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August 2010 Vancouver Real Estate Stats Released

August has come and gone and with it the trend for lower sales and lower listings continued. As bad as some may think it is (and it is bad) it is not 2008 all over again. It’s somewhere between 2008 and 2009. That would make it pretty close to “meh”. Not the worst ever and [...]

July 2010 Vancouver Real Estate Stats Released

The fireworks may have been going off in English Bay, the pride banners may have been waved loud and proud, and the backyard BBQ’s may have been sizzling all this July but Real Estate in this city has been about as dry as our weather. Let’s get the mixed (whuh? Huh? Mixed?) news out of [...]

2009: The Year No One Expected

Where does the time go?  And what a difference a year makes! At the end of 2008 we were all panicking that a new depression was bearing down on us, retail sales were down, profits down, layoffs up, and no one who watched any mainstream news was out shopping for a home.  Prices had plummeted [...]

Mobile House Hunting is just too Cool – iPhone Ap...

Got an iPhone? How about an Android based phone such as the HTC Magic? No? Me neither. But I sure do want one. Especially now. The property search provider, MyRealPage, whom I use to deliver outstanding search functions on this site has now gone mobile with the release of their iPhone/Android applications. If you do [...]

Selling
Not a Seller’s Remorse
I have to admit.  I am flummoxed.  That’s right, I said flummoxed.  Last year, 2008, we had recor..

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Life
Downtown: You have Maybe Two Weeks to Sell
Time is ticking.  Not just till the end of the year but until the city goes into Olympic lockdown.  Taking into acco..

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Home Improvement
Energy Aware
As many of you faithful readers know I try to spread the news about cool new innovations in the greening up of our hom..

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Media
Interview in the Province
I had the pleasure the other day of speaking with Mr. Derrick Penner of the Vancouver Province. After a 26 minute phon..

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