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  1. Canada's Goldilocks housing market: ‘Balanced and well-behaved,’ pickup seen in 2014
    Canada's Goldilocks housing market: ‘Balanced and well-behaved,’ pickup seen in 2014

    MICHAEL BABAD The Globe and Mail Home sales forecast to rise Canada’s housing market may well be enjoying a Goldilocks moment: Not too hot, not too cold. “It’s a balanced and well-behaved market,” Robert Kavcic of BMO Nesbitt Burns said today after the Canadian Real Estate Association released its July sales report and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. unveiled its ...

  2. Home prices rise as sales remain steady
    Home prices rise as sales remain steady

    National average home prices increased 8.4% year-over-year to $382,373 in July CBC News  (Shaun Best/Reuters) National home sales across Canada were “little changed” in July from a month earlier, according to the latest data from the Canadian Real Estate Association. Sales edged up 0.2 per cent from June to July, CREA said Thursday in its monthly report on market activity, ...

  3. Vancouver's best real-estate finds
    Vancouver's best real-estate finds

    by CHARLIE SMITH  THEGeorgia Straight’s annual Best of Vancouver issue is eagerly awaited by many readers—and especially those who’ve been voted as the best in their category by our readers. Congratulations are in order for Paul Toffoli, who topped the polls as the city’s best real-estate agent, as well as for Macdonald Realty as the best neighbourhood real-estate ...

  4. House Prices Canada: Teranet Index Hits All-Time High Despite Efforts To Cool Market
    House Prices Canada: Teranet Index Hits All-Time High Despite Efforts To Cool Market

    The Huffington Post Canada  A year after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tightened mortgage rules to cool an overheating market, and a month after the CMHC announced yet another tightening of the rules surrounding home financing, The Teranet-National Bank index of home prices hit an all-time high. Despite largely declining sales volumes over the past year, Toronto posted a 3.4-per-cent increase ...

  5. Find Out How To Sell Your Property in Vancouver for More Money in Less Time.
    Find Out How To Sell Your Property in Vancouver for More Money in Less Time.

    If you are ready to sell your home, you’ve come to the right place. List your property on the "World’s Best Real Estate Website"! Built for the ultimate buyer experience, Century21.ca features Google mapping technology, unique and powerful property search filters, more photos and property details - including sold history, open house notifications and even driving directions to your ...

  6. July 2013 VIDEO Housing Market Update - Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
    July 2013 VIDEO Housing Market Update - Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver

    Friday, August 2, 2013 Sunny weather did not slow the pace of home sale activity in July. Last month was the highest selling month of the year in Greater Vancouver and the highest selling July since 2009.          The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver reached 2,946 on the Multiple ...

  7. OPEN HOUSE LIST VANCOUVER
    OPEN HOUSE LIST VANCOUVER

    http://www.realtylink.org/prop_search/openhouse_areaselect.cfm CONTACT ME FOR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING BUILDING CONDITION OR APPOINTMENTS ETC.  THANK YOU.

  8. Texting service offers instant information about rental properties
    Texting service offers instant information about rental properties

    Sandra Hermiston & Lynda Steele, CTV British Columbia  Read more: http://bc.ctvnews.ca/texting-service-offers-instant-information-about-rental-properties-1.1401730#ixzz2bOcgHE00 Searching for the perfect apartment can be a daunting task for renters, but a new service is offering would-be tenants the ability to instantly access information about a property simply by sending a text ...

  9. The Ferris Bueller glass house is back on the market!
    The Ferris Bueller glass house is back on the market!

    AUSTIN COOP The Ferris Bueller glass house is back on the market! Who hasn’t dreamed of having a garage like Cameron’s in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? Well, now's your chance. Again. The sexy, glass-walled modern house and garage featured in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is back on the market for a cool $1.5 million. RELATED Can John Hughes' Death ...

  10. CMHC cap on mortgage-backed securities to raise home costs, cool market
    CMHC cap on mortgage-backed securities to raise home costs, cool market

    By Julian Beltrame, Canadian Press August 6, 2013 6:05 PM Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/real-estate/CMHC+mortgage+backed+securities+raise+home+costs/8754518/story.html#ixzz2bFy79SWD With huge chunk of allocated yearly maximum already used, restrictions to program will soon be in place The CMHC has authority to guarantee up to $85 billion under the National ...

