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5 Tips to Self Staging
Read more: 5 Tips to Self Staging5 Tips to Self Staging Have you ever walked into an open house and instantly felt like… “I could live here and can I keep the furniture please?”. Well, more often than not this is due to good staging. Staging creates an emotional connection between the buyer and the desire for them to want to…
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First-Time Home Buyers Incentives
Read more: First-Time Home Buyers IncentivesFirst-Time Home Buyers Incentives Are you a first-time homebuyer? Here are some first-time homebuyers programs B.C. residents can take advantage of to make your first home purchase more affordable. Follow the links provided for more details. Government of Canada’s First-Time Home Buyer Incentive: The First-Time Home Buyer Incentive helps qualified first-time homebuyers reduce their monthly…
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First Time Home Seller Series: Part 2
Read more: First Time Home Seller Series: Part 2First Time Home Seller Series: Part 2: A few fixes for listings Ok so you want to sell your house and you have a light plan put together. You have decided you will prep the house over the next 3 weeks to make sure it is show-ready, as you think this will make you maximize…
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Renovations: What Does (and Doesn’t) Add Value to Your Home
Read more: Renovations: What Does (and Doesn’t) Add Value to Your HomeA house is typically the biggest investment we own – and most people love to add our personal touches to the house to make it a home. However, when it comes to selling, we want to make sure those touches have added value, and not taken away from it. Here are the top 3 renovations…
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Tips for Buying in a Seller’s Market
Read more: Tips for Buying in a Seller’s MarketIn an active real estate market, buyers may encounter competition from other buyers interested in the same property. What makes your offer stand out can be the difference between having your offer accepted and walking away empty handed. Discussed below are three strategies that can be implemented together or independently to help you win. Strategy…
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The Power of Time Management: Don’t Have Time to Read a Book… Here is a 5 Minute Blog
Read more: The Power of Time Management: Don’t Have Time to Read a Book… Here is a 5 Minute BlogWhat do you do with your time? Do you ever find yourself wishing you had more time? Maybe, you’ve complained that there wasn’t enough time in a day? Any way you cut it each day consists of 24 hours That’s 1,440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds. How much of that time are you using effectively and…
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Location Location Location
Read more: Location Location LocationHarold Samuel coined the phrase “location, location, location” as the three things that matter most when buying a property. Well, he’s not wrong. The fact that property is immobile is why Location is such an important criteria to consider when looking to purchase a property. Not only the location itself but all the externalities that…
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First Time Home Seller Series: Part 1
Read more: First Time Home Seller Series: Part 1First Time Home Seller Series: Part 1: Do we buy or sell first? When it comes to navigating the Vancouver real estate market there are many questions that come up. The question “do we buy first or sell first” when it comes making a plan to upsize, downsize or move laterally in the real estate…
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Preparing Your Finances For Purchasing a Home
Read more: Preparing Your Finances For Purchasing a Home(FEATURING GUEST SPEAKER: RAY MACKLEM, MORTGAGE PROFESSIONAL) So you’re thinking about purchasing a home, you’ve thought about the perfect location and the perfect look but do you have your finances in order? I mean why not get to the fun stuff right away? Well, preparing your finances and getting pre-approved is a huge factor in…
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Vancouver Vacancy Tax Triples
Read more: Vancouver Vacancy Tax TriplesMayor Kennedy Stewart pushed forward an amendment to increase Vancouver’s vacancy tax to 3.0% in 2021, triple what it was previously. He hopes that by increasing the tax rate it will push owners of empty homes to either rent them or sell them to feed the local demand. As many are aware the original motion…
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5 Steps To Get You Started On Selling Your Home
Read more: 5 Steps To Get You Started On Selling Your Home1. RESEARCH & INTERVIEW AGENTS Things to consider when interviewing your potential agent: Do they have a lot of listings but low sales volume? Go with someone who aims to sell their listings over the volume of listings. What do they know about your market/neighbourhood? It’s a plus to have an agent that is knowledgeable…
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Popolo – 1, 2, 3 Bedroom Homes Located Steps Away From Vancouver’s Iconic Commercial Drive!
Read more: Popolo – 1, 2, 3 Bedroom Homes Located Steps Away From Vancouver’s Iconic Commercial Drive!Welcome to Popolo located steps away from Vancouver’s iconic Commercial Drive. Set to officially launch in 2021, we’re giving you a first glimpse at what Popolo has to offer. The neighborhood boasts vibrant artistic inspiration, farm to table shopping, and old-world charm in one of the most unique culinary experiences the city has to offer.…
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What Is a Non-conforming Stata?
