real estate: False Creek Real Estate Statistics - October 2008 - 11/03/08 07:17 PM
False Creek Real Estate Statistics
Wow! There are are some pretty remarkable numbers here this month. False Creek real estate got hit over the head with a 3 day old baguette this past month. Of the 14 units listed for sale in False Creek in October, NOT ONE, sold! There were … (0 comments)

real estate: Vancouver Real Estate in the Papers - 11/01/08 06:09 PM
Vancouver real esate is a favourite topic for the local papers and today was not different, but remember their primary goal is selling newspapers.
Correction: The survey that was quoted as being by CMHC was actually by the Royal Bank, RBC
 
 
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real estate: July 2008 False Creek Real Estate Update - 08/29/08 12:23 PM
So late getting this out, but I wanted to get these numbers done so we can have something to compare to next month. The market continues to see more inventory and lower sales. Here in False Creek all the numbers are quite low and so the month-to-month numbers vary quite dramatically. … (0 comments)

real estate: Fraser - Mountain View Area Home for Sale, Vancouver, BC - 07/23/08 01:09 AM
 
• 2,250 sq. ft., 3 bath, 7 bdrm 3 story "3 bedrooms up" - $849,000 CAD - Room to Grow!
Fraser Street, Vancouver  -  Lovingly renovated this Fraser – Mountain View area home offers everything your family is looking for inside AND out. Enter through the front garden gate, stop and … (0 comments)

real estate: False Creek Real Estate Statistics - June 2008 - 07/14/08 01:50 PM
So what happened with False Creek real estate (this is for False Creek South) in June. I must apologize for taking so long to get this out this month. Despite the doom and gloom in the local papers though it was a pretty good month for False Creek real estate. Inventory … (2 comments)

real estate: Vancouver Real Estate Prices Rise While Supply Also Rises - 03/05/08 12:02 PM
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) released their February 2008 statistics yesterday with the headline "Housing options broaden for buyers in February". Sales across all categories (detached, attached and condominiums) were down 6.2% compared to February 2007 while listings were up 26.2% compared to February 2007. New listings were … (0 comments)

real estate: Another Vancouver Condo Project Cancelled: The Sophia - 02/24/08 11:52 AM
CBC reported the other day that Bill Eden's Eden Developments had stopped construction of its only active development, the Sophia. In a situation eerily similar to the Riverbend development that cancelled the contracts of pre-sale buyers earlier this year The Sophia, located in Mount Pleasant, was nearing completion and now it … (10 comments)

real estate: How Effective Is Your Homepage at Converting Visitors to Leads? - 02/21/08 07:54 PM
Last night I attended a Vancouver marketing un-conference called Case Camp. The event was very interesting and I chatted to some of the same people I had met at Tuesday night's Third Tuesday event. There were some interesting presentations and I won't bore you with a run down of them all. … (5 comments)

real estate: BC Real Estate Convention: A One Stop Real Estate Shop - 02/21/08 07:08 PM
This is the 4th year for the BC Real Estate Convention and it has gotten bigger every year. It must be the cost of admission. It is free!
There will be exhibitors from many different real estate related fields, including developers both local and international), lenders, renovators, insurers, and of course … (1 comments)

real estate: Scam Alert: Vacouver Real Estate Agents Alerted to Scam - 02/01/08 02:04 PM
This one is nothing new but the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver felt it important enough to send out a warning to a all its members about it. Here is what they said:
EMAIL SCAM ALERT!A few of our members have alerted us to a potential email scam. They have received … (15 comments)

real estate: False Creek Neighbourhood of Vancouver Gets Its Own Blog - 01/31/08 11:14 PM
I have started a new blog about my neighbourhood, False Creek South, the False Creek Comet. This blog will be all about life in False Creek. Events, kids activities, restaurants, real estate .... what happens to come along. There are only a few posts so far but more are coming. There are … (0 comments)

real estate: My Vancouver Real Estate Blog Reached 200 Posts! - 01/30/08 06:37 PM
My Vancouver real estate blog, the 604homesbog reached 200 posts the other day. It has taken almost a year. I am pretty excited about this and the visitors are starting to come now. I hope you'll take a look and leave a comment.
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real estate: The Worst House I Ever Sold - 12/13/07 12:58 PM
A recent blog post by Margaret Woda from Crofton Maryland, entitled Yes, there is a Buyer For Every House reminded me of a house I sold a couple of years back. Now it was obviously only worth lot value and I didn't try to sell it as anything more, but this … (0 comments)

real estate: Fraser Valley Real Estates Prices Fall in Some Areas - 12/08/07 03:36 PM
The Vancouver Sun shouted at me on Friday morning "FRASER VALLEY HOUSE PRICES AT 8-MONTH LOW". Followed by a nice little graphic showing average prices dropping Surrey (-2.1%), White Rock(-16.3%!), Langley (-1.3%), Abbotsford (-0.1% ooooo!) and Mission (-6.1%). Now I must admit that I was a little surprised by this, but … (0 comments)

real estate: Vancouver Real Estate Strong Again in November - 12/08/07 03:28 PM
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver has just released the statistics from November. November this year was significantly busier than last year with 2,883 units sold in 2007, an increase of 22.2 per cent compared to 2,358 sales in November 2006 . Of course last year was horrendous for the weather … (0 comments)

real estate: Canadian Interest Rates Drop - 12/08/07 03:24 PM
It looks like the Bank of Canada is not as bullish on the economy as the Royal Bank and they actually did cut the target overnight lending rate from 4.5% to 4.25%. I would imagine that ou can expect a similar drop in some of the mortgage rates.
I will the … (0 comments)

real estate: Vancouver Condominium Projects Cancelled: The Elyse and Montgomery Estates by Eden Group - 11/28/07 08:42 PM
I heard some talk of this yesterday, but no specific project mentioned. Well low and behold my morning Vancouver Sun had it right there in the business section (apparently this is not front page news anymore) and also on cbc.ca. It seems that the Eden Group has cancelled their planned development … (13 comments)

real estate: Vancouver Real Estate + A High Loonie + Low U.S. Dollar + Low U.S. House Prices = ??? - 11/22/07 12:53 PM
So what is happening I hear is that some Americans are selling (cashing in) their Vancouver, or anywhere in Canada, homes to buy into depressed US real estate markets with strong Canadian dollars and the profits of our strong real estate market. I had heard in the local press of Canadians … (1 comments)

real estate: October 2007 Vancouver Real Estate Statistics Show the Market is Still Strong - 11/07/07 01:33 PM
October was another strong month for the Metro Vancouver / Greater Vancouver real estate market. Sales were over 3000 units, which was 11.2% over last October and only 2.3% below the heady days of October 2005. 
“This is only the fourth time in 25 years that sales have surpassed the 3,000 mark … (8 comments)

real estate: Real Estate in Canada: 2007 Third Quarter Statistics - 10/24/07 12:44 PM
The Canadian Real Estate Association released their 3rd quarter numbers yesterday and although not the record numbers of last quarter the market remains strong.
Seasonally adjusted MLS® sales activity totaled 89,482 and although not a record, it was one of the best qurters ever. Sales were down in Calgary, Edmonton, and … (0 comments)

 
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