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After months of moving from strength to strength, the Vancouver real estate market finally took a bit of a breather last week. The previous week had been the strongest we’d seen in years and it showed no sign of slowing, but slow it did. New Listings - Vancouver New Listings swelled during this w...
08/25/2009
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Another Record Month In January 2009 we had the worst month Vancouver had ever seen. Just seven short months later and July 2009 was the best July on record. The turnaround we've seen in the last few months is nothing short of miraculous. Sales are no longer improving on a month-to-month basis, b...
08/12/2009
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The provincial government announced on July 31st, 2009 that it was ending the loan program of the Homeowner Protection Office. You'll recall that I first drew attention to the matter at the beginning of the month when the Homeowner Protection Office first indicated that there were funding problem...
08/12/2009
I recently provided an update on the BC government's proposal to implement a Harmonized Sales Tax and it's impact on the Vancouver real estate market. The HST was a surprise to us all. It's unfortunate that the provincial government chose not to consult those of us directly impacted before announ...
08/12/2009
The following is commentary from the BCREA (BC Real Estate Association) on the impact of the HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) on the BC real estate. It is reproduced here with permission of the BCREA.________________________ Harmonized Sales Tax On July 23, 2009, Premier Gordon Campbell and Finance Min...
08/12/2009
In the previous week it began to look as though we might have started to see the usual summer doldrums settle into the Vancouver real estate market. This past week looks to reinforce that trend in some ways, notably in the drop of Sales. New Listings - Vancouver After falling twice in the previou...
07/14/2009
Has the party ended? This past week was the first one in a while where we didn't see new records being set in the Vancouver real estate market. Of course, new records can't be set every week and it was about time that the market took a bit of a breather. It looks as though the slower summer seaso...
07/14/2009
While I was trying to break a record on Grouse Mountain this week, the Vancouver real estate market was breaking records of its own down below. This was yet another in a growing line of strong weeks for Vancouver real estate and the trend doesn't appear to want to end. New Listings - Vancouver Af...
07/14/2009
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These days, we have far more options when searching for a new home than previous house-hunters. In fact, one of the best ways that today's house-hunter can be certain of finding a healthy, green home is by looking for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. Homes b...
07/17/2007
I just listed this great potential investment property. It's a studio apartment at 1005-1330 Hornby St in Downtown Vancouver. Given a bit of interior decorating, this studio can easily be rented for $900 - $1000 per month. A very well located condominium, it is minutes to the seawall, a short str...
07/11/2007