July 2007 - Posts
One of the most sought after commodites in south western British Columbia is recreational property within a 3 hour drive, or drive and ferry ride, of Vancouver. The Cottages a Cutlas Lake is a new cottage developement near Cultas Lake (duh). Easily reachable
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The 19th annual Illuminares Lantern Festival will take place this Saturday around Trout Lake in East Vancouver's John Hendry Park . The event is in it's 19th year and is organized by the Public Dreams Society who also put on the Parade of Lost
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Summer in Vancouver and their is no shortage of things to do. Looking to do some bike riding this weekend, or maybe just some voyeur-ing? Well you might want to consider putting the World Naked Bike Ride on your weekend itinerary. Starting at 2pm Sunday
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The Celebration of Light (I still think of it as the Symphony of Light) starts tonight at 10pm in English Bay. Tonight is the Spanish teams chance to wow the judges. The schedule for the remaining 3 nights is: Saturday, July 28 — Canada Wednesday,
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ASPAC Developments has just announced their new highrise condominium project at the University of British Columbia, the The Wesbrook at UBC. The email I received states "The Wesbrook is adjacent to the Pacific Spirit Regional Park and is the first
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The REALTOR ® preview at the second tower of Solterra's Symphony Place development in downtown Vancouver, Dolce ( at the corner of Richards and Smythe ) took place today and it seems to have been a big success. There was a line up to get in as
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Just kidding, but it sure would be memorarble. I saw this car on Commercial Drive the other week when the wife and kids and I were going to Cafe Deux Soleils for a weekend breakfast/brunch. It is a BMW Isetta . The cafe is a great place to take kids for
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Pre-launch marketing has begun for O2 (like oxygen) a small (20 unit) condominium building that will be built in in Vancouver in the 1700 block of Davie St . That is just east off of the lively corner of Denman and Davie and less than 1/2 a block from
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Once again, Vancouver has received a high ranking on an international quality of life report. Vancouver was tied for third on the Mercer’s Quality of Living Report, which uses expatriate assignments to rank 215 cities worldwide on the tangible aspects
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I like to listen to CBC Radio 1 in the morning, at least until my wife comes down and shuts it off, and recently I have caught a couple of segments from their Realty Check segment. They are quite good and so today I took a look at the website . It look
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Well I have a series of pics today. Either the photograph/agent had a bad case of vertigo or this house has some severe structural problems. Take a look:
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Yesterday the Bank of Canada announced that it will increase interest rates by a quarter point to 4.50% to help control inflation brought on by a strong economy and soaring job growth. An article in the National Post stated that it seems the central bank
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itWorldCanada reports that Microsoft will open a new product development centre in Vancouver this fall. This should be good for our already strong labour market and help to slow the brain drain of bright young talent into the US. This will be a software
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Royal LePage released forecast for Canadian real estate prices last week and strong price inceases were seen in many markets, inlcuding some new hot markets. The average Canadian house price is expected to top $300,000 by the end of the year. From the
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Are you looking for a loft-style condo in Vancouver? The Garage in Gastown is the latest development from Salient Developments. Unlike Salient's last project, The Paris Block , the location of the Garage is a little easier to live with. It is located
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June was another good month for the real estate market in Greater Vancouver. The latest statistics from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver show that the volume of sales last month was up 7.4% over last June and second only to June 2005. There
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This article originally appeared in the REALTORLINK newsletter sent to REALTORS by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. EIU ranks Vancouver as the world's most liveable city (again) Once again, Vancouver has been ranked the ‘most liveable
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