January 2008 - Posts
On Tuesday I attended the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) Conference and Trade Show at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre. I attended a few seminars and saw a few speakers. There were actually 2 very good keynote speakers and of
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Yesterday I wrote the 200th post on the 604homesblog!!! and I didn't even notice until I look at my post list this morning. Today I am off to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver's 2008 Conference . I'll report back on the seminars later
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I happened upon a copy of 24 Hours this morning and their provacative deadline "Boom or Bust: 24 Hours and CTV look at the Lower Mainland real estate market". Okay well the "Boom or Bust" part was dramatic but the rest was more than
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I have been very negligent in posting my worst MLS ® of the week, but I was just reading the Uncle Jack's Very Vintage Vegas blog and he does one of these almost every day it seems. I can't keep that up, but I am going to try to get back on
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I tried to get that depressing affordability study post out yesterday on the most depressing day of the year (according to some expert somewhere), but there were not enough hours in the day. Lets cheer up Friday a bit with some fun stuff that has nothing
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January 2008 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 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 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Downtown West, Downtown - We invite everyone to visit our open house at 2506-63 Keefer Place on January 27 from
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Well suprise suprise!! In a housing affordability report released and titled "Housing affordability is forecast to improve in 2008" RBC has very little good news for us. The first words on the report state "Although the result is heavily
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The BC Ministry of Small Business and Revenue has just released a new brochure that helps explain the first-time homebuyers program in British Columbia. Previous to this the only document available was a lengthy bulletin from the Ministry that contained
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Okay this has nothing to do with Vancouver real estate other than that you probably search for Vancouver real estate on your computer. And yes your Mac is no better than a PC. They are both carbon pigs. CBC Radio's tech program Spark had an interview
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The Bank of Canada (BOC) cut their overnight by 25 basis point and the U.S. Federal Reserve cut it's overnight rate by 75 basis points. The BOC says they were prompted to do this as “further stimulus is likely to be required in the near term
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I am excited to announce that I have created a blog about the False Creek neighbourhood of Vancouver . The blog is called the False Creek Comet and will focus less on real estate related stories and more on neighbourhood news, events, etc. Only a few
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I am bit late on this one as it was announced last week. The British Columbia Real Estate Association released the follownin press release after the provincial government announced it was lowering the Home Owner Grant Threshold: Vancouver, BC –
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Cressey Development's Mantra on W. 4th Ave and Bucci Developments Lumen at Granville Island both open for previews or sales this weekend. Buying a new development pre-sale in Vancouver? Get represtentation from a REALTOR know your rights. I wrote
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Dine Out Vancouver starts today and if you don't make you reservations soon it could all be sold out. If fact some restaurants may already be sold out. Call now. Stop reading! Pick up the nearest telecommunications device and call for your reservations
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Fridays are for fun so I am ignoring assessments, housing starts, building permits, and the economy. I was out with the kids this at Granville Island and outside the Cat's Meow there was a sign for the Mom Cafe. Being, well, a Dad, I didn't go
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I must admit that I had never heard Vancouver's PuSH Festival (the weird capitalization is their idea) before their ad. appeared on my local bus stop a couple of weeks ago. It seems this bus stop is great source of upcoming Vancouver festival information.
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Last night CBC TV's Wendy Mesley had a great story on Marketplace all about the risks inherent in buying a condominium at pre-sale from the developer (or the the marketing company they've hired). You can watch the video on CBC's website (which
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More good news for the Vancouver and Canadian real estate markets came today as Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released their reports on housing starts across Canada and from larger centres across the country. Across Canada housing starts
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The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver experienced the second busiest year in history in 2007. Prices were up across the region and sales activity was at near record levels with 38,050 units sold across the Metro / Greater Vancouver region (up 7.2%
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• 581 sq. ft., 1 bath, 1 bdrm apartment - MLS® $349,000 CAD - Don't Miss It! Downtown West, Downtown - Amazing views of the mountains and the harbour from this well laid out one bedroom condo. Views like this are rarely available for this
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British Columbians started getting their property assessments over the last couple of days and most home owners in Metro Vancouver were pleasantly surprised by a significant jump in their home's value. Well maybe not, most home owners are not thinking
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