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Why I wouldn't mind being a first-time buyer right now
August 23rd, 2010
Buyer's market improves opportunities at bottom of ladder; HST
threshold unlikely to create stumbling block for real estate
newbies
By Peter Simpson, Special to the Vancouver Sun
By Peter Simpson, Special to the Vancouver Sun
Two million reasons for high prices
August 23rd, 2010
Vancouver's housing affordability problem boils down to too many
people on too little land
By Don Cayo, Vancouver Sun
By Don Cayo, Vancouver Sun
Home sweet home: What to do about falling real estate values
August 19th, 2010
By HARVEY
ENCHIN
EVERYBODY'S
BUSINESS
I penned this editorial to calm fears that the real estate market in Vancouver was collapsing and I've added some brief comments at the end.
I penned this editorial to calm fears that the real estate market in Vancouver was collapsing and I've added some brief comments at the end.
Living in Canada's most expensive housing market, residents of the Lower Mainland are obsessed with real estate prices and mortgage rates.
And no wonder. The benchmark price for detached homes in Metr ...
Homebuyers shouldn't expect hot deals as housing market cools: experts
August 16th, 2010August 15, 2010 - 06:00
Sunny Freeman, The Canadian Press
TORONTO - Sellers are facing more empty open houses and fewer bids on their homes, but experts say buyers shouldn't expect to see a retreat from record-high home prices when July housing data is released Monday.
Home sales have fallen 25 per cent since reaching a peak at ...
Tips for first-time homebuyers
August 12th, 2010Posted Aug 12, 2010
BY EMC NEWSEMC Lifestyle - For many, buying a home is one of the first - and biggest - goals in life. But the process of finding that first house and arranging to pay for it can also be one of the most complicated tasks in life. Especially when finances are limited, the market is pricey and there's so much choice.
Chartered Accountant Suzanne Schultz is a financial plan ...
Laneway housing takes off in Vancouver, but is a tougher sell in other Metro cities
August 11th, 2010
Coach houses catching on as a way to densify single-family
neighbourhoods
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun
Housing buyers disappear
August 9th, 2010There are a lot of unsold homes in Langley, as buyers fled the market in droves in July.
Home sweet home: What to do about falling real estate values
August 9th, 2010
By
HARVEY
ENCHIN
EVERYBODY'S
BUSINESS
Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Sun
I penned this editorial to calm fears that the real estate market in Vancouver was collapsing and I've added some brief comments at the end.
Living in Canada's most expensive housing market, residents of the Lower Mainland are obsessed with real estate prices and mortgage rates.
And no wonder. The benchmark price for detach ...
B.C. brokers expect fewer transactions this year
August 4th, 2010
Vancouver Sun
Where those of us who own residential property may have been this
year and where we might be for the rest of this year and next year
were the subjects of news releases this week.
The brokers' professional association, the British Columbia Real Estate Association, released two forecasts, for the rest of the year and for next year.
Multiple Listing Service volume ...