News March 20, 2022 · 2 min read The 2022 Assessments Are Out And Property Values In The Lower Mainland Are Up Significantly Last month BC Assessment released its assessment notices to over a million property owners throughout the Lower Mainland.
Market Update March 15, 2022 · 3 min read REBGV Market Update February 2022 – Upward Price Trend Continues With A Modest Increase In New Listings REBGV Market Update February 2022 – Upward Price Trend Continues With A Modest Increase In New Listings.
News March 10, 2022 · 2 min read Luxury Home Sales Surge In Vancouver, Canada’s Hottest Market We can say without much hesitation that in 2021, most of Canada’s real estate market was re-defined, and luxury real estate market was no exception.
Founder's Message February 23, 2022 · 4 min read February Founder’s Message – Welcome to Horseshoe by Westbank As spring approaches on our beautiful West Coast, I would like to take the opportunity to introduce you to Horseshoe Bay by Westbank.
Home Buying February 15, 2022 · 3 min read The Top 5 Questions To Ask In An Open House Visiting open houses is very important and you should start doing this when you are at the beginning of your home buying cycle.
Home Buying January 31, 2022 · 3 min read Why You Should Buy A Home and Not Rent With record low interest rates and vendors motivated to sell, this is probably one of the best times to seriously take a look at buying.
Founder's Message December 27, 2021 · 3 min read December Founder’s Message With the holiday season upon us, I would like to send a message of gratitude for all your continued friendship, support and business this past year.
Founder's Message November 29, 2021 · 5 min read November Founder’s Message – Change is on the Horizon Canadians have seen historically low interest rates for the past two years. This is about to change.
News November 1, 2021 · 3 min read Three Principal Reasons Why The Condo Market Is So Hot in Vancouver The market for detached homes may have cooled, but Vancouver’s condominium market has seen double-digit percentage increases from last year.
News October 28, 2021 · 4 min read The Land Owner Transparency Act – What Is It And How Does It Work? On November 20, 2020, for any registration or change in title to a property in BC, a transparency declaration must be filed.
News October 1, 2021 · 2 min read Sweeping Changes Proposed As Vancouver Fights To Get Units Back Into Rental Housing According to Vancouver Mayor Greg Robertson, Airbnb is effectively “Vancouver’s largest hotel”. Currently there are thousands of short-term rentals that are believed to be eating into Vancouver’s rental supply. In view of this, the City of Vancouver is proposing sweeping changes in the short-term rental market that will bring at least 1,000 rental units back […]
Home Buying September 9, 2021 · 3 min read Thinking Of Buying? 5 Reasons Why The Vancouver Housing Market Looks Bullish This Fall The uncertainty during the pandemic has been responsible for a large increase in real estate prices, as demand continued to outstrip supply.
Market Update September 8, 2021 · 3 min read REBGV Market Update For August 2021 REBGV Market Update For August 2021 – Home Sales Dwindling Due To Lack Of Supply, But Prices Still Rising. A key takeaway In the August 2021 market report released by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV), was the slowing down of home sales from the frenzied pace witnessed earlier this year, and the […]
News August 3, 2021 · 2 min read We Support The Report Of the Independent Advisory Board and Its Recommendations The Provincial Government stepped in and promised to crack down on this practice and work on improving consumer protection.
News July 23, 2021 · 3 min read Housing Bubble Burst? – Maybe Not. How Immigration Will Help Bolster Vancouver’s Housing Market. There is some fear in the current red hot real estate market, that the bubble may burst and we may see a collapse in the housing market.
News May 7, 2021 · 3 min read How Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology Can Affect The Real Estate Market Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have been gaining a lot of attention over the past year.
News April 16, 2021 · 2 min read Will The Government Policymakers Impose A Capital Gains Tax On Principal Residences There are rumors that the government may consider tampering with the principal residence exemption from capital gains tax.
News March 22, 2021 · 2 min read Why Vancouver Has One Of the Highest Property Taxes In Canada It’s a fact. Single-family dwelling property owners in Vancouver are paying the highest property taxes.
News March 8, 2021 · 1 min read BC Financial Services Authority To Be Created By Spring 2021 To Regulate BC’s Real Estate Sector BC has been under pressure to deal with money laundering in the province’s real estate market.
News February 10, 2021 · 3 min read How A COVID-19 Vaccine Can Affect The BC Real Estate Market Finally we have a number of vaccines which are being rolling out albeit slowly, that have been
News January 31, 2021 · 2 min read Recent Rate Reduction On Stress Test Is Making Home Buying More Affordable When Canada’s Big Six banks cut their 5-year fixed posted rates, a reduction
News January 29, 2021 · 2 min read BC’s Hidden Ownership Registry – Important Points That You Should Know Starting in the beginning of December the BC government has launched a new “hidden ownership “
News January 27, 2021 · 2 min read Empty Homes Tax To Rise to 3 per cent Vancouver City Council recently passed a motion that would increase the Empty Homes Tax
News January 24, 2021 · 6 min read BC Shines Through The resilience of BC continues to shine through, pandemic or no pandemic. We encountered
News January 6, 2021 · 2 min read Now Is The Time To Invest In Vancouver Real Estate Amazon recently announced plans to convert the old Canada Post site in Downtown Vancouver
News December 29, 2020 · 2 min read An Update On The BC Tenant Protection Changes On March 25, 2020, the BC government announced that renters would not be evicted if they could not
