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By adding a few more words, you arrive at a much more useful question: What do you want in a home, and what do you … </p> <div><a href="https://dirkvanderwal.com/thinking-about-needs-versus-wants-in-a-home/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-530" class="post-530 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-market-conditions no-post-thumbnail"> <div class="entry-featured"> </div> <div class="entry-wrap"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://dirkvanderwal.com/victoria-real-estate-market-continues-to-experience-low-inventory-and-high-demand/" title="Permalink to: "Victoria real estate market continues to experience low inventory and high demand"">Victoria real estate market continues to experience low inventory and high demand</a> </h2> </header> <div class="entry-content excerpt"> <p>April 1, 2022 A total of 833 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this March, 29 per cent fewer than the 1,173 properties sold in March 2021 but a 16 per cent increase from February 2022. Sales of condominiums were down 26 per cent from March 2021 with 279 units sold. Sales of single family homes decreased … </p> <div><a href="https://dirkvanderwal.com/victoria-real-estate-market-continues-to-experience-low-inventory-and-high-demand/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-531" class="post-531 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-market-conditions no-post-thumbnail"> <div class="entry-featured"> </div> <div class="entry-wrap"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://dirkvanderwal.com/the-q-report-q1-2022/" title="Permalink to: "The Q Report – Q1 2022"">The Q Report – Q1 2022</a> </h2> </header> <div class="entry-content excerpt"> <p>INTRODUCTION Thank you for reading The Q Report. This edition breaks down what actually happened in the headline-grabbing real estate market in early 2022 with a full analysis of the quarterly market numbers, and a backgrounder on the national and international macro forces that are influencing homebuyers’ decision making at the local level. 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Sales of condominiums were down 13 per cent from January 2021 with 188 units sold. 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Sales of condominiums were down 22.1 per cent from December 2020 with 152 units sold. Sales of single family homes decreased … </p> <div><a href="https://dirkvanderwal.com/the-2021-victoria-real-estate-market-year-in-review/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-519" class="post-519 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-market-conditions no-post-thumbnail"> <div class="entry-featured"> </div> <div class="entry-wrap"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://dirkvanderwal.com/the-q-report-q4-2021/" title="Permalink to: "The Q Report – Q4 2021"">The Q Report – Q4 2021</a> </h2> </header> <div class="entry-content excerpt"> <p>INTRODUCTION Welcome to the all-new Q Report. 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