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August 2007 - Posts

Things to do in Vancouver: The Vancouver International Fringe Festival
Interested in a little live theatre, but find mainstream theatre a little uptight, well the Vancouver International Fringe Festival is back from September 6 - 16th. This is fun theatre. There will be over 80 different groups performing at venues around Read More...
New Condo Development in Vancouver: The Beasley - Quintessential Vancouver Living
This one has had a sign up for a while, but no other info is available, other than the location and the developer, which is Amacon. Maybe the permits are held up by the city strike. View Larger Map Sorry, this map is not looking how I hoped it would. Read More...
Things to do in Vancouver: The Resort Property Show
Another "Show" for you ad to your calender. I guess recreational property is now so popular now that it gets it own show. The Vancouver Resort Property Show (there will also be shows in Calgary and Edmonton) will take place September 15, 2007 Read More...
Things to do in Vacouver: Feast of Fields at the UBC Farm
Farm Folk City Folk , one of the groups behind the 100 Mile Diet Challenge , will be hosting their annual fundraiser at the UBC Farm on September 9, 2007 from 1 - 5pm. Feast of Fields is a wondering picnic allowing you to stroll about the UBC farm sipping Read More...
Things to do in Vancouver: Kerrisdale Days and Kerrisdale Idol
Kerrisdale Days, which celebrates Kerrisdale's birthday, starts today in Kerrisdale and runs through Saturday. There will be sidewalk sales for the adults, entertainment for kids of all ages as well as some that is just for the kids. From their website Read More...
Canadian Real Estate Forecast is Up Again
In a press release yesterday the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) revised their forecast for the 2007 residential real estate market and the predictions were higher than earlier this year. They are now predicting that the units sold in 2007 will Read More...
Are You Building Green in Vancouver?
A Vancouver organization called Light House is presenting what they call a " non-technical workshop for homeowners, apartment-dwellers and anyone else interested in learning how to “green” their home" called Green Builing 101. They Read More...
Use of Canadian Real Estate Websites Jumps 13% in One Year
Are you thinking selling you home? Is the agent or agents you've been speaking to telling you about about all the great advertising they do in the local real estate papers. Well you may want to consider how "great" that print advertising Read More...
Find Your Vancouver Neighbourhood on Facebook
My website provider Point2Agent has come up with a cool little Facebook application called Neighborhoods (yes spelled the American way, even though they are based in Saskatoon,SK). It came out a few weeks back and had been muddling along with not too Read More...
New Condo Development in New Westminster: The Carlyle at Victoria Hill by Onni
The latest addition to the Victoria Hill development in New Westminster is a 26-story highrise tower called the Carlyle. Victoria Hill is the re-development of the Woodland Mental Hospital site. The Carlyle will feature views to the mountains to the north Read More...
New Condo Development in Vancouver: Ritz-Carlton to build condo-hotel tower across street from Shangri-La
The Vancouer Sun reports this morning that a Ritz-Carlton hotel will occupy the first 20 floors of a new 58 story (!) tower on the north side of the 1100 block of Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver. The tower will be designed by Arthur Erickson and Read More...
Bad Real Estate Listing Photo of the Week
Now this is some picture! Take a look at that bed. Can't see much of the room, but there is a portable air conditioner that the strata may or may not allow. This is the bedroom in a modern downtown condo. Read More...
Housing Starts Cooling in 2007 and 2008 says CMHC
Yesterday the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released their predictions for the housing market in their Housing Market Outlook, Canada Edition report . The exciting facts were summarized in this press release . They are expecting housing Read More...
New Condo Development in Vancouver (UPDATE): Patina by Concert Properties
Concert has been marketing the you-know-what out Patina for several months now, but no real info has been available other than the location which is the site of the old YMCA on Burrard St. They are saving the facade I believe and there should be some Read More...