From the monthly archives:
Sebastian Albrecht, Vancouver realtor, video blogs about another way that the host city of the 2010 Winter Olympics will be affected. Downtown Vancouver’s roads will be shutdown to traffic from February 4th, 2010 through to March 1st, 2010. If you are buying or selling a downtown Vancouver condo you won’t be able to move during [...]
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The strength in the Vancouver real estate market doesn’t appear to want to fade away this fall. Even in November we are seeing the Vancouver real estate market continue to defy gravity. Sales continue to be high, new listings are slowing down and the number of active listings in Vancouver is dropping steadily.
New Listings – [...]
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In this video blog, Vancouver realtor Sebastian Albrecht provides some advice to potential first time buyers of Vancouver real estate. No matter where you live, you are paying someone’s mortgage. Rather than pay your landlord’s, why not put money in your own pocket? It’s advice Sebastian took when he bought his first Vancouver condo.
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Vancouver realtor Sebastian Albrecht video blogs about the importance of personally viewing parking spaces and storage lockers. Buying a Vancouver condo? You will want to see both the parking space and storage locker in person. Recent experiences highlight the importance of personally inspecting the parking and storage. It can affect the long-term value and saleability [...]
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Upward Pressure Continues
October 2009 ended up being another stellar month in the Vancouver real estate market. We’ve become accustomed to seeing strong results this year, and October was no exception. Demand remained strong while supply shrank and the result was that prices were pushed higher.
However, while to date there had been no signs of the [...]
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Wow. What a week in Vancouver real estate. At this time of year we typically see buyer’s begin to disappear as well as new listings while the active listings balloon. Not in this market.
New Listings – Vancouver
For just the second time in the last five weeks New Listings rose. It wasn’t a significant rise (+0.60%) [...]
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Vancouver realtor Sebastian Albrecht discusses Google’s real estate search tools and it’s impact on the Vancouver real estate landscape. Google’s entry into real estate a couple of years ago made some realtors nervous. However, a realtor does much more than provide listing information. While the Google tool is fun and easy to use, it continues [...]
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Vancouver realtor Sebastian Albrecht video blogs about multiple offers. In a strong real estate market multiple offers are common. There’s no need to be afraid of them. Sebastian explains how you can be successful in winning your ideal new home in multiple offers (if it comes to that).
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While New Listings fell Sales rose this past week in the Vancouver real estate market.
New Listings – Vancouver
For three weeks out of the last four, New Listings fell (after they had risen for four consecutive weeks). New Listings fell (-12.86%) to 332 from 381.
Home Sales – Vancouver
For the second time in the five weeks Sales [...]
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