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May 2007 - Posts

Open House in Fairview on Saturday
June 2007 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fairview, Vancouver - We invite everyone to visit our open house at 3050 Willow St. on June 2 from 2:00 PM to Read More...
Cool New Technology Could be Great for Real Estate
This is early days for this technology, but could truely make for a great real estate search experience in the future. It is called Microsoft Surface and takes a table surface and turns it into and interactive monitor and work surface. They say it will Read More...
Open House in Dunbar on Sunday
June 2007 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dunbar, Vancouver - We invite everyone to visit our open house at 3970 W. 16th Ave. on June 3 from 1:00 PM to Read More...
Greater Vancouver's Watering Restrictions Start June 1st
Yes, its here already. Along with our first stretch of decent weather comes the Greater Vancouver Regional District's (GVRD) watering restrictions . From June 1 - September 30th you can only water your lawn on Wednesdays and Saturdays if you have Read More...
This Weekend in Vancouver: The Mount Pleasant Festival
The Mount Pleasant Businesss Improvement Area is holding the Mount Pleasant Festival this Saturday. There will be events up and down Main Street from 8th Ave to 16th Ave. Come on down and you can see magic shows, Elvis tributes, Mariatchis, balloon twisting, Read More...
Bungalow For Sale in Dunbar
Cute as a button • 1,640 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm bungalow - $850,000 CAD - Best deal in town Dunbar, Vancouver - Here is an updated Westside character home at a great price. It is move-in ready with re-finished floors, a newer kitchen and a sunny Read More...
Greater Density Coming to Vancouver's Single-family Neighbourhoods?
Last Thursday the Vancouver Sun reportted on the first draft of Vancouver's ambitious EcoDensity charter . The EcoDensity initiative, launched some months ago by mayor Vancouver Sam Sullivan. The EcoDensity Charter once finalised and adopted in October Read More...
Open House in Fairview on Saturday
May 2007 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fairview, Vancouver - We invite everyone to visit our open house at 3050 Willow St. on May 26 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 Read More...
Canadian Interest Rates Headed Up
One of the great mortgage brokers I work with (Tanya Toye at RBC: 604-788-8693) sent me an email today to let me know that Canadian interest rates are headed up. If you are looking to buy in the near future be sure to lock in the present rates for another Read More...
Beware of Rental Scam in Vancouver
Vancouver REALTORs today received the following warning from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver about a rental deposit scam that is happening in Vancouver: The Board has been alerted about a scam that is appearing on the Craigslist website. Someone Read More...
Townhouse For Sale in Fairview
Don't Miss Out! • 1,032 sq. ft., 2 bath, 2 bdrm townhouse "2 level" - MLS® #V648245 $539,000 CAD - Great Location! Fairview, Vancouver - Don't miss this one. Here is bright two level, two bedroom, and two full bath corner townhome Read More...
Happy Mother's Day Greater Vancouver
Just a quick best wishes to all the mothers out there. Read More...
Developer Cancels Contracts of Coquitlam Home Buyers
The Buyers of 32 homes in Coquitlam's Riverbend development to have had their deposits returned and their contracts with the developer, CB Development 2000 Ltd., cancelled. The buyers had all bought their homes at pre-sale in 2005. The Vancouver Sun Read More...
Call Now and All Donations Matched by Royal LePage
For the next hour all donations made to 104.9 Clear FM's Shelter from the Storm fundraiser in support of women and chidren who have been victims of violence will be matched dollar for dollar by Royal LePage. Call 604-244-1049 right now! Read More...
Canadian Baby Boomers Not in a Hurry to Pay Off Their Mortgage
RBC's 14th Annual Homeownership Survey has found that Canadian Baby Boomers are not in the hurry to pay off their mortgages before they retire that we may have thought. In fact among those 55 plus only 59 percent of homeowners felt it was very important Read More...
Townhouse For Sale in South Slope, Burnaby
Call Today! • 1,368 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm townhouse "3 level" - $439,000 CAD - Va-va-value! South Slope, Burnaby - Welcome to this quiet and spacious 3-level townhouse facing the greenbelt at Francisco Lane. The main level features 9' Read More...
Spring Cleaning in Vancouver This May
As part of the City of Vancouver's Keep Vancouver Spectacular campaign May is Spring Cleaning month in Vancouver. Vancouverites can dispose of household garbage free of charge at the Vancouver Landfill (5400 72nd St, Delta from 7:30am - 7:00pm everyday). Read More...
Vancouver Real Estate Prices Reach New Highs in April
Yesterday the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver released their April 2007 stats for the Greater Vancouver real estate market. The news is record high prices, again. After a few months of some drops and small rises the average price of single family Read More...
Royal LePage Home Makeover Contest: Tell us you story and win!
Have you bought or sold a property with Royal LePage? Did your REALTOR ® go above and beyond to help you have an extraordinary buying/selling experience? Has a Royal LePage REALTOR ® made a difference in your life – or in the life of someone Read More...
New Developments in Vancouver: The Kerry in Kerrisdale
I 1st noticed this one a couple of weeks ago and at that time the Development Appliation sign was still up, but today I drove by and noticed that demolition is under way. The Kerry will be a collection on 12 residences each taking up one of the 13 stories Read More...
Bad Listing Photo of the Week: Go Canucks Go!
I am a Canucks fan and all, but I am not sure if this is the best way to sell your home/listing. This is the main listing photo for this home. Read More...
New Development in Vancouver: Lumen at Granville Island
I heard a brief mention of this one a while back and now the presentation centre is under construction. Located at W. 3rd and Pine it is great central location, but a bit odd in the specifics. What I mean is there is a large (and brand new) self-storage Read More...