Real estate opinion
February 2017
Regulatory Changes That Impact the Vancouver Real Estate Market
February 3, 2017The Vancouver real estate market obviously does not operate in a vacuum. There are countless rules, regulations, laws and bylaws that influence our market place. In the past year or so, there have been significant changes to the regulatory environment […]
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November 2016
Vancouver’s Current Real Estate Market in a Historical Context
November 15, 2016Wading through the vast quantities of information available on the Vancouver real estate market can be confusing as well as daunting. In our opinion, much of that information fails to provide a long-term perspective instead focusing primarily on monthly fluctuations […]
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January 2016
Will the New Mortgage Rules Slow Down Vancouver’s Market?
January 16, 2016The federal government recently announced that it was introducing mortgage changes that will increase downpayment requirements (on properties priced over $500,000). In our opinion, this measure will not cool the Vancouver real estate market…but it may have some unintended consequences. […]
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Your Vancouver Property Tax Assessment Options Explained
January 12, 2016If you own a home in BC, you’ll have received your BC Assessment notice this week. And, if you own a piece of Vancouver real estate, you might be a little bit (or a lot) shocked at the spike in […]
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December 2008
Winter 2008 – Eight reasons Canadian banks will come out ahead
December 8, 20088 Reasons Canadian Banks Will Come Out Ahead 1. By law shares of large, publicly traded banks and insurance companies must be “widely held” which in effect prevents domestic mergers or foreign take-over’s unless supported by the federal finance minster; […]
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October 2002
Fall 2002 Market Update – Pre-Sale & Protecting your Investment
October 2, 2002Pre-sale is a speculation�??pure and simple. If the market conditions are good, you will look like a genius. Buyers who purchased suites 2 years ago and are taking possession now, are very happy campers. Not only have the prices generally improved but the supply/demand ratio has totally flipped around. In 2000 the Downtown market was flooded with re-sale opportunites and there were very few buyers taking advantage.
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May 2002
Spring 2002 Market Update – Vancouver Real Estate
May 1, 2002Things are good and everybody is talking about it! Competing offers, a scarcity of listings and soaring prices�?� but when it hits the front page of the newspaper it's probably a fair guess that it's already over. In fact, the evidence is already out there to suggest that another change is coming. The number of listings is on the rise - the number of buyers is not. This should bring some much needed balance back into the market place. Over the past 6 months the pace has been frantic and if it hadn't slowed down on its own, we could have all been in for a nasty shock. 15-20% increases over 6 a month period are clearly not sustainable and something had to change.
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