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Sales of condominiums were down 7.9 per cent from February 2021 with 267 units sold. 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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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Condominium sales were down 18.1 per cent from October 2020 with 249 units sold. 18.6 per cent fewer condominiums … </p> <div><a href="https://dirkvanderwal.com/inventory-pressures-continue-to-constrain-victoria-real-estate-market/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-518" class="post-518 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-q3-2021/" title="Permalink to: "The Q Report – Q3 2021"">The Q Report – Q3 2021</a> </h2> </header> <div class="entry-content excerpt"> <p>As we closed out another record-smashing quarter in Victoria’s housing market, The Q Report breaks down what has actually been happening, behind the eye-popping numbers. 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