June 2008 - Posts
The Zip Trek experience in Whistler has been very popular since it opened some years ago and now you can try a zipline adventure right in Metro Vancouver with the opening tomorrow of Grouse Mountain's Air Grouse ziplines . They are starting with 3
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Walking back from an appointment today I looked down the alley and saw this red building that oddly jutted out into the alley. So, on my way back I walked down the alley. It was a very nice alley by the way, there was even a Slurpee in the middle of the
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Homeowners can save significant money by conserving water in their bathrooms with these easy, energy-saving tips: Take shorter showers. By cutting shower time from ten minutes to five, based on one shower a day, BC Hydro predicts an average saving of
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June 2008 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 25 26 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 SW Marine, Vancouver - We invite everyone to visit our open house at 303-1503 W. 65th Ave on June 21 from 2:00
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• 433 sq. ft., 1 bath, 1 bdrm apartment - MLS® $210,000 CAD - Can You Believe It? SW Marine, Vancouver - Enjoy Westside living in this practical junior 1 bdrm (den w/ glass wall separator to maximize natural light). Features includes open kitchen
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No time for any commentary on this today, but I thought you'd be interested. Everything below is from RBC Economics' monthly Economics Digest . You can comment below. ------ Housing market froth finally evaporating After yet another blockbuster
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This was the headline of the British Columbia Real Estate Associations (BCREA) news release today. BCREA Chief Economist says “Rising fuel and food prices are impacting the housing market, as many potential homebuyers take a wait and see approach
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Having won their quarter-final game last weekend the 604homes.com Black Dragons (the Little Mountain Little League that is sponsored by 604homes.com) is playing in the semi's tonight for the chance to play in the final on Saturday afternoon. GO TEAM!
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Well, starting June 23rd, this form and ALL the info it asks for will be required by law in Canada for all real estate transactions. This is part of the Proceeds of Crime Money (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act which I am guessing was passed
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Straight from my Daily Economic Update from RBC (I wish they would quote the source of the stats. Maybe it is RBC itself.): The new housing price index was flat in April with the annual pace of increase slowing to 5.2% down from 6.1% in March. The house-only
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Amongst all the news off increased listings and (slightly) decreased sales came the news earlier this week that housing starts are up so far this year in Vancouver. On Monday the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced that "preliminary"
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Many had been expecting another rate from the Bank of Canada today, but low and behold they have decided to stick with the status quo. Here is the announcment from the BoC. Bank of Canada – Prime Rate Unchanged - 4.75% Since the April Monetary Policy
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A meme is sort of like a blog chain letter. The idea is that you answer a series of questions and then pass the questions along to another group of people. I had never received a meme before, but was "lucky" enough to be meme'd by Vancouver
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The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver has released the May 2008 statistics and the news is pretty familiar if you've been listening to the big media lately. The first few sentences of the press release really tell the story, sales are down, listings
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Despite that big ocean immediately to the west of us there is preciously little waterfront real estate available in Vancouver . And what is available is largely very urban. This past weekend though I was showing a lovely home in the Woodlands-Sunshine-Cascade
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Miss604 is one of Vancouver's most well known bloggers. Despite the common "604" in our blog names Miss604 (Rebecca) and I had not met until very recently. Incidentally, we also do not know Chad Kroeger of 604 Records (and of course Nickelback)
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