  11. Vancouver infrastructure demands may spark tolls, taxes
    Vancouver infrastructure demands may spark tolls, taxes

    By Jeremy Nuttall, 24 hours Vancouver A government watchdog in B.C. says Metro-Vancouver residents will have no choice but to pay up considering the region's spending habits and revenue options for municipalities. (CARMINE MARINELLI/ 24 HOURS) Cash-strapped Metro Vancouver residents face years of higher taxes as municipalities scramble to meet their share of funding commitments for aging ...

  12. Lack of enthusiasm for Asian investment could hurt Canadian economy
    Lack of enthusiasm for Asian investment could hurt Canadian economy

    By Simon Kent, Toronto Sun Saturday, August 3, 2013 6:44:45 PDT PM Welcome to the Pacific Century. The world is looking to Asia for its economic salvation – now, tomorrow and for the next 100 years at least. Canada is looking, too. A little shyly perhaps, with reservations and some constraints attached, but we are interested in the suitor(s) all the same. A new survey by the ...

  13. Lack of enthusiasm for Asian investment could hurt Canadian economy
    Lack of enthusiasm for Asian investment could hurt Canadian economy

    By Simon Kent, Toronto Sun Saturday, August 3, 2013 6:44:45 PDT PM Welcome to the Pacific Century. The world is looking to Asia for its economic salvation – now, tomorrow and for the next 100 years at least. Canada is looking, too. A little shyly perhaps, with reservations and some constraints attached, but we are interested in the suitor(s) all the same. A new survey by the ...

  14. 1790 W 38TH AV
    1790 W 38TH AV

    Nestled in the heart of Vancouver's historic Shaughnessy neighbourhood offering unmatched access to the city's best amenities & education institutions, The Mayfair is west coast luxury at its finest, a celebration of artistic brilliance, state-of-the-art technology & astounding detail. The Mayfair blends classical Tudor Architecture with touches of Art Deco, original artisan highlights & ...

  15. 5771 NEWTON WD
    5771 NEWTON WD

    Homeland Realty A magnificient residence situated on the most prestigious UBC area. Overlooking gorgeous view of ocean, mountain and city. Beautiful designed with the fines finishes and quality imaginable creates a confortable living enviroment with tasteful lifestyle. This palatial Classic Mansion encompasses 11,567 sq of elegant and gracious living. Fully landscaped garden and huge beautiful patio ...

  16. Vancouver July Home Sales Rise 40% on Year
    Vancouver July Home Sales Rise 40% on Year

    By Theophilos Argitis - Aug 2, 2013 10:38 AM PT Vancouver existing home sales rose 40 percent in July from a year earlier because of pent-up demand for properties, the city’s real estate board said. The number of homes sold totaled 2,946 units during the month, compared with 2,098 units a year earlier, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said today in an e-mailed statement. The ...

  17. July home sale activity increases in Greater Vancouver
    July home sale activity increases in Greater Vancouver

    Friday, August 2, 2013     Sunny weather did not slow the pace of home sale activity in July. Last month was the highest selling month of the year in Greater Vancouver and the highest selling July since 2009.          The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver reached ...

  18. More than 100 Olympic Village units still unsold
    More than 100 Olympic Village units still unsold

    Cut the price or wait it out? Treena Wood and Sonia AslamAugust 2, 2013 11:38 am VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – It’s been four years since Vancouver taxpayers were told they’d be footing the bill for the Olympic Village and there are still a lot of units left to sell. The remaining 130 units aren’t exactly gems; they’re ground-level suites with bad layouts and no ...

  19. Rising sea levels will seal fate of 316 U.S. cities
    Rising sea levels will seal fate of 316 U.S. cities

    A rise in sea levels has sealed the fate of at least 316 U.S. cities, but if global warming keeps up, the number of towns and cities doomed by water could easily go up to 1,400. Getty Images/Joe Raedle A rise in sea levels has already sealed the fate of at least 316 American cities, including Miami and Jacksonville, but if global warming keeps up its current rate through 2100, the number ...

  20. Should Vancouver Island be its own province?
    Should Vancouver Island be its own province?

    An aerial photograph of Vancouver Island, courtesy of NASA. A petition before the B.C. legislature is calling for a return to the past, when Vancouver Island was the only self-governing colony west of Upper Canada. Organized by a group called Vancouver Island Province, the petition “request(s) that the Honourable House call upon the government of Canada to… take suitable measures ...

