Vancouver: Housing Market

www.immigrantscanada.comElton Ash Dept: However, a survey by Re/Max also revealed sales were down 16 per cent in Vancouver for the first two months of the year compared with the same period in 2011, according to Vancouver Sun. "When you look at the first half of last year, the market was extremely busy and driven largely by mainland Chinese and Chinese immigrant investment," said Elton Ash, regional vice-president, Re/ Max of Western Canada and canada's housing market is off to a strong start this year, with Vancouver prices higher marginally from the same period in 2011. Vancouver was one of just three cities nationwide in which sales dropped from a year earlier. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news. www.immigrantscanada.com    .  .