Sellers want to get the highest value for their property with the least amount of effort put into the preparation. It is completely understandable and I can relate :). However, to sell your property in an optimal amount of time and to get maximum dollars, your property needs to show well and be well priced. You have to wow those Buyers on both fron...
We're into the third month of 2019 already and the number of transactions continue to be rather subdued compared to the 10 year average. The number of sales for the REBGV are 42.5% below the 10-year February sales average which indicates that buyers are maintaining the wait-and-see attitude of the last few months. The REBGV reported 1484 sales (1103...
We hope that you enjoyed the first month of 2019 and those that have made New Year's resolutions are managing to maintain those improved habits.
In regards to the last month in real estate, try to imagine the sound of crickets. It was that slow. In regards to sales, the REBGV reported 1103 sales whereas the Fraser Valley Board reported 784. These nu...
Here are some of the biggest price increases and decreases in the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board for different categories of properties from October 27th to November 1st, 2018.
(Be sure to Click on the pictures to see the full listing with all the other pictures and virtual tours i...
Here's an interesting article about buying an investment property from Jim and Lisa of Blue Tree Mortgages West about using your current home to invest in other property to build your wealth.
For some people, just owning one property and having a single mortgage is enough to handle. But for others, homeownership can be a gateway to owning multiple i...
Here is a great article from a local mortgage company named Kelleway Mortgage Architects that could save you thousands of dollars. Click on the link to visit their home page.
Every now and then we see a mortgage stat that’s a jaw-dropper.
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We hope that everyone came out of the recent windstorm unscathed. Driving around, we saw lots of uprooted trees and some fences and signs that had been blown about. We lost power for over 24 hours, but there are others that are still without power from the storm!
This recent storm has made us really appreciate the linemen and women that were furious...
We hope that everyone has had a great summer, so far. There are just a few short weeks left and hopefully, we'll get some nice weather through that stretch.
August was a pretty sleepy month for real estate, with about 40% fewer sales than August of last year. There has been a large amount of uncertainty regarding recent and upcoming interest rate in...