  21. Vancouver's million-dollar real estate divide
    Vancouver's million-dollar real estate divide

    INTERACTIVE Vancouver's million-dollar real estate divide BRENT JANG AND CHRISTOPHER MANZA The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Jul. 17 2013, 5:00 AM EDT Last updated Wednesday, Jul. 17 2013, 1:18 PM EDT The geographic line that Vancouver real estate buffs draw to symbolize the million-dollar divide in housing prices has been shifting ever eastward over the ...

  22. How Asian buyers are boosting Vancouver’s luxury housing market
    How Asian buyers are boosting Vancouver’s luxury housing market

    HADANI DITMARS Special to The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Jul. 26 2013, 5:27 PM EDT Last updated Monday, Jul. 29 2013, 5:30 PM EDT There is a buzz at the first Canadian conference of the Asian Real Estate Association of America happening here in Vancouver. Chinese-American agents from Chicago, Kelowna-based realtors with Chinese buyers looking for vineyards and even a ...

  23. Vancouver multi-million real-estate fraud artist evicted from home
    Vancouver multi-million real-estate fraud artist evicted from home

    DAN FUMANO VANCOUVER DESI  A Vancouver property manager who pleaded guilty in May to a multi-million fraud scheme that caused dozens of Lower Mainland families to lose their homes has, in turn, lost his own home, as court bailiffs moved in Monday morning to evict him and his family. Tarsem Singh Gill had refused to vacate his southeast Vancouver home weeks after the property’s court-ordered ...

  24. $2.588M Kitsilano heritage home

    For more information, visit Sotheby's International Realty Canada." src="http://www.vancouversun.com/business/affordability/cms/binary/8713103.jpg?size=620x400s" alt="1833 Collingwood Street, Vancouver West, British Columbia V6R3K4" border="0" /> This charming three-bedroom heritage home is located north of 4th Avenue in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood, just minutes from the beach. This ...

  25. Smokers ruin property value
    Smokers ruin property value

    Chris Seepe President, Broker of Record (Commercial Realtor) President, Landlords Association of Durham (LAD) Smokers ruin property value Smoking in the home may significantly affect property values, and allowing smoking in rental units is costly to landlords. Pfizer Canada, a leading biopharmaceutical company, recently sponsored a survey of Realtors conducted by Leger Marketing, which concluded ...

  26. Stylish Distillery District condo sells fast, above asking
    Stylish Distillery District condo sells fast, above asking

    33 MILL ST., NO. 444, TORONTO ASKING PRICE $379,000 SELLING PRICE $389,000 PREVIOUS SELLING PRICE $211,428 (2009) TAXES $2,241 (2012) DAYS ON THE MARKET Three LISTING AGENTS Cameron Weir and Scott Hanton, Keller Williams Advantage Realty The Action: Agents Cameron Weir and Scott Hanton are often asked to stage a client’s property to improve ...

  27. Buyers paid above asking to acquire this Vancouver loft’s chic furniture
    Buyers paid above asking to acquire this Vancouver loft’s chic furniture

    1028 BARCLAY ST., UNIT 2307, VANCOUVER LIST PRICE: $610,000 SALE PRICE: $625,000 PREVIOUS SALE PRICE: $635,000 (2007) TAXES: $2,715 (2012) DAYS ON MARKET: 188 days What They Got: The nearly new, 793-square-foot unit on the 23rd floor has a relatively low monthly fee of $283. The unit has a den and flex room, and is big enough for a second bedroom. The ...

  28. 5 Tips for Selling Your Home Quickly
    5 Tips for Selling Your Home Quickly

    There are several reasons why you may need to sell your home quickly. For example, a job change may require a speedy relocation to another city, or you may have purchased another property and don't want to be stuck too long with two mortgages.   Here are some tips that can help get the sold sign on your front lawn sooner.   • Be realistic with price : If you set the listing price ...

  29. Canada’s credit card wars to heat up
    Canada’s credit card wars to heat up

    It won't do much to help solve Canada's household debt problem, but competition is heating up among credit card companies to attract more customers amid a slowdown in new account growth, a new report says. Card-tracking company GreedyRates.ca says welcome bonus offers will get richer, extra points will be earned and more annual fees may be waived in an attempt to lure ...

