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As I mentionned a few months ago Vancouver was is the running to make it onto board of Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition. As it turns out Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto all made it onto the board. Vancouver goes in the orange group, Montreal goes where you would expect to find Boardwalk, and Toronto goes into the magenta group. ...

Vancouver real estate agent, blogger and friend of mine Larry Yatkowsky was mentionned in the Globe and Mail's Report on Business yesterday.Congratulations Larry! Larry is a great writer, go and check out his blog here. Matthew Collinge: Vancouver REALTOR®

  The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA), the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of BC (CHBA BC) and the Urban Development Institute (UDI) today announed the new "Presale Cross Reference List" to help consumers with understanding the risks, and opportunities, involved in buying real estate at pre-sale."Over ...

Mountain View  Vancouver is a city of neighbourhoods they say. I am not sure who "they" are, but "they" are right. One of the nicest and most under appreciated is the Mountain View neighbourhood. Mountain View is a loosely defined area either side of Fraser St from about King Edward Ave. up to E. 41st. The name ...

I was pretty busy last week and didn't get the posts out about the big news that the 40 year mortgages and 0% down option will be eliminated on October 15th, 2008. I don't have too much to add to the discou rse on this. I have not worked with many buyers using either of these options. I am sure it will keep some  buyers out of the ...

The following is a letter to the editor by Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver president Dave Watt that was published in the Vancouver Sun today:Letter to the Editor:   We’re deeply concerned that The Vancouver Sun’s view, expressed in the June 25 editorial ‘Rising real estate fraud makes title insurance essential’, ...

No time to write much about it (I'll update this later), but realtor.ca is now live. Go check it out!   Matthew Collinge: Vancouver REALTOR®

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 34,675 litres of water annually. The hot water from showers can account for as much as 25 per ...

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 year for Canada’s housing markets in 2007, the much-anticipated ...

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 out of concern for their household budgets.” B.C. wide unit sales were down 31% (30.5% in ...