Jeff Appelbe - Personal Real Estate Corporation

Jeff Appelbe - Personal Real Estate Corporation We have been very successful in achieving top price per square foot, or a top sales price for produc

06/01/2026

Cypress and 1st, one of the best intersections in the city, and I think this is one of the best listing in Kits right now.

A downsizers dream. 

This 2-bed, 2-bath is fully renovated with beautiful oak floors, custom tiling and high-end appliances. This home is super spacious, well laid out, and west-facing with tons of light. The building, Yorkville South is just completing a huge building envelope remediation project, giving it a new lease on life. It’s freehold, don’t worry. 

It is also a concrete and steel framed building, very rare north of 4th! 

📍403 1688 Cypress Street
🛌 2 beds 
🚿 2 bathrooms
📏 992 sq ft 
🚗 2 parking spots

Listed at $1,199,000

Listed by: Jeff Appelbe PREC / Oakwyn Realty

05/19/2026

The Vancouver market is splitting in two.

Detached home sales:
⬆️ UP 14%

Condo sales:
⬇️ DOWN 11%

Why?

Supply and demand.

There’s limited supply of detached homes for actual families.

There’s a large supply of condos once supported by investors — a buyer group that has largely disappeared.

The result:

Detached homes are stabilizing.

Condos are still finding their new value.

2015 to 2022 made everyone looked smart. Now we are seeing who actually is.

05/01/2026

Homes are worth a range, and one of the main strategies to get the top of the range is HOME PREPARATION 💵

How your home looks, and how buyers feel when they view a home, greatly impacts sale price!

It’s critical to have a great strategy and a great team to get this done.

You are leaving money in the table otherwise!

04/25/2026

A couple things:

Charles Street near Commercial is one of the most beautiful pockets in the city right now—the cherry blossoms and classic homes…looks unreal!

Secondly, the entry-level family market is tight. Not enough 3-bed homes between $1.3-$1.8m. That’s the real shortage.

Fix is simple: more duplex density and faster permitting.

Rents soften. Most segments soften. Entry level 3 bedroom homes likely won’t.

04/17/2026

The key to this market isn’t guessing—it’s understanding the drivers!

April 2025 Vancouver RE, Market Update

March Sales ↓ 32% vs 10-year avg

Detached ↓ 8.2% YoY
Condos ↓ 7.8% YoY

The bubble is unwinding.

The last 10 years?
You’re either sitting pretty…
or bleeding monthly.

This video breaks down what caused it—and what’s changed.

Now?
This is a user-driven market.

👉 Good properties → stabilizing
👉 Speculative product → still falling

The gap is widening.

Opportunities—and mistakes—are getting bigger.

Be strategic. Call me if you want to build equity, security.

04/14/2026

I grew up on the North Shore and still spend a lot of time over there between family, friends and real estate.

I love it, but I haven’t felt ready to move back there yet…until very recently.

I’ve helped some clients land some amazing detached properties; and they’ve felt like really good value. Great prices for super unique, beautiful homes.

Ready to make babies and move to the North Shore? LMK 😎

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03/30/2026

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After work 5km…good energy and people.

Based out of and fuelled by .ca

Shout me a DM to join.

03/27/2026

Interesting things are happening!

I believe we are seeing a divergence in the market.

Certain property types are starting to see stabilization, while the general market softening continues.

I touched on this in my 2026 prediction video (Dec 2025);
-Some property types might take years to fully correct,
-Others could stabilize in the short term,

Typically the market as a whole moves a bit closer together, if not in tandem.

This is a complete recalibration of pricing and value.

Townhomes centrally located (in and around Vancouver) could be the first to turn up!

03/25/2026

**Mortgage vs Investing**

I get this question ALL. THE. DAMN. TIME.

“Jeff, should I pay down my mortgage, or invest?”

Here’s a rough example if you had an $800k mortgage at 4%.

You have $1500/month extra in your monthly budget, over 5 years ($90,000 total); put it against your mortgage, or into financial markets (average 10% net return):

After 5 years:
* Additional mortgage ‘pay-down’: $9K
* Additional growth in investments: $27K

You pay the same $90k, but...you are ~$18K better off if you invested it.

But, here’s the MOST IMPORTANT PART; the first steps are slow, however, the momentum you get if you stick to it is INCREDIBLE.

If you did this for 15 years you’d contribute $270k but have about $640k total.

Make a plan. Automate it. Stick to it.

And please… get a real financial advisor.
(Not your uncle Rick… unless he’s rich)

This is not financial advice.

02/13/2026

February 2026 Market Update

January was ugly!

Against the 10 year average:
Sale volumes ↓ 31%
Inventory ↑ 38%
Buyer’s market, confirmed.

Year over year sale prices:
Detached ↓ 7.3%
Condos ↓ 5.9%

KEEP READING —>

People who *speculated* got hit hardest.

That is not us.

I’ve always advised to buy a smart primary home; and to invest the rest.

This has not changed since 2018.

Call me if you want to plan to grow equity and security.

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