vancouver: ONNI Liquidation Sale - 01/21/09 05:40 PM
This has already been in the news and all, but I thought I'd mention it here. I broke this on Twitter a few days ago actually, so if you are not following me there please do. Basically Onni Group, who usually does their own condo marketing, have partnered with MAC Marketing … (5 comments)
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vancouver: The 14th Annual REALTORS® Care Blanket Drive is upon us! - 11/26/08 11:10 AM
The 14th Annual REALTORS® Care Blanket Drive is upon us!
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver and it's members are asking you to make a donation - no matter how small - to the 2008 REALTORS® Care Blanket Drive. With winter just starting to settle in, local charitable organizations need … (1 comments)
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vancouver: Flex Down Payment - Another Downpayment Option for Vancouver (and Canadian) Homebuyers - 11/12/08 11:19 PM
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corportation, or CMHC, is now offering another down payment option to Canadian home buyers. This product, called Flex Down, offers buyers a "wider range of sources for their down payment such as borrowed funds and lender cash-back incentives."
They advertise this product as having the following … (0 comments)
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vancouver: Selling Your Vancouver Homes? Everything Effects The Price! - 11/12/08 11:10 PM
In this video I discuss how the quality of everything associated with the sale of your home will effect it's value. Lousy pictures equal less money, good pictures equal more money; crummy looking sign equals less money, good looking sign equals more money; poor staging, clutter, messy and dirty home equals … (0 comments)
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vancouver: 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)
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vancouver: 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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vancouver: 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)
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vancouver: 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)
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vancouver: Great Vancouver Neighbourhoods - Mountain View - 07/23/08 12:56 AM
Great Vancouver Neighbourhoods - Mountain View
Mountain ViewVancouver is a city of neighbourhoods they say. I am not sure who "they" are, but "they" are right. One of the nicest and most under appreciated is the Mountain View neighbourhood. Mountain View is a loosely defined area either side of Fraser St … (0 comments)
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vancouver: 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)
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vancouver: False Creek Things To Do - New Works: All over the Map Dance Festival - 07/10/08 11:36 AM
New Works is a Vancouver based dance company that "really likes dance. A lot." That is according to the New Works website. Their mission statement is:To produce and present performance events for the public, and to build audiences for diverse dance forms locally, nationally and internationally. To also provide support to … (0 comments)
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vancouver: False Creek is Full of Poo, err Fecal Coliform - 07/09/08 07:57 PM
You probably heard about this already, but just in case you haven't I thought I'd better mention it. There is a lot of poo, err fecal coliform (learn more about fecal coliforms on wikipedia) in False Creek, especially at the east end of the creek. The Vancouver Sun was all over … (0 comments)
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vancouver: 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)
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vancouver: 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)
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vancouver: 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)
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vancouver: 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)
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vancouver: False Creek Festivals: Winterruption - 02/20/08 01:54 PM
The Winterruption festival starts tomorrow on Granville Island. There are great sounding activities, performances, art and music happening all around the island from Thursday through Sunday the 24th.
Some of the highlights that struck me were:
Family Winter Carnival False Creek Community CentreSunday 10:30AM-12:00PM - $5 per family member, children under 1 … (0 comments)
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vancouver: Valentines Day in False Creek - 02/12/08 04:21 PM
Living in False Creek certainly makes getting something for your Valentine really easy. Just head on down to Granville Island.
Do you need flowers? Of course you do! There are two great florists in the Public Market at Granville Island. The easiest to find is the Granville Island Florist at the … (4 comments)
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vancouver: What to Blog About: There isn't enough time for all the ideas - 02/11/08 03:16 PM
Living in a big city never have any shortage of ideas for things to blog about. There are new stats and reports from the MLS® (yes, Canadian REALTORs® own the trademark on the term MLS® in Canada), the banks and various local and national organizations almost every week and sometimes 2-3 a … (0 comments)
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vancouver: 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)
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