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?

在不列颠哥伦比亚省, 的 公元前. 房地产协会 (BCREA) is forecasting that residential sales prices will decline 13 百分之 在 2009, with the majority of the drop to occur between now and the summer.

In the Canadian real estate market 全国, housing prices are still expected to fall, 虽然不是陡峭如B.C. 据 加拿大抵押和住房公司, average prices are expected to decline approximately 5.2 ％在 2009, 而在 2010, 价格将趋于平稳, seeing little change from 2009.

不过, in an interview with the 温哥华太阳报, 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.”

他接着说，, due both to falling prices and lower interest rates, “For both investors and home buyers, 您的 mortgage payment would be several hundred dollars less than a year ago.”

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