  30. Should Canada buy Detroit?
    Should Canada buy Detroit?

    Above: The future city of Windsor-Detroit TORONTO – Detroit made history Thursday afternoon becoming the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy. If the bankruptcy filing is approved, the city’s assets may be liquidated in a massive auction to repay the city’s estimated $14-20 billion debt. But rather than seeing the former hub of North America’s automotive ...

  31. Bank of Canada keeps interest rate at 1 per cent
    Bank of Canada keeps interest rate at 1 per cent

    OTTAWA—Newly-appointed Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz held the bank’s trend-setting overnight rate at 1 per cent and signaled that consumers and homebuyers need not worry about borrowing costs shooting up anytime soon. Poloz, who took over from Mark Carney at Ottawa’s central bank last month, said global business conditions remain modest and Canada’s ...

  32. What $400,000 Buys: Homes Across America
    What $400,000 Buys: Homes Across America

    What will $400,000 get a homebuyer in six different states across the country? These six homes have features to boast about, from charming gardens to modern architecture. But a difference in location can amount to either a studio or seven bedrooms. If the choice was yours, which one would you choose? 1. Bellingham, Wash. $399,000 (pictured above): 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms About 20 miles ...

  33. How small businesses can be successful on Facebook
    How small businesses can be successful on Facebook

    The Internet now, vs. the Internet back in the day To be successful on Facebook as a small business, you must first understand how people use the Internet today, said Brooke Oberwetter, the Associate Manager of Policy Communications for Facebook (so she should know), at a recent guest lecture series put on by the Vancouver Board of Trade. Speaking to a crowd of eager small business ...

  34. Mayor Gregor Robertson's home sells for $1.95 million
    Mayor Gregor Robertson's home sells for $1.95 million

    Mayor Gregor Robertson’s family home has sold for the $1.95 million asking price, his office confirmed Friday. The six-bedroom home was built in 1912 near Douglas Park and was on the market for two weeks. Robertson said earlier this week he and his wife were looking to downsize now that their children had graduated high school. The family plans to move to a Kitsilano condo near York ...

  35. Million Dollar Listing New York
    Million Dollar Listing New York

    Cast & Info Million Dollar Listing New York follows three real-estate agents as they give viewers an inside look into the aggressive, high-stakes world of New York City's real estate market. Ryan Serhant and Fredrik Eklund return for Season 2, accompanied by up-and-coming agent Luis D. Ortiz, a high-energy agent, originally from Puerto Rico, who's looking to take ...

  36. Gregor Robertson's new home raises a question about his political ambitions
    Gregor Robertson's new home raises a question about his political ambitions

    In a post entitled “Guess who’s trying to cash out of the real estate market in Vancouver?”, the Whispers from the Village on the Edge of the Rainforest website provided the listing information for the mayor’s six-bedroom and four-bathroom residence at 912 West 23rd Avenue. “Built circa 1912, this beautiful mechanically updated Craftsman home retains its original ...

  37. Vancouver’s housing market
    Vancouver’s housing market

     Vancouver real estate: The $1-million white picket fence  

  38. Vancouver real estate: The $1-million white picket fence
    Vancouver real estate: The $1-million white picket fence

    At a coffee shop on Vancouver’s East side, three friends who grew up on the city’s West side talk about the $1-million homes that are too expensive for them to buy, that seem out of their reach forever. Adam Kebede, Maya McDonald and Julien Thomas were all born in the 1980s, when single-family detached homes across Vancouver were much cheaper than they are today. For this first wave ...

  39. Why Canada's housing market refuses to call it quits
    Why Canada's housing market refuses to call it quits

    Why Canada's housing market refuses to call it quits. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/inside-the-market/market-view-video/20130708theglobeandmailmarketviewmorning-720pmp4/article13061345/

  40. Landlord pleads guilty to fraud for scamming students
    Landlord pleads guilty to fraud for scamming students

    A 27-year-old Bedford, Nova Scotia, man is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to a slew of charges for scamming Halifax university students. Crown attorney Ron Lacey said Cyrano Carette pleaded guilty Friday to 13 fraud charges and one theft charge in connection with an apartment scam. Police said Carette sucked in unsuspecting university students with properties on Robie and Cedar streets, ...

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