From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Here are the Coal Harbour real estate market statistics for May, 2009.
Coal Harbour Homes for Sale (Coal Harbour Condos only) – 188
Active Listings fell in Coal Harbour in the month of May, 2009. Listings fell to 188 from 209 the month before. This is the sixth time in the last seven months that listings have [...]

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Fairview Vancouver Homes for Sale (Fairview Vancouver Condos only)
- 191
The month of May 2009 saw Active Listings in the Fairview community of Vancouver fall to 191 from 206 in April. This number is in line with the 192 seen in March of 2008.
Fairview Vancouver Homes Sold (Fairview Vancouver Condos only)
- 92
May 2009 was a very [...]

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Grouse Grind Ascent Record Media Summary

by Sebastian on June 28, 2009

I have never, ever done anything like this. My only previous experience with the media was way back in highschool. Although, I’m pretty sure that my yearbook photos wouldn’t count as media experience (Those of you that I went to highschool with please cut out and destroy my Grade 12 yearbook photo. Thank you).
Media coverage [...]

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Here are the Mount Pleasant Vancouver real estate market statistics for May, 2009. Please note, that this information is for the Mount Pleasant community in Vancouver East only.
Mount Pleasant Homes for Sale (Mount Pleasant Condos only) – 173
Active Listings fell slightly in the month of May in the Mount Pleasant Vancouver real estate market. May [...]

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Yes. I actually did it.

On Monday, June 22nd 2009 I climbed the Grouse Grind 13 times in one day. I was feeling a bit apprehensive about the event as the day approached, but I ended up breaking the official Grouse Mountain record of 12.

06:36 AM -> 07:23 AM = 46:58
07:47 AM -> 08:30 AM = [...]

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Yes. Once again, another excellent week in the Vancouver real estate market. The trends in Vancouver home sales that we have seen establishing themselves over the last couple of months show no signs of abating.
New Listings – Vancouver
New Listings fell for the first time in a month (-14.11%). The previous week they hit 404 but [...]

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Countdown to the Grouse Grind Ascent Record

by Sebastian on June 21, 2009

Monday is the day.
Yep.
I know. That’s TOMORROW.
For those of you interested in keeping tabs on my progress, I shall be updating my progress on Twitter. You can follow me on Twitter here.
I’ve been planning for this event for months, but the past week has been a real whirlwind. With the hard work of the fabulous [...]

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The Grouse Grind Will Kick My A$$ for Charity

by Sebastian on June 20, 2009

You likely already know about the plans that I have to break a world record to raise money for charity. I’ve been planning and training for this event for the past few months. Of course, the day was bound to arrive eventually but it really has snuck up on me.
It’s hard to believe that there [...]

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I feel like a broken record. “Another strong week yadda, yadda, yadda (as they’d say on Seinfeld)….”. However, it’s the truth and there isn’t any better way to say it.
Every week since about mid-March has been excellent in the Vancouver real estate market. What I’m noticing in the last few is while averages are remaining [...]

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May 2009 was the strongest month in the Vancouver real estate market that we’d seen in a while. In my regular series of updates, we now turn our attention to the Vancouver neighborhood of Kitsilano where the trend was no different. In fact, if anything the positive trend was stronger in Kitsilano than many other [...]

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