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RRSP Cash Widely Used For Downpayment

2013-02-28

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WallCentre Central Park Boundary & Vanness Burnaby 299 homes in 2 towers

2013-02-28

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Vancouver council approves Beach Towers development

2013-02-27

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2% BC Transition Tax on new home purchases

2013-02-22

If you have clients who will be buying a new home in the next few months or over the next two years, then you need to know about the 2% BC Transition Tax. Other It is a new tax that comes into effect on April 1, 2013. It will apply to the s…

Cornerstone North - Sales Centre 210A Street and 56th Avenue

2013-02-21

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BC home sales to trend higher this year, next

2013-02-21

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Mystery Unveiled - How Moving Estimates Are Calculated

2013-02-21

Stacy Black Other One of the most frequent questions a van line is asked is “How do you calculate moving estimates?” Contrary to popular opinion, there is no mysterious man behind the curtain pulling levers while the cash regist…

Home prices are down only marginally, on average 5.9%

2013-02-21

A Balanced Market Other Even with sales well off their ‘frenzied’ multi-year highs, prices, since peaking last May, are down only marginally, on average -5.9% (no worse than a bad week in the stock market). Patient Sellers and P…

BCREA: Subdued but Stable Home Sales

2013-02-21

BC Real Estate Association Other Vancouver , BC – February 18, 2013.  The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 3,410 residential sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS&re…

FINTRAC Info ( Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada )

2013-02-19

Other Q: Some media reports said that brokers have to keep the new FINTRAC records for seven years. Your material says 5 years. Which is it? A: This information is not correct. Brokers are required to keep the information on file and availa…

Google Product update

2013-02-16

Other This month's Google Analytics updates include a video introduction to Remarketing, a case study on using content experiments to increase conversions, a blog post outlining the full value of digital and an invitation to get to know Pre…

Price Protection Could Break Stalemate

2013-02-14

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3 Civic Plaza The Best Address In Surrey

2013-02-14

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Booming Vancouver housing market a matter of opinion

2013-02-13

Garry Marr Other The country’s most expensive market is either red hot or still recovering. It depends on your vantage point. If you compare the market to a year ago, the recovery is spectacular. September Vancouver sales climbed 63.8…

There Is No Bubble

2013-02-11

2013 forecast: Another business-as-usual year for housing in B.C. and Metro Vancouver. Other About a year ago, in January 2012, I read an article in Maclean's Magazine entitled What happens when Canada’s housing bubble pops? "The sign…

B.C. First-Time New Home Buyers' Bonus

2013-02-10

Other The B.C. First-Time New Home Buyers’ Bonus is a one-time payment worth up to $10,000. B.C. residents who are first-time home buyers and who purchase an eligible new home on or after February 21, 2012 and before April 1, 2013 may…

First highrise in North Vancouver's Seylynn neighbourhood gets go-ahead

2013-02-08

2-year build-out for 24-storey tower; demand will set timeline for other highrises Christine Lyon Other THE District of North Vancouver has given the OK for the first of three highrises to break ground in the Seylynn neighbourhood. On Monda…

Tips on buying within a Joint Venture

2013-02-07

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Keefer Block 189 Keefer Street Vancouver 81 homes in an 8 level tower

2013-02-07

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Who's Buying Real Estate In B.C.

2013-02-07

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Home Sales Will Pick Up in 2013: BC Real Estate Association

2013-02-07

BC Real Estate Association Other Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in British Columbia are forecast to increase 5.6 per cent to 71,450 units in 2013. While a modest increase in unit sales is expected, home sales thi…

The Billionaire next door

2013-02-06

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Musqueam hold second open house for proposed development on University Endowment Lands

2013-02-05

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Commercial Fusion now available

2013-02-01

Other Members can now access the commercial version of Fusion at cls.fusionmls.com . This launch follows the release of residential Fusion in October 2012. Fusion is the next generation of MLS® technology. It blends the functionality of…