May 2008 - Posts
Selling a home on one of Vancouver's busy streets can be a challenge. Yesterday I was walking along West 6th Ave. on my way to lunch and I noticed that I had walked past 4 For Sale signs in about a block. I happened to have my Flip Camera with me
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As any REALTOR will tell you, this is no surprise. The real estate industry is famously old and grouchy about technology changes. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) informed me this morning that: The public www.mls.ca web site will officially
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Fairview, Vancouver - Announcing a price reduction on 305-2483 Spruce Street, a 822 sq. ft., 2 bath, 2 bdrm apartment "with 340 sq ft balcony". Now MLS® $575,000 CAD - Price Reduced!. Property information
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Do you notice anything suspicious about the property lines in relation to the houses in this pic from the City of Vancouver's geo-map program Van Map ? Yes, most of those houses encroach onto either city property or their neighbours property. Now
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I haven't done of these for a while, but I couldn't resist this one. That is some kind of curb appeal. Matthew Collinge: Vancouver REALTOR®
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So what do you think? Matthew Collinge: Vancouver REALTOR®
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Quite the splashy title for the old RBC. As has been widely reported the Canadian market generally has cooled although it is cooler in some parts of the country (Calgary and Edmonton) than in others. The reports starts out talking about how the slow down
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In the "this is just a giant real estate ad" House Hunting section of the Vancovuer Sun today was an article (Title: Camp Report Released: Canadians have a balanced view of the real estate market) about a report that has been released by CAAMP
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I like to CAPITALIZE the first letter of very word in my titles, but small case seemed better today. Anyway, yes, mls.ca will no longer be mls.ca although they will, of course, be re-directing
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Good old Gary Mason attended a lunch hosted by the Urban Development Institute where "Condo King" Bob Rennie spoke about who is buying Vancouver's super high priced condos these days. Apparently this was quite the hot ticket in Vancouver
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This is straight from a British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) email I received today. I thought you'd be interested in some of the things the real estate industry does that don't make the news very often. Property rights protected This
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The British Columbia Real Estate Assciation (BCREA) released a press release yesterday morning with the title More Homes for Sale - Welcome News for Homebuyers and indeed the inventory of homes for sale in British Columia is up. Sales were down last month,
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ATTENTION - I has come to my attention that due to wonders of Google you may have arrived here looking for info about the ONNI Liquidation Sale. This post is not about that, but this one is so I hope you will check it out . Onni Group is set to start
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I am bit late getting these out, but here they are nonetheless. Last Friday the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) released the April statistics and earlier this week Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp (CMHC) released Vancouver's April housing
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Linda Leatherdale, money editor of The Toronto Sun and host of MONEY LINE on Rogers Television, Lisa da Rocha, vice president, marketing and communications, Royal LePage Real Estate Services, and David Cravit, senior vice president, marketing, The 50Plus
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Hello again! I've been on holiday and also just been a bit lazy with the blog lately. I am trying to get back on the ball, as it were. Today the British Columbia Real Estate Association released their Spring 2008 Housing Forecast . I also heard BCREA
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