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Spring delivers greater balance to Greater Vancouver housing market

May 20th, 2013
Thursday, May 2, 2013

A closer relationship between home buyer demand and the supply of homes for sale has been having a stabilizing impact on home prices in the Greater Vancouver housing market over the last three months.

     

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver reached 2,627 on the Multiple Listing Service® (M ...

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Majority of British Columbians believe Property Transfer Tax needs adjustment

May 20th, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Vancouver, BC – In a recent Ipsos Reid opinion poll, 58 per cent of respondents agreed that the Property Transfer Tax (PTT) places an unfair tax burden on home buyers relative to other segments of the population.

     

Twenty nine per cent disagreed, and 13 per cent had no opinion on the issue. The poll also found that 51 per cent of respondents believe the provinc ...

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Canada to get boost from U.S. growth surge in 2013, top economists predict

January 14th, 2013

Canada to get boost from U.S. growth surge in 2013, top economists predict

2013-01-14

Economists predict a resurgent U.S. economy will be a growth leader in the developed world this year, allowing Canada to benefit by riding its coattails.

That was the consensus at the Economic Club of Canada’s 2013 outlook forum, held in Toronto Friday and attended by some of Canada’s top economists.

“The re ...

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Are stubborn sellers killing the real estate crash?

January 14th, 2013

Like many others, Toronto public relations manager Megan Vickell is sitting on the real estate sidelines dreaming of bargains to come.

The 28-year-old has never owned a property and is hoping to scoop up a discounted Toronto condo when prices fall off today’s frothy record highs.

“I’m waiting for that bubble to pop that everybody is talking about so I’m not sitting there owning a condo in the ...

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Condo Owners Advised to Check their Insurance Policy

September 30th, 2012

Condo owners advised to check their insurance policies

Leak in their unit could leave them paying strata’s deductible
By Zoe McKnight, Vancouver Sun September 30, 2012

Government must change the rules so the owner of an individual condo unit doesn’t have to pay the huge insurance deductible on the entire condo complex when something goes wrong in their individual unit, the Insurance Bu ...

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Strata changes could shock some condo owners

February 14th, 2012

Strata changes could shock some condo owners

 Some B.C. condo owners and business people who bought their working space may be “shocked” next month as changes stream into the strata market, observers say.

“The [B.C] government sees no difference between commercial or residential stratas,” said Neil Hamilton, senior property advisor with MacDonald Realty Ltd. in Vancouver, who has been mon ...

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An email from a happy client!

February 11th, 2012

Just received an email from a client ! Thanks Marco !

My family has always invested in Real Estate but unfortunately a couple of agents who were as it turns out, less than reputable, led us astray from what we knew best. We were stuck with 5 units that we never really wanted and performed very poorly in terms of investment properties. We had used other agents to sell them in market condition ...

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Has the pendulum ever swung over the last year in terms of fixed or variable-rate mortgages!

October 17th, 2011

October 17th 2011- for immediate release

Has the pendulum ever swung over the last year in terms of fixed or variable-rate mortgages!

Reports show us that 88% of the time you will get ahead with a variable rate. And besides the always predictable pay out penalty with the variable rate mortgage that people enjoy compared to the ugly interest rate differential (IRD) payout penalty ...

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24 Hour Relay

June 14th, 2011
It is that time of year again!! Shane Goutsis of The Francis Hawthorne Team and myself, Jen Christie of The Christies Real Estate Team are running together in the 24 Hour Relay this Saturday June 18th – 19th 2011 to raise money to send kids with special needs to summer camps! The relay is an all day and night “24 Hour” Event where numerous teams come together to raise money for one common goa ...
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Greater Vancouver Housing Market Holds Steady and Favours Sellers in May

June 2nd, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011

VANCOUVER, BC – Home sales remained at typical springtime levels on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in Greater Vancouver in May. 
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales of detached, attached and apartment properties in Greater Vancouver reached 3,377 in May 2011, a 7 per cent increase compared to the 3,156 sale ...

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