The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) recorded ten per cent more sales in July compared to the same month last year. According to the most recent market report, there were 806 unit sales across all property types on the Island in July and year-over-year active listings were up one per cent, with 4,512 units listed. VIREB chair Olivier Naud says the island’s market is at the top end of balanced, with about six months of inventory.
North Cowichan will make emergency repairs after a large scour hole was discovered in June where two water mains cross the Cowichan River to supply drinking water to the south end of North Cowichan and Crofton.
As the Mount Underwood wildfire south of Port Alberni continues to burn out of control a remote area of the Cowichan Valley Regional District has been put under an evacuation order.
