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Vancouver Market Update – January 2012

by Sebastian on January 21, 2012

Everyone Was Busy Eating Turkey…
Vancouver Real Estate listing and sales statistics for the month of December experienced a typical holiday season lull last month. Active listings during the Christmas season reflected the usual holiday break for many busy families and professionals.
Vancouver Property Sales were down (-33.16%) to 516 from November (772). [...]

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Vancouver Market Update November 2011

by Sebastian on December 13, 2011

November Listings Continue to Cool in Vancouver Real Estate Market

Vancouver Real Estate Stats

November listing and sales statistics for the Vancouver Real Estate Market continued to cool. The number of homes for sale has continued to decrease as we approach the 2011 Holiday Season.
Total sales in Vancouver for November 2011 were up (+5.61%) from October [...]

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New Kid on the Block… in Riley Park

by Sebastian on October 24, 2011

As I mentioned earlier, I recently moved to a new neighbourhood. After years of living right off of Commercial Drive, Riley Park (aka Little Mountain) is my new stomping grounds.
I am really enjoying this area and its features.  As a dog owner I have to say that firstly, it’s extremely walkable. Being in [...]

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Market Update September 2011

by Sebastian on October 13, 2011

Home Listings Continue to Rise in Vancouver while Sales Slow

With fall officially under way, Vancouver listing inventory has recovered from the summer vacation lull in September. That being said, sale activity was marginally lower in September for the fourth month in a row, having peaked for the year in June 2011. With a [...]

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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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Vancouver RE Identity Crisis?

by Sebastian on September 22, 2011

The affordability of Vancouver housing prices continues to be buzz-worthy topic for anyone interested in investing (or holding) property the market. In Van City, I think the affordability issue rates high on people’s general conversational radar ~ so much so, that the question “where do you live” seems to go hand in hand with “what [...]

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West End Vancouver Homes for Sale (West End Vancouver Condos only) – 178
July 2009 saw Active Listings in the West End Vancouver real estate market fall for the fifth month in a row (and seventh in the last eigh). This past month we saw them drop from 211 in June to just 178 in July. [...]

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When you own a condominium in BC you will have to pay a maintenance fee (strata fee) every month.  The money is used by the strata corporation to pay the expenses of the development.
How are strata maintenance fees determined?
Your individual strata maintenance fee is assessed by taking the total cost of the strata’s expenses and [...]

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