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Vancouver Real Estate

BC residents enjoy a peculiar holiday ritual, the annual opening of their property tax assessments. Some of us view it with excitement, curious to see how much our real estate piggy-bank appreciated in the previous year. For many more of us, we view it with dread…there is no personal benefit (unless you sell) and the [...]

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More Stringent Mortgage Rules Announced

by Sebastian on January 21, 2011

On January 17th, 2011 the federal government announced changes to regulations governing mortgage lending in Canada. The changes followed growing warnings from the Bank of Canada that Canadians are taking on too much household debt (we now have the highest household debt of 20 OECD nations). By making these changes, the feds hope to limit [...]

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Vancouver Real Estate Statistics for December 2010
Vancouver Real Estate Sees Typical Holiday Month of December
After seeing the Vancouver real estate market stabilize through the fall, December was a weaker month. That is not altogether surprising as this type of market activity is very typical as the holidays approach. December 2010 looked quite weak in comparison [...]

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Vancouver Real Estate Statistics for November 2010
November continues stable trend in Vancouver Real Estate
The fall return to market stability continued in November 2010. While the real estate market weakened this past summer, each month this fall has brought a little more life back into the market. Supply is down, sales have been improving and prices [...]

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There is another new addition to my Vancouver real estate website focused on Commercial Drive Real Estate information.
You will find detailed information about many different aspects of real estate on the Commercial Drive area of Vancouver. You’ll find a Commercial Drive map, Commercial Drive homes for sale, Commercial Drive school boundaries, Commercial Drive residential zoning [...]

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I’ve added a new area to my Vancouver real estate website specifically for Cedar Cottage Real Estate information.
What kind of information can be found in this new area? There’s detailed information about many different aspects of real estate in the Cedar Cottage community of Vancouver. You’ll find a Cedar Cottage map, Cedar Cottage homes for [...]

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Vancouver Real Estate Statistics for October 2010
October sees stability return to Vancouver Real Estate
While the Vancouver real estate market began to weaken from April through to August, there were some signs that the market was steadying in September. This shift continued in October, giving some relief to sellers and motivation to buyers. Vancouver is still [...]

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Vancouver Real Estate Statistics for September 2010

A Summer Buyer’s Market
September may have seen the Vancouver real estate market turn around. Since April, each new month was worse than the last. However, September showed signs of improvement for the first time.
Sales increased for the first time in the last four months. There was a slight +1.89% [...]

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Just finished @Vanmag photo shoot on #grousegrind covering my #grind4shelter http://ow.ly/1rf1Gl http://ow.ly/i/4NGN #
Daily Vancouver Real Estate Stats – 81 Listings + 54 Sales (67% Sell/List) on Wed Oct 20th, 2010 http://ow.ly/2Xhm3 #yvrre #
We are holding our own Vancouver #RLPgala on Nov 2nd. Tickets are cheap + there are opportunities for donations/sponsors. http://ow.ly/2XgER #
On Nov 2nd, [...]

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Public Transit in BC will become UNsustainable within 5 years. http://ow.ly/2Lm0P #
Daily Vancouver Real Estate Stats – 77 Listings + 14 Sales (18% Sell/List) on Mon Sep 27th, 2010 http://ow.ly/2LgSv #yvrre #
RBC says BC homes becoming less affordable. Not so in #YVR Prices lower & mortgage rates lower. Where did they get data? http://ow.ly/2Lc0h [...]

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