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The news is getting out there about the rising real estate inventory in Vancouver:

“We are close to that level where the seller either has to discount or lower the price or take the listing off the market,” said local realtor James Wong of Sutton West Coast.

The Vancouver-based Malaysian who sells properties in the neighboring city of Richmond told Xinhua that not all sellers were desperate to sell and could possibly delist their properties.

“They just want to catch a good price for what is perceived to be the value of their home. But most of them at this point have already missed the peak,” said Wong.

Full story in the english version of Peoples Daily Online.

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[…] number of price reductions we’re currently seeing. Yesterday Paulb shared numbers that showed 232 new listings and 56 sales, but nearly 3 times that number of price changes at […]

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Gordon C. Says:

And on July 31, you can tell us all how much more profitable the HST has made you.

Any expense dollars spent by a company that are HST eligible are now 7% cheaper, as they get the HST back.

Yes, if you only charge GST and now have to charge HST your customers are going to have to pay about 6.25% more than they did previously, but if this doesn't decrease your business, you're going to end up being better off with the HST recovered on the expenses you pay out.

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@“A-Sharp” Accountant:

“-We have rich foriegners so it wont crash”

This is awesome that you posted this. Every city I’ve been in seems to have this mysterious and ambiguous group of out of towners that are running up the price. The funniest so far was Calgary had rich people from Kelowna and Kelowna had rich people from Calgary.

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@sluggo: I dunno, sure dave likely posts sometimes to “stir the pot.” At the same time he seems to be a good debater and good conversation typically ensues with his involvement (ex. look at this thread).

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@Anonymouse:

This argument does not hold for investors in multiple properties who are simply selling off properties and not looking to re-invest… There are probably a lot of listings out there from investors looking to unload.

And WHY are they looking to unload? Because they see a bust coming, of course.

These people are not going to delist – they are going to drop the asking price until they get a sale. THESE are the people who drive the market down.

VHB is correct – almost all delists are from people who were going to buy another property.

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WaPo gets it wrong. It's amazing how a reputable paper could print such garbage.

http://tinyurl.com/39asoax

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According to some of the regular posters at House Hunt Victoria, Victoria sales are cratering.

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Well, not much of a name; You contradict yourself so many times through out this HST thread, its difficult to discuss this with you. I'm guessing (because I have to as you are unclear through out) that you sell retail products. Where the HST has a new affect is on service industries. The accountant, the barber, the plumber, the real estate agent. They now will charge an additional 7 percent on their services in addition to the current 5%. But somehow, in your world, they make more profit? Well, then by extension why not raise the HST to 50% and we will all be rich. Your retail business already pays PST and GST of 12 percent, and on July 1, you will pay 12% HST. So how has this made you more profitable? Afterall, clients will not want you not… Read more »
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Take a look at the weekly new home sales (US) graph at the link I provide below. A few weeks back, some of you bulls ridiculed the concept of "moving demand forward." Check out the last six months of the aforementioned graph and you'll see a textbook example. Why did sales spike in the first few months of the year? Government policies that were temporary in nature. What did this do? Well, the increase in sales were not the result of extra demand; they were the result of individuals who were always wanting to buy, finding it economically rational–following the announcement of the policy–to purchase before, rather than after, the policy deadline.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/06/worst-home…

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Anonymouse,

CMHC insurance covers the lifetime of the mortgage. So underwater owners will still get renewals without extra cash (since the bank has no risk). If they sell and move up they will need to pay the difference to the bank as well as come up with a down payment for the new place.

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@“A-Sharp” Accountant: You'll enjoy this interview…Now's the "Absolute Best Time" to Buy a Home: Coldwell Banker CEO

Tech Ticker: "I have never heard you or anyone in the real estate industry warn people 5 years ago that prices look frothy. You've been in the business for 35 years. Was there anytime in those 35 years that you would have told people that now is NOT a good time to buy a house?"

Coldwell Banker CEO: "Uuuummm. No. But I have never been able to say that now is the BEST time."

HAHAHA!!!

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@Whitebear:

Let me guess… gold?

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@Anonymouse: From my vantage point, the catastrophe has *already* happened to Vancouver. We have the most unaffordable real estate in the world. It's costing the city in ways greater than just the cost of RE.

