Printed in Financial Post January 12, 2010.
OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada Monday dismissed talk of a housing bubble in Canada as "premature," warning that calls for higher interest rates now in an effort to temper real-estate markets would be akin to "dousing" the economic recovery with cold water.
It delivered this message through a speech in Edmonton, and marked the first time the central bank ...
Posted by The Don Miller Group Team
on January 13, 2010
The BC Assessments of your property are on their way in the post to you or you may have already received yours in your letterbox. If so, be sure to read through it carefully. Below is a checklist to help you compare your assessment and understand it thoroughly.
Property owner’s checklist
Have you received your 2010 property assessment notice?
If ...
Posted by The Don Miller Group Team
on January 5, 2010
Why Attend an Open House?
Open Houses are a good way to experience the home that you are interested in. Online photos are a great way to narrow your search, but nothing beats walking through the threshold of the front door to help you visualize if a house is the home for you. Open houses are also a good way to get a close-up view of the neighborhood and its surroundings.
Check your local ...
Posted by The Don Miller Group Team
on December 18, 2009
Michael Babad
Published on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 3:49PM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 8:20PM EST
Today's top stories from Report on Business :
North America's prospects brighten
North America's economic prospects continue to brighten, although the march to a sustained recovery is painfully slow. The Canadian and U.S. central banks today both cited an improving economy, ...
Posted by The Don Miller Group Team
on December 17, 2009
Help Send a Kid to Camp!!
Our Century 21 office here in Vernon is combining with husky retailers throughout Canada to help raise money for easter seals - contact us to pick up your free card and everytime you make purchases at any husky, 2% of your total will be donated to the easter seals camp here in Winfield
Let’s see how much we can raise right here in Vernon!!
Let's do it for the Kids!!! ...
Posted by The Don Miller Group Team
on December 17, 2009
In Love with an Aussie Toilet
December 15, 2009, 9:22 pm
Today, I was fortunate to attend a meeting at the Lighthouse Sustainable Building Centre here in Vancouver, B.C. This centre showcases environmentally friendly building materials that builders and home owners can opt to invest in. We were given a tour of the facility, and I was spellbound by the unique ...
Posted by The Don Miller Group Team
on December 17, 2009
Why Canada's housing market didn't go bust
Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:27 PM by Jonathan Ratner
Ian McGugan
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland released a commentary this past week asking, “Why didn’t Canada’s housing market go bust?” In the commentary, James MacGee, a professor at the University of Western Ontario, does a fine job of pulling together many strands of ...
Posted by The Don Miller Group Team
on December 14, 2009
Christmas is here! Well, it's coming as you can tell from the decorations going up around town. Almost all of the downtown storefronts have a tree decorated in their windows and the Village Green Mall has had the tinsel up for a week or two already!
Don't miss the Festival of Christmas Traditions formerly known as Christmas Light-Up, this Friday November 27th from 5pm to 9pm, right ...
Posted by The Don Miller Group Team
on November 24, 2009
What an amazing Century 21 Canada Conference held September 25-27 in Vancouver, BC. From the opening greetings to the see ya next year - FANTASTIC! As a first itmer it was a bit overwhelming at first but so many wonderfully energetic and prolific Realtors under one roof. Donovan Tildesley and Michelle Stillwell, both Paralympians, showed us all there are no limitiations only limiting minds. ...
Posted by The Don Miller Group Team
on September 28, 2009