSIGHTS More than 1,000 detached houses sold on the Westside in 2017 at a benchmark price of around $3.5 million. Anywhere else in the world, such a multi-billion dollar performance in a relatively small area would be considered outstanding, perhaps historical. But this […]

Over the past year we have heard and seen a lot of political action and public angst about foreign-home buyers in Metro Vancouver. Since an unprecedented move last August, foreign buyers of homes in the region have been subject to a heavy-handed 15 per cent tax on their purchase. Yet Statistics Canada recently confirmed that […]

Faith Wilson Group’s City of Surrey & Delta November 2017 Key Insights Detached houses KEY INSIGHTS While the strata sector is drawing most of the attention in Metro Vancouver, Surrey-Delta detached house sales are quietly leading the entire Metro market. In November 353 houses sold in Surrey-Delta. This is more than all the detached house […]

Faith’s November Insights for North Vancouver Detached houses KEY INSIGHTS Watch Canyon Heights and Upper Capilano detached house prices. The District is moving forward on zoning that will allow 130 lots in the area to be split into 197 lots. The zoning goes to a public hearing in January, but seems to have the necessary […]

Faith’s November 2017 Tri-Cities Housing Marketing Breakdown Townhouses KEY INSIGHTS The Tri-Cities townhouse market was extremely active in November, with sales up 35.3% from November 2016, the typical new listing selling within 12 days and prices rising from October in most neighbourhoods. Buyers may be really onto something because, based on recent Tri-City land sales […]

Faith Wilson Group November 2017 Burnaby-New West Property Insights Townhouses KEY INSIGHTS Burnaby and New Westminster flow from the Burrard Inlet to the Fraser River. And in that entire expanse there were only 68 new listings for townhouses in November, the lowest level since January. Likely due to the low inventory, townhouse sales were down […]

Faith Wilson Group November 2017 West Side Insights Detached houses KEY INSIGHTS There is no mystery why the Westside of Vancouver has the most expensive detached houses in British Columbia. The leafy streets, the many magnificent houses, the proximity to the city’s best schools, beaches, parks and downtown. The undeniable cache of a Westside address. […]