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@VHB: Oh I missed the context of move up buyers. Since the topic today is about HST I have to say I've been getting a kick out of some of the developer advertising. I saw one ad along the lines of "hurry beat the HST" only to look at the prices and find that they were condos in the $300k range, in which case the implementation of HST has no impact. For a nanosecond my thought was "stupid developer" but then I realized the genius of it. Since a smart buyer would realize that the advertising was B.S. the developer was essentially targeting the dumb gullible potential buyers. These types of buyers are easier to sell to. Although I guess the HST would apply to any broker fees, legal and closing costs but I can't imagine this would add up… Read more »
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@VHB As I’ve said earlier, if anything, the more despair the US housing market, as evidenced by today’s headline that new sales in the US dropped 33%, the more desperate the US administration will be. That’s why it came back to what the following author had to say. http://tinyurl.com/343lg8t Again, no one said this is the right approach but it’s logical to assume that desperate governments commit serious mistake that will haunt everyone for the foreseeable future. The housing market over the years is all about the ballooning of debt. In fact, the drop of the US housing market coincides with the collapse of the higher powered money like the M2 or M3. And, the reason that housing still sucks so much in the US is because the money that bailed out the banks are still sitting as extra reserves,… Read more »
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Even creepy mansion sales are down!

http://tinyurl.com/36dfg8n

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@VHB: My opinion is that 3month old and brand new ARE definitely different in the eyes of the market. The market will always price it higher and in a free’ish market it can’t be wrong. You could get lucky and get a brand new cheaper than a resale but the aggregate data would show that brand new IS different from 3 month old. The difference is probably somewhat small though assuming that the two are in the exact same location/condition. Its possible that the market prices the brand new in consideration of the warranty and uncertainty of acquiring a lemon. I wouldn’t know because I haven’t studied the price data and valued the warranties. However I’m sure there’s data out there somewhere that would give you the average warranty payout for a certain building type and you can compare that… Read more »
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BTW, today's 56 sales is the LOWEST daily sales figure this year in my records going back to March 2nd.

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@Anonymouse: You're right. My post was about move-up buyers.

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@realpaul:

Yes, Realpaul that's right. After 5 years of post-secondary education those parasites demand the outrageous sum of $45,009 to start teaching your children. Un-fucking believable! Greedy parasites! I'm mean, what with the paid overtime they all "claim" to be doing after 3pm they must all be making six figures! Ban teachers i say!

What's that? They don't get paid overtime? Oh, in THAT case i must respectfully disagree with your position on this one.

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Holy cow!

350 sales so far this week, will there be under 600 for the week (low 700s last 2 weeks)?

This would be a monthly rate of 2500 or MOI of 8!

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@oneangryslav2:

It's easy for all bears to say. Yeah, it's also easy for me to say in 2010. However, when you want to buy a certain house or condo to move up to, you want to get the maximum price you can get from the current house.

Psychologically, it's not that simple for homeowners to just lower the asking price.

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@VHB:

[quote]SO, what this means is that every single time one of these guys delists, there is a corresponding and commensurate decrease in the number of people looking to buy. The supply decrease is exactly offset by the demand decrease.[quote]

This argument does not hold for investors in multiple properties who are simply selling off properties and not looking to re-invest. Nor does it hold for sellers moving out of this market to another. There are probably a lot of listings out there from investors looking to unload. So there is no offset of supply and demand in these cases.

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@Not much of a name…: sorry man, you're out to lunch on this one. right now the PST collects roughly $6B a year in revenue in BC. This is going to jump to $20B a year in revenue, yes that's correct $20B. Trust me, I know this from an inside source. It's got f*** all to do with increased corporate taxes from lower input costs. It's a cash grab, plain and simple.

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Best 5 minutes you will ever read. the NAR writing research reports convincing americans (in 2005) that there will be no decline in Phoenix.

It's all there

-We have low interest rates so it wont crash

-We have rich retirees so it wont crash

-We have rich foriegners so it wont crash

-Price/rent and Price/income does not matter

-The economy is strong

-Buy now or be priced out forever.

Compare directly with Gregory Klump's analysis.

http://web.archive.org/web/20051126141240/www.rea…

The NAR was either using Jimtan's model, or was looking out of the wrong end of the telescope.

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