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Many people are struggling with wether or not to buy in the current market conditions we are experiencing in Greater Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. To Buy or Not to Buy? This is a great question in an uncertain time. The answer may be simpler than you think. There is one fundamental concept about real [...]

Photo Courtesy of: trec_lit Does anyone want to Live in Richards on Richards? Well buyers, if you do it looks like you will now have the opportunity. Looks like construction is set to start in the spring of 2009 and complete sometime in 2011. There are most certainly mixed feelings for people on this issue [...]

Photo Courtesy of MonkeyMyshkin Well just when you thought things could not get better for buyers, looks like maybe they have. There are some great deals out there from some developers. This is not the first time I have written about this, in a recent post I told you that you should always ask for [...]

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”. [...]

Photo Courtesy of: SqueakyMarmot 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 out [...]

Gone are the days of just paying the asking price for a new development. It used to be that if you wanted to buy a pre-sale you had to take your chances that you would even get a unit, and then if you were so lucky there was no conversation re prices, you just paid. [...]

 photo courtesy of: TheTruthAboutMortgage.com Most of you probably heard or saw the News the last couple of days, There is a recent study authored by Tsur Somerville, University of British Columbia real-estate economist that looked at the cost to rent versus own a detached mid market home in major cities across the country. From this [...]