Archive for the ‘For Buyers’ Category
Vancouver Real Estate and FINTRAC
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010First Time Home Buyers Guide Episode 5: Comparative Market Analysis for Buyers – What’s your Dream Home Worth?
Monday, July 12th, 2010Share
In Episode 4 of the First Home Buyers Guide Vancouver, we discussed how to efficiently search for properties in Vancouver. So now you’ve found your dream home and you want to write an offer. Now is the time to take a (more…)
BC HST’s Impact on Vancouver Residential Real Estate: Could it Push Prices Up?
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010June 2010 Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Market Statistics Package
Monday, July 5th, 2010Hi All,
No video for this one, but I have all the data below.
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Property Transfer Tax (PTT) and Vancouver Real Estate
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010I get questions all the time about BC’s Property Transfer Tax and how it applies to Vancouver Real Estate. Here’s a simple explanation.
BC’s Property Transfer Tax – What is it? (more…)
Vancouver First Time Home Buyers Advice Episode 4 – How to Efficiently Search for Properties
Monday, June 7th, 2010Share
So you’ve hired a Realtor in Episode 3: How to Hire a Realtor. Now its time to put them to work!
Nobody likes to waste time. In this Episode we will talk about how to efficiently search from a home with the assistance of a Real Estate Agent. Let get started!
Get Some Tools!
Your Realtor will have some great web-based real estate research tools, like Private Client Services that will notify you of new listings, let you know whats actively on the market, and most importantly, how much properties are selling for. Why is sales data important? Because it allows you to the Buyer to distinguish between what is a good deal and what is not.
Start Looking with an Open Mind!
Once you have access to a web based research tool like Private Client Services, its time to start looking at properties. Email your Realtor the list of properties you want to see as (more…)
May 2010 Sales Statistics from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
Friday, June 4th, 2010Share
Here are the May 2010 sales statistics from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments!
REBGV Stats – May market offers buyers greater selection
The number of properties listed for sale in Greater Vancouver continued to rise in May, while the number of sales showed a year-over-year decrease.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver totalled 3,156 in May 2010, a decline of 1
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First Time Home Buyers Guide Vancouver – Episode 3 How to Hire a Realtor!
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010Share
In Episode 2 of the Vancouver First Time Home Buyers Guide we talked about how to figure out where to buy. Once you have decided on neighbourhood, it’s time to select a Realtor.
Google it, Baby!
To get started, Google the names of the neighbourhoods you are focusing on in combination with “Real Estate’ or “Realtor” to get an idea of which Realtors are putting effort into the (more…)
