Langley: #1 in the Lower Mainland, #4 in Canada

Century 21 has released its list of the top-10 hottest real estate markets in both Canada and the Lower Mainland, and Langley Township (specifically those of us living in the V2Y postal code) is on top.

We are #1 in the Lower Mainland:

The hottest neighbourhood in the Lower Mainland is in the Township of Langley. This neighbourhood (FSA: V2Y) is located directly south of the Trans-Canada Highway, north of boundary with the City of Langley (62nd and 56th Avenues), west of 248th Street and east of 196th Street, where average prices were $490,354 in April 2009, an increase of 15.46% from $414,560 since March 2009 and an increase of 12.2% from $437,041 since April 2008.

The Top 10:
1. Langley
2. Richmond
3. Vancouver - Coal Harbour
4. Vancouver - Kitsilano
5. Port Moody
6. Burnaby - Deer Lake
7. Vancouver - Arbutus
8. Abbotsford
9. Mission
10. Port Coquitlam
And Langley is #4 in Canada.

Congratulations to all the hard-working real estate agents around town, who have been working overtime these past couple of months. I understand sales have grown every month this year and June looks red-hot to start. Things seem to be rebounding nicely.