When people buy Real Estate it should be a happy time. It can be happy and non stressful if you do all of the right things. The number one thing I see people doing in this market all the time, and the one thing they should be doing is confiding in a trusted advisor that has your best interests at heart.
This advisor should be your Realtor and they should represent ...
Recently, as a result of two rounds of consumer testing several enhancements have been made to realtor.ca.
The first change is a new home page in the residential section, designed to eliminate consumer confusion on how to use the site. The default is now set ot a "quick" search format, with an option to search by interactive map. The pop-up that had been generated complaints has been ...
With the general decline of affordability in Vancouver's Real Estate market in the last few years more and more people hve been moving their families out to the suburbs. In the city of Surrey you can still find a 2700 square foot house on a 9000 square foot lot in a good neighborhood with good schools for under $475,000.
When making the desicion to move to the suburbs consider the other ...
Just when will that be?
No one really knows and if you think you can time the market to buy when it is at its lowest and sell when it is at its highest then you must have a crystal ball.
Here is the thing.
This return to a Buyer's market means that first time home buyers might actually be able to get their foot in the door. Young people who previously had to sit on the ...
I have added this letter that was published in today's Vancouver Sun by the President of the Greater Vancovuer Real Estate Board, David Watt. What he is saying is interesting as well as realistic for today's market. There is no fear based marketing to sell papers just common sense here.
Slow home sales create window of opportunity
A new report issued by Ipsos Reid had this to say about home Buyers in British Columbia:
The market may be cooling in some areas, but for property owners along the Canada Line, values could rise at a faster rate then elsewhere, if trends around the Expo Line continue.
A new report released by Landcor Data Corporation, Lessons from Expo 86 for the 2010 Olympics looks at construction and price appreciation resulting from the Expo Line, completed in 1985 for Expo 86, and ...
Did you know that home Buyers in
In the 2008 Budget the BC government announced its new plan to offer sales tax exemptions for energy star qualifies appliances, windows, doors, skylights and home heating equipment for water tanks, weather stripping, caulking, and window insulation and energy ...
It is only a small underground oil tank in the back yard......
Small or large it is still an underground oil tank and it it is in the backyard of the house that I have an offer on with my clients. When I hear the other realtor say this to me it gives me a massive case of the goose bumps on the back of my neck.
An underground oil tank was used in houses to store the heating oil in ...