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Detailed information on How to Sell Houses and Condos in Vancouver including Realtor Advice from Top Vancouver Realtor Mike Stewart

2.99% for a 5 Year Fixed Mortgage? The Catch Explained!

Lowest 5 year Fixed Rate Mortgages in Canada Ever!

The Finance Minister and the heads of the Big Canadian Banks have recently been alluding to the fact that the property market in Canada, particularly in the real estate markets in Vancouver and Toronto may be getting a bit too hot for their liking based on the very low interest rates we are seeing in Canada right now.

And then came this…

2.99% on a 5 Year Fixed Mortgage? Whats the Catch?

This is the lowest 5 Year Fixed Rate Mortgages have EVER been!

I recently interviewed Continue reading

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Chinese New Year 2012 and Vancouver Real Estate – Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Chinese New Year and Vancouver Real Estate

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jonathan Fung, a Mortgage Specialist with Vancity who was kind enough to discuss Chinese New Year with me and its impact on Vancouver’s real estate market.

Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year is the most important Holiday of the year for Chinese people as well as for many Chinese-Canadians here in Vancouver. It’s a time to celebrate with family and friends and reflect on the previous year, and there is a heavy emphasis on making the upcoming year a good/prosperous year in terms of wealth.

How does Chinese New Year affect the Vancouver Real Estate Market?

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Vancouver Real Estate Statistics December 2011 Courtesy of the REBGV

December 2011 REBGV Stats Courtesy of Mike Stewart Vancouver Realtor

Balanced real estate market prevailed through much of 2011

The 2011 Greater Vancouver housing market began with heightened demand in regional hot spots and concluded with greater balance between seller supply and buyer demand.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that total sales of detached, attached and apartment properties in 2011 reached 32,390, a 5.9 per cent increase from the 30,595 sales recorded in 2010, and a 9.2 per cent decrease from the 35,669 residential sales in 2009. Last year’s home sale total was 6.3 per cent below the ten-year average for annual Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) sales in the region.
The number of residential properties listed for sale on the MLS® in Greater Vancouver increased 2.7 per cent in 2011 to 59,549 compared to the 58,009 properties listed in Continue reading

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November 2011 Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Statistics Package

November 2011 REBGV Stats Mike Stewart

Historically normal activity keeps the Greater Vancouver housing market in a balanced state

The Greater Vancouver housing market saw relatively typical home sale and listing activity in November.

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales of detached, attached and apartment properties on the region’s Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) reached 2,360 in Continue reading

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How to Sell a Condo 6 | Home Staging

How to Sell Your Vancouver Condo 6 – Home Staging

In How to Sell a Condo 5, we discussed the minimum requirements to prepare a suite for sale in the Vancouver real estate market.

Today we’ll discuss the next level of preparing your condo for sale – Professional Home Staging.

Speaking of professional home staging, Ron Sowden of Dekora Home Staging was kind enough to come and discuss with me how Home Staging can help sell a condo in Vancouver.

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Jameson House Fully Automated Parking Garage at 838 West Hastings Street

Jameson House Automated Parking Garage in Action

I found this very cool video of the automated parking garage at Bosa Properties new Jameson House condo at 838 West Hastings Street in Continue reading

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