Agent Will

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Is the housing market performing “as expected”? | Rain City Guide

Friday, November 28th, 2008

I read a lot of real estate blogs.  Not just in Vancouver (very few I read here but maybe that is because few are putting out anything of substance) but also a lot in the US.  One of my favourites comes from Seattle and it is the Rain City Guide.  Ardell DellaLoggia, an associate broker [...]

CMHC Wuz Here

Friday, November 21st, 2008

So as I posted earlier this week, a representative from CMHC came to our office to share some federally funded love and incite into the Greater Vancouver real estate market.  From my rapidly scribbled notes, (I really wanted to post the presentation but have not received it yet) here is what they had to say: [...]

Questionable Sign of the Times

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Questionable Sign of the Times, originally uploaded by agentwill. Caught this ad on Burrard St. Will a 15% discount on a phone plan help rescue this market? I guess every little bit helps so c’mon BC Hydro, Terasen, Shaw, and every other company preventing folks from upgrading. Get on board with the new incentives.

Detatched house in Port Moody …

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Detatched house in Port Moody sold for $400,000 today. That was down from the original ask price of $529,000. And it wasn’t a teardown.

A Couple of Site Changes

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Hey everyone!  I’ve made a couple of changes to the site.  All of them were to make it easier for you to communicate with me. If you look to the right, in the sidebar, just under my contact info you will see a cute little blue bird.  Clicking that will link you to my Twitter [...]

Price was reduced on my listin…

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Price was reduced on my listing at 402 933 Hornby to $494,310.

A downtown two bed condo sold …

Monday, November 17th, 2008

A downtown two bed condo sold for less than $500/sq.ft. and one two year old unit is now asking less than $400,000!

CMHC is doing a presentation o…

Monday, November 17th, 2008

CMHC is doing a presentation on Vancouver’s housing market in our office soon. Any questions you all want asked?

Did I say NPA? I meant “Visio…

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Did I say NPA? I meant “Vision Vancouver for defeating the NPA”

Congratulations to Gregor Robe…

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Congratulations to Gregor Robertson and the NPA for winning the municipal election.