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Buyers Checklist

Buyers Checklist

Typically one of your largest personal financial decisions revolves around the purchase of a home. I offer first class service and results, I bring solid negotiating skills, market knowledge and extensive sales and marketing experience.

To assist you in your search for a home I’ve compiled a checklist of things to keep in mind as you begin the search process and, ultimately, the purchase of a home.

Vancouver - The Solar Ready City

Vancouver – The Solar Ready City

Bordered by the Coast Mountain Range and the Pacific Ocean, Vancouver is not only recognizable as one of the world’s most scenic cities but is renowned for its innovative programs in the area of sustainability.

BookCamp Vancouver 2010

BookCamp Vancouver 2010

BookCamp Vancouver 2010 is a user-generated unconference that brings readers, writers, publishers, educators, community builders and the tech community together – for free!

Fears of double dip being overplayed

Fears of double dip being overplayed

Don’t listen to the naysayers, says the Conference Board of Canada, a double-dip isn’t in the cards.

Dire warnings of a return to recession fail to recognize one key factor, the board said: a slow recovery from this recession was expected.

Lindsay Skeans

Hello Lindsay Skeans

Lindsay Skeans, Photographer.

Pace of housing price increases continues to slow

Pace of housing price increases continues to slow

Housing prices rose for the 15th straight month in July, but by the smallest margin in four months, according to a national index released Wednesday.

And for the first time in four months, prices failed to rise above the previous month’s in all of the six metropolitan areas measured in the Teranet-National Bank house price index.

Vancouver Real Estate

Vancouver records sharp increase in housing starts

Vancouver is one of five metropolitan areas in Canada that recorded sharp year-over-year increases in housing starts in August, according to figures released Tuesday by the Conference Board of Canada.

Regional construction job numbers slip in August

Regional construction job numbers slip in August

Construction employment in the Lower Mainland-Southwest region decreased in August, according to Vancouver Regional Construction Association’s (VRCA) analysis of today’s Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada.

5 tips for assessing a lowball offer

5 tips for assessing a lowball offer

Your house is for sale for $350,000, and you’re confident it’s well-priced. You get an offer, but it’s for $300,000, and you’re stunned and disappointed by how low it is.

That seller might still end up with an acceptable sale price. The key is being ready.