If you’re thinking of moving to Canada or if you’re looking for a second home or investment property, is it a good time to buy?

في كولومبيا البريطانية, و ق.. عقارات رابطة (BCREA) is forecasting that residential sales prices will decline 13 في المئة في 2009, with the majority of the drop to occur between now and the summer.

In the Canadian real estate market على الصعيد الوطني, housing prices are still expected to fall, وإن لم يكن حادا كما هو الحال في B.C. وفقا ل كندا الرهن العقاري ومؤسسة الإسكان, average prices are expected to decline approximately 5.2 في المئة في 2009, بينما في 2010, سوف يستقر أسعار, seeing little change from 2009.

ومع ذلك, in an interview with the فانكوفر صن, BCREA chief economist Cameron Muir said, “If you compare today versus a year ago, investing in real estate is more attractive than it was then.”

ذهب إلى القول بأن, due both to falling prices and lower interest rates, “For both investors and home buyers, الخاص mortgage payment would be several hundred dollars less than a year ago.”

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