April 6th, 2020
It may look like Metro Vancouver’s March home sales have beaten the COVID-19 pandemic, with a 46.1% increase year over year and a 17.4% jump from February to 2,542 sales, … [read more]
April 5th, 2020
It continues to be a great time for landlords. Monthly rents have been increasing for years, vacancies remain at historic lows, and a really big benefit for landlords is that … [read more]
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April 5th, 2020
Digital transformation has permanently shifted how consumers make purchasing decisions and interact with the business world at large. In order to adapt to those changes and stay relevant to their … [read more]
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April 5th, 2020
You have listed your home for sale and are hoping for a buyer that will fall in love with it and give you the best price for it, maybe even … [read more]
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April 4th, 2020
As a homeowner, you have to maintain, renovate or remodel your property at some point in time. If you’re a real estate investor or landlord, it is absolutely critical to … [read more]
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April 4th, 2020
What is equity? You’ll often hear the term equity when it comes to homeownership, but you may not even know what that means even if you already own a home. … [read more]
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April 4th, 2020
The Bank of Canada (BoC) has announced an emergency rate cut to its trend-setting Overnight Lending Rate, as the Canadian government moves to reduce the economic repercussions of the COVID-19 … [read more]
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April 3rd, 2020
Investing in and buying a new home is a major milestone in most people’s lives. When you make the decision to move forward with purchasing a home as your family … [read more]
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April 3rd, 2020
Owning a home is a big step toward securing yourself financially for the future. With each mortgage payment, you are building equity. But with the cost of living going up … [read more]
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April 3rd, 2020
A dramatic 0.5% reduction in the Bank of Canada overnight lending rate on March 13 – the second such cut in 9 days – in response to the virus pandemic … [read more]
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April 3rd, 2020
SURREY, BC – The most up to date Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) data from the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) indicates COVID-19 has put the market on pause, as … [read more]
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April 2nd, 2020
A real estate landscape is a potential gold mine for investors. Some of the richest people alive hold property as a crown jewel of their portfolios. For many others, this … [read more]
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April 2nd, 2020
How is the Metro Vancouver housing market faring as the Spring 2020 season sets in? It has been a tumultuous few years for west coast home buyers and sellers as … [read more]
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April 2nd, 2020
“The world has changed,” read the headline of RBC’s Macroeconomic Outlook published today and, with all the events that hit like a tsunami over the last week, it’s hard to … [read more]
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April 2nd, 2020
Metro Vancouver’s* housing market saw steady home buyer demand to begin March and a levelling off of activity as the month went on and concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak intensified. … [read more]
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April 1st, 2020
According to research conducted by Ipsos for the Ontario Real Estate Association’s first annual Buyer and Sellers Research Report, real estate investors hoping to target millennial buyers on the resale … [read more]
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April 1st, 2020
Buyers get a lot of advice on how to get ready for a home inspection. But if you’re the homeowner, how do you prepare for the inspector, so that your … [read more]
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April 1st, 2020
BC’s real estate recover continued apace in February, with the total value of all home sales at $4.4 billion, up 41.4% from a year ago, the British Columbia Real Estate … [read more]
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March 31st, 2020
When putting your home on the market there are many situations where your space will need to be kept sparkling clean. Whether you’re preparing for taking listing photos, you have … [read more]
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March 31st, 2020
Investing in a pre-construction condominium might be a viable strategy, but there could be potential downside risks, said an expert. John Pasalis, president at Realosophy Realty, said there are three … [read more]
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March 31st, 2020
The typically busy spring homebuying season in Canada could be turbocharged by falling mortgage rates, but also by tweaks to loan stress tests and by monetary policy that is being … [read more]
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March 30th, 2020
Buying your first home is what you have been daydreaming about for months if not years. Your favorite daydream is a sunny Saturday afternoon watching the kids run through the … [read more]
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