Read more: What Is a Non-conforming Stata?Before I answer the question, if all duplex’s are non-conforming stratas, it is important to understand what a strata is and why they exist. In the lower-mainland we have a strata property act that dictates certain rules that all strata owners must abide by. One of the major points to understand is that within a strata owners…
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Bertram Bernard Block, Kelowna’s First Urban Village
Read more: Bertram Bernard Block, Kelowna’s First Urban VillageFeaturing Bertram at Bernard Block, Kelowna’s first downtown Urban Village! 3 Minutes to the new future UBCO Downtown Campus, Bertram is a smart real estate investment because of its prime downtown location, walk score of 98, extensive building amenities and modern interiors. This stunning 34 storey high rise features 1 bedroom, 1 bedroom + den,…
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Big Changes in Borrowing, The Real Estate Market & Society as a Whole
Read more: Big Changes in Borrowing, The Real Estate Market & Society as a WholeFirst off, I want to say that I truly hope that you and your family are doing well. It’s hard to believe the state of the world right now and the collective grief we are experiencing, but I’m hopeful it will be followed by great change. I usually don’t like to get political on here but I feel it…
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While the economy drops, mortgage rates.. rise?
Read more: While the economy drops, mortgage rates.. rise?The Bank of Canada has cut their overnight rate by 1.5% since the beginning of March, triggering lenders to drop their prime lending rates by the same amount. Bond yields have dropped to their lowest levels in years. Economies around the World are grinding to a halt as COVID 19 quarantine continues. And you mean…
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Are Canadian Banks Waiving Mortgage Payments?
Read more: Are Canadian Banks Waiving Mortgage Payments?COVID-19 is here, and it has quickly become the biggest disrupter in not just our health care system, but our financial markets, small businesses and everything in between. We’ve seen unprecedented stock market drops, small businesses close their doors until further notice and people self-quarantine for the foreseeable future. What does COVID-19 mean for the…
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COVID 19 & The Effect On The Real Estate Market
Read more: COVID 19 & The Effect On The Real Estate MarketI hope that you are keeping well in these tumultuous times. It’s definitely been an emotional time as we see the world starting to stall to prevent further spread of COVID 19. The question this week has really been how is this all going to shake out and what exactly are we seeing in the Real Estate Market?…
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Bank of Canada Rate Cut
Read more: Bank of Canada Rate CutRates dropped this week … coronavirus effects caused the Fed to drop their rate 0.50% on Tuesday and the Bank of Canada followed on Wednesday: the Fed move was definitely a shock, as they were not scheduled to announce until March 18. The Fed hasn’t made an unscheduled announcement since 2008, and even then it…
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What the beginning of 2020 has looked like for the Vancouver Real Estate market
Read more: What the beginning of 2020 has looked like for the Vancouver Real Estate marketThe Vancouver real estate market is in full swing as we welcome the new decade. The market has seemingly returned to more historical levels as monthly statistics continue to report high sales numbers, as they have done so for the last 7 months. Sales have increased month over month as buyer confidence has returned, and…
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Today’s Market and Tomorrow’s Growth
Read more: Today’s Market and Tomorrow’s GrowthVancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in the world; with a stunning setting between the North Shore Mountains and Pacific Ocean. We are considered the “Hollywood of the North”, coming second to Los Angeles in TV production and third in feature film production. We are a Port City, tech hub, and front runner for sustainability.…
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Metro Vancouver home prices predicted to increase within the next two years
Read more: Metro Vancouver home prices predicted to increase within the next two yearsThe Metro Vancouver housing market will see higher sales and modest price increases over the next two years, according to a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation forecast. The CMHC report forecasts income and population growth will not only support a rebound, but also create a balanced housing market in Metro Vancouver through 2020 and 2021.…
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Vancouver ranked Canada’s best city for real estate investment in 2020
Read more: Vancouver ranked Canada’s best city for real estate investment in 2020Vancouver has been ranked Canada’s #1 market for real estate investment in 2020, in the annual PwC Canada Emerging Trends in Real Estate report, released this week. In the “Markets to Watch in 2020” section, the report authors said that “despite some headwinds, Vancouver re-emerged at the top of our survey this year for overall real estate…
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Airbnb Friendly Buildings In Vancouver
Read more: Airbnb Friendly Buildings In VancouverAirbnb has grown tremendously in the last several years as many travellers go-to accommodation site. Here in Vancouver, the City has a fairly strict policy as to who can Airbnb their property. Prior to 2018, rental stays for less than 30 days were not permitted in Vancouver, except for licensed hotels or bed-and-breakfasts in certain…
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