A Blog For Condo Buyers and Sellers
There is a new reality when it comes to selling condos in the Lower Mainland, and the rest of Canada in today’s market.
Make me an offer! it used to be that the buyer was the one to make an offer to get the ball rolling and then it would go back and forth between the [...]
Well with all the negative news and events South of the border, as well as the market woes of recent times North of the border and all the attention on the different elections taking place, there is little activity or interest from buyers in the real estate market.
This is cause for an “Investors Alert”. More [...]
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When Buying a condo, regardless of where you buy it, one of the most important factors, if not the most important factors is to look into the Strata Management and Property Management. What you are looking for is possible mismanagement.
Think about this, the Strata Council, or Condominium Board (depending on where you [...]
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When selling your home, do open houses really work. Many sellers feel that they need to have an open house every weekend until their place is sold. Although this seems reasonable, given some thought it really does not make a lot of sense.
First of all, people who are interested in [...]
Well this is a follow up to a post I wrote last week about bringing new developments to the Downtown East side. Seems as though this is a huge issue and one that will not be solved easily. There are many people who feel as though they are under attack and their way of life [...]
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Looks like there are plans in the works to bring mainstream condos to the Downtown East Side. Concord Pacific, the renowned developer of much of Yaletown has plans for a 160 unit market housing complex at 58 West Hastings.
As I am sure nobody will be surprised about, this is causing some controversy. [...]
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Well I think it is a long time coming, Lower Lonsdale and North Van is a beautiful place and it has been underdeveloped for some time. Looks like city council is on the same page as seen in a recent article in the North Shore News.
I know this may not be [...]
Well it never hurts to ask, these days more and more buyers are asking for things and getting them. The most obvious one is a lower price of course, it seems there are people out there that really want to sell and are jumping at the opportunity, sometimes at quite a cost.
Of course this is [...]
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When you are selling your place and you recive an offer, it will normally be subject to a number of things such as inspection, reading all the strata documents, financing and more. Of course we all know that a deal isn’t done until it is done, subjects removed, but in recent [...]
Here we go again, it seems that every day there is a story in the media instilling fear in the public regarding the real estate market. in Opportunity beckons for home buyers, Peter Simpson paints a pretty positive picture of the future of the real estate market in the lower mainland, but he starts [...]
