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Detailed and Useful Information on Buying Property in Vancouver, BC, Canada from a Top Vancouver Realtor, Mike Stewart specializing Residential Real Estate.

April 2012 Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) Statistics Package

Posted on May 2, 2012 by mike

April 2012 REBGV Stats Package Mike Stewart

Greater Vancouver housing market maintains a steady spring pace

Home sale and listing activity has maintained a consistent pace on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in Greater Vancouver in recent months, which has helped create balanced conditions for the region’s housing market.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver reached 2,799 on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in April 2012. This represents a 13.2 per cent decline compared to the 3,225 sales recorded in April 2011 and a decline of 2.6 per cent compared to the 2,874 sales in March 2012.

April sales were the lowest total for the month in the region since Continue reading →

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Marine Gateway Vancouver Presale Pricing!

Posted on May 1, 2012 by mike

Marine Gateway, a New Presale Condo on Vancouver’s Canada Line at the end of Cambie in Marpole

Marine Gateway is a major, new condominium development in the rapidly gentrifying Marpole area of South Vancouver. Located on the southeast corner of Cambie St. and SE Marine Drive, this mixed-use development will have residential, retail and office space. It will be connected directly to downtown Vancouver, the airport and Richmond via the rapid transit Canada Line.

Marine Gateway will feature two towers. The North Tower, topping out at 38 stories, will house 234 suites. Tentative completion is set for November 30, 2014. The South Tower will feature 29 levels with 180 suites planned for completion January 31, 2015.

Marine Gateway’s Ultra-Convenient Location

Marine Gateway is directly on the Canada Line, meaning your less than 20 minutes from the downtown core and five minutes from YVR and the multicultural dining of Richmond. But with a T&T grocery store, coffee shops, banks and an 11-screen movie theatre right on-site, you don’t really need to go anywhere.
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Pricing for Marine Gateway Presale Condos
One-bedroom apartments at Marine Gateway will start at Continue reading →

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BC’s 2012 Budget – First Time Home Buyers Relief and Increased HST Rebate for New Homes & Others!

Posted on April 23, 2012 by mike

New Relief for First Time Home Buyers and Increased HST Rebate for New Homes & Others!

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Sean Akeroyd of Akeroyd Leung in Vancouver about some changes to the HST in the 2012 BC Budget and here’s what’s new:

First-Time New Home Buyers Bonus

The 2012 British Columbia Budget has some great goodies for the first time buyers of newly built properties. Effective February 21, 2012, to March 31, 2013, the $10,000 B.C. First-Time New Home Buyers’ Bonus will give a temporary, refundable income tax Continue reading →

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West SE False Creek Presale Condo Floor Plans and Price List to Come!

Posted on April 20, 2012 by mike

Live at West, a New Presale Residential development on Vancouver’s Expanding False Creek


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Live at West is a new commercial/residential development to be located at 141 West 2nd Avenue between Columbia and Manitoba Streets in South East False Creek. Plans call for over 100 residential units.

It’s the latest development in Vancouver’s rapidly expanding South False Creek area and will be one of the city’s greenest developments yet. Live at West will start with a 6-story podium attached to a 15 level tower, and be followed by another two towers and an additional podium should market interest be strong.

Phase 1 is slated for completion in February 2014

The Presale purchase deposit on this property is 15% in total with an initial deposit of 5% upon an accepted offer and two further deposits of 5%, 3 months and 9 months after the accepted offer.

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Live at West’s unparalleled location.

Live at West will be a landmark development in one of the fast growing areas of the city – False Creek South. Residents will be walking distance to the funky shops and trendy restaurants of Main Street and close to both the new Canada and Expo Skytrain lines. The site also allows easy access to Chinatown and the Downtown core.

The development calls for 43,000 sq ft of retail space (roughly equivalent to a average sized grocery store). The developer has tapped Colliers to handle the commercial leasing, and they expect to see banking, cafes, restaurants and services like dentists snap up the space.

Pricing for Live at West Presale Condos Continue reading →

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