REBGV detached and attached numbers for last week were 1,329 new listings, 338 price changes, and 546 sales for a sell/list of 41.08%.

10,484/(546*4.25) = 4.52 MOI.

FVREB detached and attached numbers for last week were 683 new listings, 216 price changes, and 275 sales for a sell/list of 40.26%.

6,201/(275 *4.25)= 5.31 MOI.

Combined detached and attached numbers for last week were 2,011 new listings, 554 price changes, and 821 sales. Sell/list was 40.83%.

16,685/(821*4.25) = 4.78 MOI.

First chart is REBGV, second if FVREB, third is combined. All stats courtesy of the REBGV, and while every effort has been made to ensure their accuracy, the REBGV assumes no responsibility for them.

Rob’s Report Generator

Data for File: SalesFebruary072010REBGV.csv

Data for File: SalesFebruary072010FVREB.csv

Data for File: SalesFebruary072010REBGVFVREB.csv

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February 2, 2010

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Some interesting comments came up regarding protest. It seems everyone thinks protest is good, and that everyone has a right to do it, but some people think there should be a point to it.

Personally, I agree that people have a right to protest, even if at times it gets them thrown in jail (some protesters should be jailed). Not only do I agree that people have a right to protest and disagree with each other, so does everyone else on the blog, so we don’t have to debate that.

Is protest, in and of itself, a good thing? I’m sorry, but I can’t buy that. Protest can be something quite praiseworthy, but it can also be a self- indulgent annoyance. Its not a “use it or lose it” proposition, either. If we’ve got nothing to complain about we don’t have to complain on principle.

What’s the difference between the praiseworthy and the annoying?

I think that’s pretty clear. If you protest to send a message or effect change, and the message or the change is positive, the protest is praiseworthy. On the other hand, regardless of your personal opinions and values, if you fail to convey a positive message or effect positive change, your protest is a failure, and justifying it is a self-indulgent annoyance.

I know I wrote that myself, but I still think its pretty good. I can disagree with tree huggers, for example, but if they stage a sit-in to protest the logging of Clayquot Sound in the name of preserving Mother Gaia I can still respect their motivation and praise their committment. Preserving nature is a positive, and attracting publicity to send a message and raise awareness about preserving nature is a positive. Furthermore, both the action and the message are specific enough to be articulated concisely.

And so to the looming spectacle that is the Olympics. To paraphrase a few posters, I am not clear on what protests during the Olympics are intended to accomplish. I’m not clear what is being protested, why the Olympics are the best time to do it, what the alternative plans are, and how realistic those plans are.

No, I’m not a moron and no, I don’t live on the moon.

The simple concept of raising political awareness? That’s a poor excuse to protest. There are much better ways to get a message out without confusing and annoying people. Self-righteous preaching is a poor sales technique as far as I can see.

Protecting freedom of speech and assembly? We do that by protesting the Olympics? Do we do it consistently, or only for our pet causes? What, in that case, is the real goal? Protecting free speech or the pet cause? In other words, does the anti-Olympic protester who demonstrates to maintain free speech also contribute to Ezra Levant’s legal fund? Does he protest to allow anti-abortion picketers?

Are opposition and political protest awareness raising exercises all the time? If they don’t get the message out I’d argue that they aren’t, and that goes double if they send the wrong message.

Are they justified on the basis that they might, just might, impact how our city operates in the future, how the province addresses social issues, how our senior levels of government interpret our rights and freedoms in future events, or how the next Olympics is conducted? Its tough to concede that the smallest possibility of success justifies bad feeling and conflict. There are better ways to accomplish those goals.

Do we really know why this country’s forefathers fought and died? I know (or knew) a lot of WW2 vets, and I’ve heard lots of reasons for why they went to war. I’ve never heard them mention the DTES, but what do I know? I’d like to think they were fighting for fundamental rights like protest and freedom of assembly, but I’m not certain they’d be as tolerant as some may think. That’s not to say they were all racist rednecks (although they were, by and large, the old white men that get blamed for a lot of the bad in the world) – I just think they’d realize that buring the Olympics down isn’t going to help homelssness.

So, here’s the challenge: without personally attacking the intelligence of someone who fails to chear you on, can anyone explain what the anti-Olympic protests (any of them) hope to accomplish, and explain how these goals will be effectively accomplished?

(Hey, at over 140 comments it was time for a new post anyway).

Inventory for REBGV and FVREB attached and detached was 16,129, of which 5,059, or 31.37%, were over 90s. For the REBGV the numbers were 10,090, 3,030 and 30.03%. For the FVREB the numbers were 6,039, 2,029 and 33.6%.

REBGV detached and attached numbers for last week were 1,284 new listings, 299 price changes, and 687 sales for a sell/list of 53.5%.

10,090/(687*4.25) = 3.46 MOI.

FVREB detached and attached numbers for last week were 712 new listings, 170 price changes, and 310 sales for a sell/list of 43.54%.

6,039/(310 *4.25)= 4.58 MOI.

Combined detached and attached numbers for last week were 1,996 new listings, 469 price changes, and 997 sales. Sell/list was 49.95%.

16,129/(997*4.25) = 3.8 MOI.

First chart is REBGV, second if FVREB, third is combined. All stats courtesy of the REBGV, and while every effort has been made to ensure their accuracy, the REBGV assumes no responsibility for them.

Rob’s Report Generator

Data for File: SalesJanuary312010REBGV.csv

Data for File: SalesJanuary312010FVREB.csv

Data for File: SalesJanuary312010REBGVFVREB.csv

Combined inventory has shot up to 15,746, of which 5,150, or 32.71%, are over 90s.

REBGV numbers were 9,824, 3,111, and 31.66%

FVREB numbers were 5,921, 2,039 and 34.44%

Combined new listings last week were 2,275, price changes were 465 and sales were 766, for a sell/list of 33.67%

REBGV numbers were 1,448, 287 and 520 for a sell/list of 35.91%.

FVREB numbers were 829, 178, 248 for a sell/list of 29.92%

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