That Good Victoria Real Estate Blog

The HST has been getting all the press lately, and has been blamed for the slowdown in the Victoria and other BC housing markets.  I'd say this has more to do with the public's misperceptions about the impact of the tax on their home purchases rather than it's actual impact.  The real villain ta...

Just wanted to vent a little.  The headline on a story in today's paper "Resale housing market takes a beating in July".  WELL GOLLY! Thanks TC for being on the ball with your business reporting. IT'S AUGUST 28TH!! Seriously, what do we get next, perhaps a headline reading "HST has replaced GST i...

I am a do-it-myselfer.  I enjoy the challenge of fixing what's broken on my own, of discovering something new, and of finding a good bargain.  So I have to admit I get it when people tell me they think they don't need an agent for buying a house.  Between being able to search our MLS online, int...

One of my clients was shopping for a new condo.  He honestly didn't know whether I could help him with this.  He was under the impression that buying a new construction condo is like buying something from a store.  You walk in, pick the unit, pay what the price tag says and hope it all works out....

Lets face it, most Realtors are tools.  They are meant to be a specialized, craftsman type implement that are needed for the biggest jobs of your life.  Granted some may be blunt instruments and there are many that may be compared to a bag of hammers, and perhaps many that are rusty from lack of ...

     I'm tempted every day when I walk out my front door to pause on my front step just to make sure the sky isn't falling.  With the papers trumpeting SALES DOWN 44% IN JULY or INVENTORY AT RECORD LEVELS and the doomsday bubble people in the blogosphere throwing around poor absobtion rate figure...