Premier Eby's NDP government says it all.

Where would be the best place to find a heritage/character apartement in the GVR? ... Im so done with leasing brand new condos - theyre so ticky tacky ...a girl jus lt wants some exposed brick 😂

The ndp.👩🏿‍🎤🥊🥊🥊🥊

Alex, I found this video very helpful as we figure out where to live on Vancouver Island. Your approach with the scoring system is great.

Is there Uber service yet?

What about the fraudulent election?

Victoria is not affordable for people in the middle class. It has become an enclave for rich Canadians (and others) due to it's mild climate and it being unquestionably a nice city. Alex, you will do fine because of this but Victoria is becoming like Vancouver was 25 years ago. There will be continuing congestion and density here, we have not seen anything yet. As for myself, I cannot afford even a tear-down junk stucco one bedroom condo here. I've bought some land in Annapolis Valley, NS and will try to build something myself there. It will be very, very modest at best. I cannot see a future here in BC. I really feel for young people born in Canada, many of whom will never be able to get into the real estate market here. Every level of government has relied on real estate to fund their grotesque bloat and enabled what is without question a ponzi scheme. "Extend and pretend", 30 year mortgages, and now Eby saying he will directly fund 40% of housing purchase prices? This all only jacks prices further and prevents the necessary crash from happening. Canada's governments are directly destroying the middle class with all of these schemes and of course their continuous money printing and borrowing / deficit spending which only creates real asset price inflation. In the future this period will be looked back upon as the most irresponsible fiscal and monetary management in Canada's history. Canada has become a country where many people, even skilled people, are unable to get ahead through working for their living. It is now exclusively run for people with money and assets. I think this is a pathetic state of affairs for a modern democratic country.

Prices would never drop in Victoria

The Bond Market will set the 5 year terms

Well.... 1992 was a recession in the construction market resulting from the introduction of GST by Brian Mulroney in 1990, and it took years to work itself out. 2008 was a bank crisis but the same result and it took years to work itself out. 2024 is a housing crisis and given the periodicity of these recessions, despite diverse contributing factors, I think it will take years to work itself out. Nice 16 year cycle there.

Was this informative? Where do you think we're headed in 2025?

Rating crime in view royal at 4.5 is WILD. My grandma can walk any street with her shoulders back... can't take this seriously after that.

The Victoria area is a pretty good place to live, but it's expensive.

What a fucking douche. The first thing I'd look for is not having a neighbour like this worthless turd.

Victoria is dear to my heart because I'm born and raised here. I love ♥Vancouver Island and the islanders

Buy a house in Victoria! HAHAHAHAHAHA thats the best joke ive heard this week.

Library

Beach

Rec centre

Pub

Park

Dollar store

Post office , grocery store, gas station, Timmy’s, Starbucks, thrift store, pharmacy, book store , liquor store, normal restaurant, bank, and bathrooms -somewhere.

Another great video, thanks, professional and informative as always. I'm currently working my way through all if not most of your videos, I mentioned on one of your other videos that we're planning a move from Scotland in the next 5 years or so, do you have videos covering schools and hospitals? the reason I ask is that when we eventually move my partner will work in the medical profession and our son will be middle school age, so we'll be looking for somewhere with a reasonable commute to schools and hospitals all the while maintaining good availability of amenities.

Great video very professional and informative, I look forward to more greater Victoria videos, we're planning a move in the next 5 years or so, will definitely look you up when looking for property.

Its very very pretty. But its unlivably expensive for everyone but the elite. My partner and i lived a middle class life there for a decade. Couldnt even begin to look at a house and were renovicted a couple times. The wealthy retirees live in large 3 bedroom houses and the young families and working people are crammed into apartments. I worked i. Real estate for my last 7 years there so i saw it every day. We moved away and bought a home in 6 months. Victoria is a nice place to visit and a great example of what's gone wrong with our society.

Victoria is a joke. Your mayor hasn't helped matters. He's brutal.

Great content! Our 1961 home in Gordon Head, bought in 2000 for 280 000 has had a 50 year metal roof installed, oil tank removed from the basement(you never mentioned that oil tank issue) , convert to 200 amp,(most of these older homes are 120 amp)convert to high energy electric, all new windows(you never mentioned the old crappy windows) perimeter drains replaced(after the atmospheric river....) stucco replaced. There is still lino with tile over it in the basement because we did not want to deal with the asbestos potential.

What about mice, rats, asbestos, ect, to get rid of asbestos you are forced to kiss government ass, and pay an fortune to shit ship to mainland

Are they not wonderful teardowns to build new expensive crap housing?

