Agent Will

Weather dependent games are a tough one. '98 Nagano events kept getting postponed because of snowstorms, heavy rain, sleet and lightning. # 2006 Turin: Complaints of insufficient snow cover top of the course. Organizers countered that there was plenty artificial snow. # Calgary '88: Chinook winds created abnormally high temperatures melting the course. Hay and [...]

Return of the Flipper? That over-ask grow-op I mentioned a few days ago is back on the market unimproved just two weeks later for $80k more. #

29% of the past weeks sales were at or over asking with the biggest being 31% (or $460k over) and a foreclosure that went 26% over! #

To those who are watching/wasting time on the Apple iPad event: Fake Steve Jobs has it nailed http://bit.ly/by4S6l #

The BBC has come out with a seriously awesome Winter Olympics video. Watch it! http://bit.ly/7cvEFi #

Former SRO renovated and turned into expensive "cheap" micro-rentals. http://bit.ly/8PT3MU # On the same day as being named the most unaffordable city in the world. http://bit.ly/8naLCx # Another wow… over 33% of today's reported sales were at or over asking price. The biggest was 13% over ask. #

On the MLS: Grow Op, "Seller's price, but encouraged to try reasonable offer. House has no value." Result: Sold over-asking in two weeks. #

Wow. Just Wow. A house in Kits asking 1.488m sells for 1.8m. It was purchased in '04 for $533k and renovated. #

One property only 12 days on the market has had two price increases totalling $50k (10%)!? Not sure what to make of that. #

Variable Rates have fallen again. One of my lenders now has 1.95% (Prime -0.30%) That's amazing. Really, really, jawdropping. #