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Featured Articles as of 02/05/12
- BC Real Estate Association: 2011 Review
Home Sales Increase in 2011 | Average Residential Prices Climbed 11.1%
- News Release - January 2012
The 2011 Greater Vancouver housing market began with heightened demand in regional hot spots and concluded with greater balance between seller supply and buyer demand. - China's Real Estate Spree in Vancouver
Hoping for big bucks and a big buyer - Federal government announces changes to mortgage financing requirements
Federal government announces changes to mortgage financing requirements - Vancouver records sharp increase in housing starts
Low interest rates and improving economy cited as key reasons - Compliance concerns prompt insurers to stop covering duplex mortgages
- Developers push crop of pre-sales into slow market
- Home sales drop 35 per cent as prices climb in B.C.
Average Metro price rose 12 per cent to $681,000 in August, compared to the same month last year - Mortgages are about more than just the rate
With interest rates still near all-time lows, despite the recent increases in the Bank of Canada's overnight target rate, it may be time to rethink mortgages, not just the rates, but every element of them. - Two million reasons for high prices in Vancouver
City’s housing affordability problem boils down to too many people on too little land - Variable May No Longer Be the Best Mortgage
Fixed rates are falling fast so do your homework - B.C. home prices to remain flat for 2010: economist
Expect British Columbia's property prices to remain flat for the balance of the year - B.C. home sales expected to slow this year but rise in 2011: survey
Residential sales across the province are expected to ease by three per cent this year to 82,350 units before increasing four per cent in 2011 to 85,900 units, according to the B.C. Real Estate Association - First-time buyers jump into housing market
New lending rules, market conditions have little effect on consumers' intentions, say experts - Fix in for mortgages?
The fix is in, when it comes to the Canadian mortgage market. - Forget market timing, buying a house is about life timing
Homes are a long-term investment - Housing prices set to fall: CIBC
B.C. and Alberta the most overpriced - Housing sales back off from heady days of late 2009
Global economy, effect of HST prompt buyers to bide their time - IN VANCOUVER, THE THIRD WAVE HITS!
The economic impact of wealthy buyers from Mainland China has gone all but unnoticed by the average Vancouverite — but it’s no secret to the city’s real estate industry. - Metro home prices are levelling out, index shows
Metro Vancouver home prices tipped past their previous peak in the first quarter of this year, but their pace of growth slowed considerably - Metro Vancouver posts steepest housing price gains
Royal LePage's survey tracks increases of up to 29% in first quarter - Metro Vancouver's apartment vacancy expected to shrink in 2010
Expect the relative spike in apartment vacancies Metro Vancouver experienced in 2009 to be a short-lived, recession-driven phenomenon, according to apartment-market expert David Goodman. - Mortgage brokers taking a closer look at who is buying
Lenders not as liberal when it comes to qualifying for credit - Owners of leaky condos face 'double whammy'
The financial hit facing thousands of leaky-condo owners in B.C. is about to get worse because of the new harmonized sales tax and the end of the province's rebate for PST paid on repairs. - BCREA Housing Forecast
Residential unit sales through the Multiple Listing Service® in BC are forecast to increase six per cent to 90,100 units in 2010, before edging back three per cent to 87,500 units in 2011 - Housing, trade to step onto centre stage in this week's economic data
Neither is expected to have fallen since previous month - Late Wave of Sales Carries BC House Markets Higher
5,703 homes were sold in December 2009 - Metro Home Prices Headed up in 2010
Metro home prices headed up in 2010, firm predicts; Royal LePage expects a 7.2-per-cent increase - Mortgage changes could heat up home market as buyers rush to beat deadline
Canada's red hot housing market may get a little hotter following Tuesday's announcement by the federal government that new mortgage rule changes are coming to discourage cash-light buyers and speculators - Rate bump not necessarily a harbinger of hikes to come
Uncertainty over global economy might ease pressure for future interest rate increases - Tallest tower outside downtown core is proposed for Canada Line site
Marine Gateway will rise more than 30 storeys to 350 feet (105 metres) and contain 577 residential units - Updating / Renovating Your Home: Top 10 Return on Investment Projects
Home upgrades and renovations that pay off - Vancouver real estate and the HST
An ex-premier has warned that a harmonized sales tax will hurt the housing sector, but not everyone agrees with him. - Vancouver real-estate market bounces back
- First-Time Buyers Driving Market: Report
First-time buyers are now the driving force behind a Metro Vancouver real estate market that's showing increasing signs of recovery - Home prices will drop less than expected, real estate group says
A recent surge in real estate sales has caused the Canadian Real Estate Association to sharply revise its expectations for price drops in BC - Homebuyers will have to shell out tens of thousands thanks to HST
Homebuyers will be the biggest losers under the province’s controversial new harmonized sales tax - Province increases threshold on HST housing rebate Up from $400,000 to $525,000
Home buyers will be eligible for a rebate of 71 per cent of the provincial portion of the HST paid on a new home - Real estate sales numbers take a trip to the 1980s
A few more buyers are dipping into the market, but analyst predicts continued slide in prices - Time To Buy?
Majority of Canadians think they should put money down on a new house - Bad Timing Exacts a Heavy Price (Feb 09)
The online classifieds for Vancouver real estate reveal the signs of a looming crisis in the city's once-thriving condo market - Federal Budget a Boost For New Buyers (Feb 09)
$50,000 buys more than $40,000, especially when a residence falls in price - Federal budget good news for homebuyers and homeowners (Jan 28, 2009)
Federal budget offered a number of initiatives to benefit homebuyers and homeowners in our communities - Why a Buyer's Market is a First-timer's Market (Jan 09)
As the tumble in real-estate values and cheap mortgages boost first-home affordability, the opportunity to find and price a residence with measured purposefulness is great, but daunting - Real estate downturn no big deal for homeowners (Jan 09)
Prices may be down this year, but they're up over the past five - Canadian House Market Update (Dec 08)
Canada's Housing Situation Not the Same as in the US / Performance & Trends - Making Sense of Today's Housing Market (Dec 08)
- Buyers See Hope as Home Prices Decline (Sept 08)
August saw property markets continue dramatic turn - Differences Between the US and Canadian Mortgage Market (Sept 08)
- Prepare For Home Prices to Drop (Sept 08)
- Should I Buy or Should I Rent? (Aug 08)
With falling home sales and moderating prices, prospective buyers are asking whether they should wait out this period of volatility - Follow The Money (June 08)
Real estate is a hard asset and hard assets do well in inflationary periods - Downturn may crimp developers' access to cash (May 08)
- Market Questions, Questions (May 08)
Real Estate Questions & Answers by Real Estate Insider Ozzie Jurock - Questions are the Answer (May 08)
Real Estate Questions & Answers - Real Estate Questions, Questions (May 08)
- Why I Will Always Buy Real Estate (May 08)
- Why I Will Always Buy Real Estate - Part II (May 08)
- 15 B.C. Real Estate Myths and Realities (April 08)
- Vancouver House Prices up 99% in Ten Years (Feb 08)
- We Love Our New Home
This kind of card, really hits home. - Optimism and the Happy Client
...your constant and even diligence... - Thank You from Tony & Tessie
Another beautiful card from a happy familly - Thankyou from Dela, Danial & Mina
Another beautiful card from a happy familly - Home Buying Guide in Greater Vancouver: Completion Costs Guide
- Home Buying Guide: Getting Started - Your Wish List
- Worthwhile Canadian Initiative-Canadian banks are typically leveraged at 18 to 1-compared with U.S.
- Preparing Your Home For Sale
Marketing Your Home in Greater Vancouver & BC
