Issue 1 | 2023 Fall

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INTERVIEW

Will the Homes for People strategy improve affordability in BC? BC’s Minister of Housing believes it will, but it’s going to require significant investments in infrastructure, improvements in the way we approach development, shifts in how we perceive housing, everyone working together—and time.

Leading the Home Front

Will the Homes for People strategy improve affordability in BC? BC’s Minister of Housing believes it will, but it’s going to require significant investments in infrastructure, improvements in the way we approach development, shifts in how we perceive housing, everyone working together—and time.

ARTICLE

As interest rates hold steady and inventories low, home sales are likely to lag into the early months of the year before picking up.

Real Estate Outlook 2024

As interest rates hold steady and inventories low, home sales are likely to lag into the early months of the year before picking up.

ARTICLE

L to R: Karen Conyers, FVRCF Board Director; Chris Hodson, FVRCF Executive Direc-tor; John Barbisan, FVRCF Chair

Fraser Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation

For Fraser Valley REALTORS, charity begins at home — and the FVRCF is going all in on supporting youth in the region.

ADVOCACY

Keynote speaker Peter Mansbridge

FVREB Goes to Ottawa

FVREB meets with MPs on Parliament Hill as part of CREA’s PAC Days campaign.

From the CEO

As real estate professionals we need to be part of the solution.

Baldev Gill

Part of the Solution

As real estate professionals we need to be part of the solution.

From the Chair

‘Clients’ or ‘Voters’: irrelevant– they are our shared constituency.

Narinder Bains

For the Greater Good

‘Clients’ or ‘Voters’: irrelevant– they are our shared constituency.

POLL

What’s Driving Unaffordability?

What do you think is the single biggest factor driving unaffordability in the BC housing market?

Poll conducted among FVREB REALTORS® between Nov. 20 and Nov. 24, 2023. Results based on 932 responses

Insight

The rise and impact of negative amortizations.

Brendon Ogmundson

Negative Amortization Mortgages

The rise and impact of negative amortizations.

Trending

Snapshot: home ownership & mortgages in BC and Canada.

Trending

To sell or not to sell?

Snapshot: home ownership & mortgages in BC and Canada.

Last Word

Why didn’t adding so much new housing supply lower prices?

Rock Lefebvre

The Prospect Before ORE in BC

Why didn’t adding so much new housing supply lower prices?