Category: Vancouver Real Estate

  • 5 Steps To Get You Started On Selling Your Home

    5 Steps To Get You Started On Selling Your Home

    1. 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • Bertram Bernard Block, Kelowna’s First Urban Village

    Featuring 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,…

  • 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…

  • Today’s Market and Tomorrow’s Growth

    Vancouver 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.…

  • What the beginning of 2020 has looked like for the Vancouver Real Estate market

    The 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…

  • Metro Vancouver home prices predicted to increase within the next two years

    The 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.…

  • Vancouver ranked Canada’s best city for real estate investment in 2020

    Vancouver 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…

  • Airbnb Friendly Buildings In Vancouver

    Airbnb 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…

  • The July Real Estate Market

  • Is Vancouver Real Estate in a Bubble?

    We hear all the time if the Vancouver Real Estate market is in a bubble or if the bubble is going to burst.  In order to answer this question we likely need to determine what is a real estate bubble?  We also need to determine what constitutes a bubble bursting? First off what is a…

  • Best Areas in Vancouver to Buy

    When you are ready to buy your first home you have a few critical decisions to make.  First you need to decide how much you are willing to spend.  You should get a pre-approval from a mortgage broker, and from there decide if you want to max that out or spend a bit less so…

  • Assignments In Greater Vancouver

    What are Assignments? How do Assignments work? What should we expect from Assignments moving forward? The Greater Vancouver real estate market has seen a tremendous amount of new construction over the years. With new construction comes assignments. Essentially an assignment is when a purchaser of a property sells their contract to a new purchase before…

  • How to Prep your Condo for Fall!

    PREP YOUR CONDO! It’s never easy to say goodbye to summer. As the days get shorter and the leaves start to change colour and turn to red and gold, it’s a reminder that winter is just around the corner. But fall can be one of the nicest times of year, and it’s a good time…

  • Big Changes in Borrowing, The Real Estate Market & Society as a Whole

    First 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…

  • Metro Vancouver Apartment Price Changes

  • Metro Vancouver Detached House Price Changes

  • 5 Common Mistakes Made By First-Time Home Buyers

    It’s a new year, and I know some of you are looking to make your first home purchase. I’d firstly like to commend you for making the decision to invest in your future! As I have mentioned in previous blog posts, 2019 will bring some excellent home buying opportunities as our market is in a…

  • Interest Rates: What’s happening and what does it mean for you?

    Interest rates; certainly a big topic of conversation as we saw policy changes throughout the country in 2018. Ever since the benchmark interest rate was increased by the Bank Of Canada, economists, policy-makers, bankers, and realtors have been warning Canadians to expect more increases as we progressed through the year. It was forecasted that there…

  • 2018 Real Estate Review

    2018 Real Estate Review Firstly, Happy New Year! 2018 was certainly a year of change for the Vancouver Real Estate market. Changes with financial terms and lending restrictions to new taxes implemented, and a shift in pricing and volume, I feel as though it has left the public perplexed. In order to help make sense of…

  • Twenty Eighteen: The Past, The Present, The Future

    The number 1 question I get once I inform people that I am a realtor is “how is the market”? Well, my answer is usually long-winded and accompanied by speculation from other parties, which I always welcome. Here, I will try to use statistics collected from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, information gathered…

  • Why do people undersell their homes?

    Every time I see a house sell for under value I wonder what happened. Were the owners desperate? Was it priced incorrectly? Was something wrong with the building? I see all of the new listings and keep track of what homes are selling for. When I see homes sell for under asking, it’s generally due…

  • Floorplans are a must for selling your home.

    I am a huge believer in floorplans. As we head into a era where 90% of people start their home search online, it makes complete sense that without a flooplan some people may miss something about your home that they really would appreciate and that they may be willing to spend more money on. The MLS…