Vancouver Gets Real Estate Boost From Olympics

“The Olympics will not do anything else but put a spotlight on the city,” said McNeill, who sold more than 1,000 homes in 2009 and just reactivated a condo project, “James,” at the Olympic Village. “I don’t think the Olympics will change prices right after the Games, but it will in the mid- to long-term. I’m thinking the two- to five-year range.”

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Vancouver home sales up 16.4 per cent in May

Home sales in Metro Vancouver jumped 16.4 per cent in May from a year earlier, according to figures compiled by the Canadian Real Estate Association.

That comes at a time when new listings in the region dropped by 35 per cent from a year ago, suggesting inventories are on the way down to pre-recession levels.