VANCOUVER - Real estate sales rose in communities across the Lower Mainland in November, with Metro Vancouver approaching a level not seen since 2005.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, which covers Metro Vancouver, and the Sea-to-Sky region, saw 2,883 Multiple-Listing-Service-registered sales, a 22-per-cent increase from November, 2006, and just slightly below 200.
Most of those sales, 1,816 were condominiums or townhouses.