Summer-Summer is Really Here

Summer-summer is really here…July 1st is Canada Day, the birthday celebration of the country’s beginning days. Although with less razzle-dazzle than the U.S. version on July 4th, both these dates unite the very different provinces and states that make up the two neighbouring countries.

On the Gulf Islands, they melt together and boaters love the protected waters between the Canadian Southern Gulf Islands and the U.S. San Juan Islands. Summer is a short season…catch all the amazing array offered right now and remember to enjoy it all.

The Ever Interesting Real Estate Market

What about that ever interesting thing called the real estate market? No matter the season, it’s always expressing buying and selling. Like all markets, it’s never static…up or down or in that mid-moment when it’s traveling in either direction. All markets are restless and they are dependent on buyer action.

The covid closures in early 2020 could be the reason for the erasing of inventory and the resulting price escalation in rural areas. Although 2022 to 2024 continued the lack of inventory and the relative stability of prices, buyers were pausing in action. A tiny flurry of activity between October 2024 and January 2025 promised a steadier market in many forecasts.

Between February and May, disruptive issues came to the fore, and market conditions were uncertain. Another buyer pause developed. As we enter July, the tone of 2025 will become evident.

A Powerful Societal Shift

What is happening? We are in a powerful societal shift. Millennial and GenZ voices are in the ascendant. It’s essential to understand social media as marketing platforms. Seamless interaction with AI is important. Those are just surface shifts. A decade from now, 2020 will seem like ancient history.

In a societal shift time, anyone can be thoughtful and can invent the new solutions. So there you are, in a ferry line-up, the hills rising up from Fulford Harbour, and you have the opportunity to invent a solution and get the message out on many platforms…thank you Steve Jobs. So, what do you do? Go for it!

Sunny July Awaits

Meantime it’s sunny July: Saturday Market, Tuesday Farmers Market, farmgate stands, award winning restaurants, patio dining with a view, wine tastings, cideries, Salt Spring Olive Oil, picnics at Ruckle Park, Drummond Park, Fernwood, Vesuvius.

Sunsets, star-watching. Hiking trails, ocean and lake swimming. Spa retreats, specialty shopping with local opportunity, studio tour…lots to see and enjoy and lots of time to lazily swing in a hammock, a fat book in your lap, and to just “be”.

It’s July. Enjoy!