Rural real estate jumps – CKPGToday.ca

By Cheryl Jahn

Rural Real Estate

Aug 5, 2020 2:43 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unusual condition for the real estate sector.

“In my conversations all over Canada and BC, we’re starting to see there’s a pretty big uptick on recreational property, residential property and agricultural property,” says Brian Frenkel, Councillor with the District of Vanderhoof. “And a lot of those inquiries are coming from urban centres.”

COVID-19 has proven to urbanites that one doesn’t necessarily need an office in the Big City to get the job done and it is far easier to manage social distancing outside a large centre. in communities like Vanderhoof, the shift is noticeable.

But the pandemic has also created another conundrum in real estate.

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