Needs serious decorating

Beautiful place, but definitely upper class. Very instructive vídeo ❤

one nice walks in VICTORIA OR WEST MARINA ALONG CAUSEWAY AND MCMUALAY POINT IT USED TO BE THAT YOU COULD WALK PASS CLIFF AND ACTUALLY FIND OLD GUN INPLACEMENTS AT MCMUALAY POINTAND AS FOR SAXE POINT IS GOOD VANTAGE POINT FOR THE USA NAVY VESSELS TO LOOK THERE LOTS BIKE TRAILS AROUND AND I GREW UP AND WAS BORN IN VICTORIA BC

The city is becoming a crack head paradise, lots of crime. Roads are blocked with heavy traffic, bike lanes are excessive and many bikers are bastards that do not obey traffic laws.

Excellent review.

It actually doesn't rain in Victoria as much as people think; especially during the summer. Halifax gets more rain than Victoria usually.

Gordon head

Fantastic video Alex! Even more reasons on why a home inspection is a no brainer.

In the poly-b segment for 1990-2006, you show homes in View Royal. Are you implying that those homes in those subdivisions have that type of plumbing?

Alex, can you make a video of the fastest gentrification neighborhoods and area in the GVA?

What about lead based paint? And hot water baseboard heating? What risks and cautions regarding toxic materials and longevity apply with these? Very informative video. Having worked in the building trades and encountered numerous issues , I can testify that romantic notions and dollar - wise practicality are common head on collisions.

Great video thanks. I'm currently working my way through your Capitol Map Series, my partner and I are in the process of planning a move from Scotland to BC, Victoria or should I say the greater Victoria area is looking like the place we want to be but it's hard to make a decision having never actually been there, your videos are a great help. By the time we move our son will be 12 or 13 years old, it would be helpful if you could suggest places best to raise a family (Schools, Activities, Sports).

Pretty good places

Video well done!

James bay!

amazing video. I could be posted here for army. really informative

for the last time I only love i inner city i dont know where sooke langford is anywhere years ago the city tried to make me homeless and or live sooke and i fled them in terror i would like them arrested tho and to be returned to my actual city tho for the very last time NOT SOOKE OR FERNWOOD OR LANGLY Im from the inner city not somewhere creepy you want me to live because you all want to be inner city victoria bye and thanks for abandoning me for 13 years because I wont live in sooke get arrested or somwhere fucking weird I already did with you it was hell there was rattraps in the houses always funny roomates and never did I feel at home anywhere but the inner city I knew where i was before I foreget about you all for good Ide like my case brought up and your whole city arrested on tthe case somwhere cheap to experiment on me on the sidelines is not what I wanted away from my people and by always offerering only that you made me homeless in victoria when i was doing well I had to flee you a person with mental illness because I thought of drinking a mud puddle when I was in that tent at blanshard courts I went so crazy trying to explain i am not native that way I fled your city and it will be for good if your city does not get arrested and my missing person does not have the rights to live somewhere safe to live close to my family I will come back as a homeless and take to to the highest courts laughing at what you keep offering me homeless for what over 50 thousand worth crap to trash and have you arrested or my innocent non redlisted killed homeless fleeings asses right to return to my hometown and not live anymore in surrey because you want me too i seriosly want you to go to jail and so I can return to my home of inner not out outer victoria as this was nothing but crimes on me from the beginning of renting to me i hope the feds are arrested and i can go to not where i have lived in asylem because you killed me out of my home to be creepy government to my people after you stole all of my money committing crimes on me at my every housing I have i right to go home if I have to take all of you fuckers to courts you cant take a child born there and just kill them homeless when they turn 22 because you want all there money and them to be poor now we know that is a crime at large so has this been a 15 year crime where you have been keeping me too is crime telling rumors you kill people who go to surrey guess where they keep me now hat I fucking never wanted to live over a house thats right I hear your city betrayed me and innocent boy and left me for death over there housing times almost up

This is great!

Esquimalt is an #1 for me as I live in Esquimalt I also would like to say that my high school EHS Esquimalt High School is pretty well known to being one of the best high schools in greater Victoria because we have so many opportunities and programs and it’s also very very safe love it❤

Very valuable video, thank you. I would love to see more videos like this, again specifically about the different eras of homes in BC like you've done here. I learned a lot and I have a feeling there is so much more to learn. In Vancouver/Victoria, it seems the only way to get a nice property is to buy an older home. I am particularly frustrated by this. New homes are simply not appealing to me. They fill the entire lot and are massive (unnecessarily so), built too close together, small windows with dark interiors, lazy "open" floor concepts, and then the entire neighbourhood is absent of any trees. It's so frustrating. On top of that the number of detached homes will continue to dwindle every year. Thanks again for this video.