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Vancouver Real Estate Market Update

March 4th, 2010

Vancouver Real Estate Market Update

Get ready for a robust spring market in Greater Vancouver. We are seeing a rise in the number of listings coming to the market and a continued demand from homebuyers, even with the distraction of the Olympics.

According to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) residential property sales totaled 2,473 in February, 2010, which was an increase ...

Get a bigger down payment using your RRSPs.

February 18th, 2010

RRSP photo

Owning a home is one of the best investments a Canadian can make. Unlike stocks and bonds a person's principal residence can grow in value and is exempt from capital gains tax.

Coming up with a down payment can be a real challenge but if someone has RRSP's they can use the Federal Home Buyers Plan (HBP) to loan themselves a down payment. Currently almost half of all Canadian first time h ...

Maximizing Fun at the Olympics?

February 3rd, 2010

Torch

Click on the links below for info on the Torch Relay, Free Events and Concerts all around town and information on the Cultural Olympiad.

Olympic Torch Relay Route Feb 11th and 12th.

Vancouver Olympic Torch Relay Map (see the pdf on this site)

Vancouver Olympic Torch Relay Site

Find a Celebration Site Close To You!

Free events in and around Vancouver

Greater Vancouver 2010 Celebrat ...

Timing your next real estate purchase

November 4th, 2008

Is now a good time to buy?

There are a lot of opinions flying around in the media and conversation circles these days about our current Real Estate market. So it may be time to step back and look at what the market is doing. In a recent article titled Home prices adapt to affordability demands the president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Dave Watt stated "After five year ...

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