What's changed?
This is not a new story. I was born in Vancouver. But in the days of double-digit-interest mortgage rates in 1982 I couldn't afford to live there.
So when I was 23, we bought our first home, a townhouse in Surrey, for $53,000. ...
According to the president of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB), international affordability studies regarding Vancouver are misleading because they don’t reflect the reality that homebuyers purchase more affordable homes every day in neighbouring communities.
Sukh Sidhu is a REALTOR® who lives and works in Abbotsford. “So far this month, over 50 homebuyers i ...
SURREY - Students will benefit from new or expanded schools, as the Province rolls out a $353-million school capital plan, Premier Christy Clark announced today.
"There are school districts in our province that have experienced tremendous student enrolment growth in recent years, and are in need of funds to expand current schools or build new ones. Th ...
In Vancouver, weather runs a distant second in water cooler conversations to real estate as the price tag on property soars ever higher. The recent release of B.C. Assessments’ valuations certainly had tongues wagging and homeowners contemplating a sale ...
First-time homebuyers have never gone through the stressful experience of buying a home, and they often learn the hard way that making a wrong turn during this process is costly and stressful. Sometimes it leads to a failed deal.
Getting approved for a mortgage, finding the right agent, searching for the perfect home and staying within a budget are some of the challenges buyers must face bef ...
People view properties advertised for sale in the window of a real estate agency in 2009. Low borrowing costs for banks are translating into falling mortgage rates. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)
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When they moved in two years ago, Peter and Maureen Fabini loved everything about their two-storey, four-bedroom home—the leafy street, the good schools and the snug location on a quiet crescent in St. Catharines, Ont. It was perfect except for one thing: the double cedar hedge separating their house from their neighbour’s. It sat right between the two driveways and the overgrown branches s ...
