Market updates on how social media affects real estate market? Sales volume differences between 2011 Chinese NY & 2012 Chinese NY & how mortgage war affects home owners & home buyers?
Mar.10, 2012
Market updates on how social media affects real estate market? Sales volume differences between 2011 Chinese NY & 2012 Chinese NY & how mortgage war affects home owners & home buyers?
Please click podcast listen to Cantonese interview
Sales comparison in the 5 Chinese popular areas between last Chinese NY vs this Chinese NY.
No matter interest high or low, Canadian dollars high or low, market high or low, economy good or bad, unemployment rate high or low. If you were the worry type, the conclusion is you will almost always negative because you worry no matter what the situation is. However, if you are the optimistic type, you will always make the most out of any situation.
Market updates on how social media affects real estate market? Sales volume differences between 2011 Chinese NY & 2012 Chinese NY & how mortgage war affects home owners & home buyers?
Please click podcast listen to Cantonese interview
|
|
Sales Volume Jan.1-Mar.31 2011 |
Sales Volume Jan.1-Mar.9 2012 |
|
Richmond |
663 |
211 |
|
Vancouver West |
687 |
288 |
|
Burnaby |
371 |
179 |
|
West Vancouver |
310 |
124 |
|
White Rock |
525 |
157 |
|
Vancouver East |
516 |
236 |
|
Coquitlam |
371 |
220 |
Over the past few months buyers seeking affordable housing appear to have migrated from the Vancouver West to the Vancouver East and the east side housing price is gradually creeping up with multiple offers particularly along the Main Street corridor with most of the action between Quebec and Fraser from East 12th St. to East 33 Rd. As a result, many of those homes are selling well above asking price. On the Vancouver West , prices are trending flat or slightly down.
Based on the current global economy, in my opinion, the rate needs to stay low or else countries with heavy debts load will have problem paying their interest.. However, if country likes US keeps printing money to create a "fake" economic improvement, FREE money will eventually leads up to inflation, which means higher interest rate.
The following is the example of differences between terms of mortgage :
$500,000.00 mortgage with fixed rate
|
Example |
Amortization |
Interest Rate |
Interest Term |
Monthly payment |
Differences |
Money pay |
|
A |
25 years |
2.99 % |
5 years |
$2,363.67 |
|
|
|
B |
30 years |
2.99 % |
5 years |
$2,100.36 |
|
|
|
C |
30 years |
3.99 % |
5 years |
$2,374.77 |
Between A |
$11.10 more |
|
D |
30 years |
4.99 % |
5 years |
$2,665.47 |
Between A |
$290.70 more |
|
E |
25 years |
3.99 % |
10 years |
$2,627.40 |
Between D |
$37.73 less |
No matter interest high or low, Canadian dollars high or low, market high or low, economy good or bad, unemployment rate high or low. If you were the worry type, the conclusion is you will almost always negative because you worry no matter what the situation is. However, if you are the optimistic type, you will always make the most out of any situation.
What does this mean to the housing market?
With all the government rolling out all the incentives in the past few weeks & now the mortgage wars, it stimulates the local market more than high end housing market. I'm experiencing DT condo market is really moving fast.
Tina Mak Personal Real Estate Corporation
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