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1473 E. King Edward Ave (King Edward Village)

Overview
This quiet town home offers 2 bedrooms and a den in 1106 sq ft of thoughtfully laid out living space. Bedrooms are on separate floors with their own en-suite bathrooms, isolating day-to-day noise and enhancing peaceful living. A back door allows direct access to your TWO underground [...]

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Vancouver Real Estate Hot Tub Time Machine

by Sebastian on September 28, 2011

Royal LePage Conventions and Me

Every year there is a convention involving Royal LePage realtors at the beginning of September. It alternates from one year to the next between a large national convention and a smaller, regional one. In the last few years we’ve had national conferences in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Montreal. The regional conferences [...]

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It’s that time of year (bargain hunting / decluttering season). This coming weekend (May 14th 10am – 4pm) we’ll be hosting the 2nd annual RLP Shelter Foundation’s National Garage Sale for Shelter in Mount Pleasant. This year it’s going to be even better than last year (we raised nearly $5000!) with a BBQ, entertainment, great [...]

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For the second time in as many years, I broke a Grouse Grind record. On June 28th, 2010 my goal was to climb the Grouse Grind 14 times. Starting at 6:30am and not stopping until 11:00pm I achieved my goal thereby setting another world record.
=> Donate to the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation <=
1. 6:40 [...]

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There wasn’t a big change in the Vancouver real estate market this past week. To a large degree, we were relatively flat as far as new listings and sales went. Where we do see a more significant change is in the number of active listings. As expected, this number is beginning to rise after the [...]

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November 2007 Housing Starts Reveal Trend

by Sebastian on December 15, 2007

CMHC reported on December 10th, 2007 that November 2007 was the highest month in 30 years for housing starts. That’s big news. Over the same period last year, housing starts are up a whopping 92%!
 Now…before we get too excited about this news there might be a reasonable explanation. I would suspect that a large portion [...]

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CMHC 2008 Housing Outlook for Vancouver

by Sebastian on November 8, 2007

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released their forecast for the Vancouver housing market in 2008. They view the next year to be a positive one as far as resales and price appreciation. Interest rates are predicted to stay relatively level, and prices are predicted to continue to raise at about an average of 9.1%.
According to the [...]

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I just listed this great potential investment property. It’s a studio apartment at 1005-1330 Hornby St in Downtown Vancouver. Given a bit of interior decorating, this studio can easily be rented for $900 – $1000 per month. A very well located condominium, it is minutes to the seawall, a short stroll Downtown, and just on the [...]

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