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I have joined the Royal LePage Westside team for the 2008 Bowl for Big Brothers Classic. On March 28th the Royal LePage Westside  team will wearing their best Hawaiian attire and be bowling for Big Brothers. If you would like to donate to this great cause please visit my online donation page. You will be emailed a tax ...

I will be down at the BC Real Estate Convention (in Ballroom A, B & C at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre at Canada Place) today from 4 till 6pm which is when it ends. This is the last day of this free convention/ trade show covering all aspects of the real estate industry. I will be at the Royal LePage Westside booth (booth #3) ...

This is the 4th year for the BC Real Estate Convention and it has gotten bigger every year. It must be the cost of admission. It is free! There will be exhibitors from many different real estate related fields, including developers both local and international), lenders, renovators, insurers, and of course some REALTORs will be there as ...

As you may very well be aware tornadoes touched down in 5 states in the US this week killing at least 54 people and leaving thousands homeless. Their homes just blew away! We are so lucky in Canada, and especially Vancouver, that we live virtually without the threat of such natural disasters. That is, other than that pesky earthquake they say will ...

I am trying to get back on the bad MLS photo thing so today I bring you a selection of bad photos from the Vancouver MLS® to feast your eyes upon.                         Please force you flash to go on when shooting towards the ...

Earlier this week in the Raincity Guide out of Seattle I read a story about exploding hot water tanks. Actually they seem to call them "water heaters" in the U.S. I had never heard this before. I had also never heard that there is an urban myth that a faulty hot water tank can explode and shoot through the roof of a ...

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 many people on it, but in the past week it has really taken off. It has gone from about 5000 ...

Last Thursday the Vancouver Sun reportted on the first draft of Vancouver's ambitious EcoDensity charter. The EcoDensity initiative, launched some months ago by mayor Vancouver Sam Sullivan. The EcoDensity Charter once finalised and adopted in October will work to transform Vancouver into a model of high density and environmental urban ...

Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan, on behalf of the Vancouver Board of Trade (VBT), recently recognized BCREA (the British Columbia Real Estate Association) as a Quality of Life Champion. According to the certificate:Quality of Life Champions have demonstrated an enduring commitment to improving our Quality of Life, through sustainable economic growth ...

I was interested to see a ad. in Vancouver Courier on Friday for BC Housing's Rental Assistance Program. I had never heard of this program before, but it seems like a great one. Vancouver is a very expensive city to live in. To make the program even better the Province has recently increased the maximum household inclome ceiling from $20,000 ...